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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. Queensland Fire Department - Wikipedia

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    Rural Fire Board 1927–1931; Rural Fire Board 1948–1990; Rural Fire Service Queensland 1990–present; The first Rural Fire Board was established in 1927 with the Rural Fires Act of 1927 (Qld), and suspended in 1931 due to the Great Depression. The boards were re-established in 1948, and merged with the Department of Emergency Services in ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  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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    [6] [7] Coomera Provisional School opened on 11 July 1873. On 20 June 1874, it became Coomera State School. From 1877, it was known as Coomera Lower State School (sometimes Lower Coomera State School) until 1899 when it returned to the name Coomera State School. [8] Coomera Wesleyan Methodist Church opened on Sunday 17 May 1874. [9]