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Station Focus – No. 211 Ballina Station – 1903 to 2023 Celebrating 120 Years

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the station opening of...

Mar 28, 20236 min read

In the 1980s is when the aerial ladder platform became an appliance of interest to firefighters in NSW. The implementation of the raised...

Mar 21, 20233 min read

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the history of...

Feb 14, 20236 min read

Commer first began in south London around 1904 as Commercial Cars Ltd, manufacturing a variety of vehicles with a forward control aiming...

Feb 2, 20233 min read

For this week’s blog we are taking a quick trip into the Museum’s Library to see what was making the headlines in “Fire News”, the...

Jan 24, 20235 min read

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the history of Gulgong...

Jan 12, 20235 min read

My last blog took a look back at the last year so it's perfect that this blog now looks to what we have planned for 2023! Our team at the...

Jan 3, 20233 min read

30 years ago, on 27 December 1992 at 6:39pm fire crews were called to the Hampton Court Hotel at Kings Cross on Bayswater Road. The hotel...

Dec 27, 20223 min read

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate over 150 years of...

Dec 6, 20227 min read

As we head towards the end of the year it is timely to look at back at some of the events that occurred in NSW firefighting history 10...

Dec 1, 20224 min read