SCOTLAND ISLAND RURAL FIRE BRIGADE

You’ll find a new district training calendar on the Members page of our website. This calendar lists all the training courses being run at the district level for the 2023 year. If you’re interested in doing some district training please discuss the training with Training Officer (trainingofficer@sirfb.org.au) or Captain (captain@sirfb.org.au)

The next Bushfire Fighter (BF) course available to new members will be held at the Northern Beaches Fire Control Centre at Terrey Hills on 18th, 19th March and 2nd April. To be eligible to enrol in this course you need to apply to: Applications to complete this Bushfire Fighter course will close on the 7th… Read More »Next Bushfire Fighter Course

The Brigade will soon take delivery of a specialist All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to increase our operational flexibility. This new vehicle will allow us to respond more quickly in situations where a fire truck is not required or where we need to transport crews around the island. Importantly, it will free up our Landcruiser Troop… Read More »New atv to increase flexibility

It’s taken several years of planning and lobbying but finally it looks like we have a new boat coming soon. We’ve worked with RFS Engineering and several other water based brigades around the state to develop 3 new boat concepts – a small boat, medium boat and a large boat. We’ve also helped develop the… Read More »There’s a new fire boat coming. WE HOPE!

We are working with Northern Beaches Council to landscape the area in front of the station and turn it into a memorial garden. It’s hoped that we will be able to use this area as a memorial garden for previous members including Graeme Crayford, Greg Roberts and Bill Lee. Our plan is to complete the… Read More »Memorial garden proposal