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*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the opening of the new Nyngan Fire Station in 2017. The following is dedicated to the station's continuing history. Should you wish to use any of the information and pictures provided we ask that you please reference the Museum correctly and contact the Museum for permission where applicable. The First Nyngan Fire Brigade (1928) As early as 1917 local businessmen i

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the brand new station opening for Muswellbrook in 2023. The following is dedicated to the station's continuing history celebrating now at the time of writing in 2023, 129 years of history. Should you wish to use any of the information and pictures provided we ask that you please reference the Museum correctly and contact the Museum for permission where applicable.

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the brand new station opening for Murrurundi in 2018. The following is dedicated to the station's continuing history celebrating now at the time of writing in 2023, 86 years of history. Should you wish to use any of the information and pictures provided we ask that you please reference the Museum correctly and contact the Museum for permission where applicable. The

To set the scene of how the fire brigade formed in the Snowy Mountains we are going to take you back to the early 1900s when the area around Mt Kosciusko was evolving as a popular tourist area with a hotel being built nearby in 1909. Tourism continued to grow over the coming decades and in the early 1940s the government was looking at establishing a national park in the area. In 1944 the State Executive Council approved the constitution of a Kosciusko State Park Trust to take

What is a chaplain? Fire and Rescue NSW employs two Chaplains to support and counsel firefighters, other staff, retired personnel and their families, who are facing a personal or family crisis or are having problems dealing with a difficult incident. What do they do? Chaplains provide counselling and referral services to firefighters throughout NSW, and, in some cases, to members of the public who are affected by major incidents. During and after serious incidents, the Chapla

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the centenary of both Mittagong Fire Brigade and Mittagong Fire Station in 2018. The following is dedicated to the station's continuing history celebrating now at the time of writing in 2023, 107 years of history. Should you wish to use any of the information and pictures provided we ask that you please reference the Museum correctly and contact the Museum for perm

Early Life Greg Mullins is the second Commissioner to ever be appointed to Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) after the position was created combining the roles of the Board of Fire Commissioners of NSW and the role of Chief Officer into one. Serving as Commissioner from 2003 to 2017, Mullins instituted tremendous change to the organisation, however, let's take a look at his early beginnings. Born on the 18 June 1959 at Manly Hospital, Mullins would grow up in the northern suburbs o

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the station opening of Henty Fire Station in 2018. The following is dedicated to the station's continuing history celebrating now at the time of writing in 2023, 119 years of history. Should you wish to use any of the information and pictures provided we ask that you please reference the Museum correctly and contact the Museum for permission where applicable. The O

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the station opening of Ballina Fire Station in 2016. The following is dedicated to the station's continuing history celebrating now at the time of writing in 2023, 120 years of history. Should you wish to use any of the information and pictures provided we ask that you please reference the Museum correctly and contact the Museum for permission where applicable. The

In the 1980s is when the aerial ladder platform became an appliance of interest to firefighters in NSW. The implementation of the raised monorail through Sydney and especially Darling Harbour was of greatest concern to Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) as the current fleet of turntable ladders and aerial pumpers were not as effective. Emergency evacuation of the monorail system or a fire occurring onboard or on a nearby building would not be able to be effectively managed by the cu