Winmalee Rural Fire Brigade is a volunteer brigade that is part of the NSW Rural Fire Service. Winmalee is a township of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
Winmalee Rural Fire Brigade is one of many Volunteer Brigades located across the State of New South Wales, Australia. The Brigade started life as North Springwood Bush Fire Brigade in 1963 and currently has approx. 50 operationally active members with a reserve of approx. 150 people, with a total fire fighting experience in excess of 2200 years. For more information about the life of the Brigade, please see our website.
The Brigade has adopted the Road Runner as its mascot which has been approved by Warner Bros. Studio.
Our active members are linked by an alpha numeric pager system which is activated to enable members to respond to emergencies. It is also used as a general communications tool.
Winmalee RFB supports the community 24hrs 7 days a week. Winmalee RFB trains twice a week on Tuesday night 7pm onwards and Saturday 1pm onwards.
Our main station is in Hawkesbury Road, Winmalee; with a second station in Singles Ridge Road. We have two Category 1 Tankers, one housed at Winmalee and the other at Singles Ridge Station. Our Urban Pumper and Personnel Carrier are also housed at the main station.
Winmalee RFB attends house fires, motor vehicle accidents, Bush, Scrub and grass fires and minor hazardous material incidents in our local area in conjunction with the NSW Fire Brigade. We also respond to wind and storm damage in support of the NSW SES, as well as search and rescues in support of the NSW Police Force.
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- Community/government