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  2. Lower Beechmont, Queensland - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Beechmont Rural Fire Brigade is at 2 Mirani Street It was established in 1986 to protect the local community from the threat of bushfire. It is made up of local volunteer firefighters and is a member of the Rural Fire Service Queensland .

  3. Australian Capital Territory Rural Fire Service - Wikipedia

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    The Guises Creek Rural Fire Brigade is located on the corner of Old Cooma Road and the Monaro Highway, near Royalla, New South Wales. Its history goes back to the Williamsdale Bush Fire Brigade which was formed in 1957. The first fire vehicle was a private truck with a 200-gallon water tank, a Finsberry pump and a valve 2-way radio.

  4. List of fire departments - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of fire departments in the world. A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a public or private organization that provides firefighting, rescue and emergency medical services for a certain jurisdiction, which is typically a municipality, county or fire protection district.

  5. Fire department - Wikipedia

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    Fire department vehicles outside a fire station in Middleborough, Massachusetts, United States. A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.

  6. Volunteer fire department - Wikipedia

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    Due to high temperatures near the equator, fire incidents are common; thus, many people started or joined volunteer fire brigades to assist the existing government fire brigade (the Dinas Pemadam Kebakaran). These volunteer fire brigades are paid Rp 0.000,- but in some cases, some people give them money for charitable reasons.

  7. Department of Fire and Emergency Services - Wikipedia

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    The Bush Fire Service (BFS) is a volunteer service tasked with attending any fire outside of a gazetted fire district within a Brigade's Local Government area. They predominantly combat bushfires and conduct hazard reduction burning on a local level. As of 2024, there are 551 Bush Fire Brigades (BFBs) with 20,227 volunteers. [4]

  8. Geography of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    The Andorran Fire Brigade, with headquarters at Santa Coloma, operates from four modern fire stations, and has a staff of around 120 firefighters.The service is equipped with 24 fire service vehicles: 16 heavy appliances (fire tenders, turntable ladders, and specialist four-wheel drive vehicles), four light support vehicles (cars and vans), and four ambulances. [1]

  9. Coomera, Queensland - Wikipedia

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    Circa 1980s, Coomera was home to a theme park and wildlife park called Koala Town which closed in the early 1990s. [12] [13] The site is currently occupied by residential land on Koala Town Road. [citation needed] Coomera Rivers State School opened on 1 January 2011; it was originally proposed to call it Coomera East State School. [14]