Volunteer Fire Brigade Warilla

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NameVolunteer Fire Brigade WarillaDate1956AddressWarillaDescriptionThe Warilla Volunteer Fire Brigade was operational in 1956 with Stan Drake the first Captain. Their first vehicle was a P.M.G. Morris Commercial fire truck.

When the fire station opened in January 1970, its first fire engine was a 50 year old, Denis fire truck, manufactured in Guilford, England.

The fire engine was capable of working efficiently and carried a pump with a max capacity of 250 gallons per minute. The truck could be driven at 45 mph.

The fire engine had spend a few weeks at the Wollongong Fire Station, where is was used for training purposes.

The Warilla Fire Brigade was a branch of the NSW Fire Board.

Organisation

Rural Fire Brigade Dunmore

Rural Fire Brigade Oak Flats

Rural Fire Brigade Albion Park

Rural Fire Brigade Calderwood

Document

Fifty Years of Bush Fire Brigades in the Shellharbour Municipality

Warilla Volunteer Fire Brigade, 1956.

L-r: Stan Drake (first Captain), Frank Potter, Fred Ward (back), Cliff Edwards, Jack Maxwell, Wally Voss, Dick Cannan, Brian Smithers, Bill or Phil Baker (Captain at the time of photograph), Bob Cook.

The truck was a 1954 ex PMG Morris Commercial Firetruck.

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LocalityWarillaOrganisationRural Fire Brigade Albion ParkRural Fire Brigade Oak FlatsRural Fire Brigade DunmoreRural Fire Brigade Calderwood

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Volunteer Fire Brigade Warilla