Bulga Rural Fire Brigade
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 32° 39.440 E 151° 01.515
56H E 314801 N 6384977
This is the building for the local volunteer fire fighting unit of the Hunter Valley.
Waymark Code: WMY6YF
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 05/02/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TeamSO
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As you drive along Putty Road, this building almost looks like a residence by its design, except that it has three roller doors and a large/broad concrete and gravel apron. The centre of the building has a hip roof, with two slightly larger grey roller doors beneath, with the third one, just a touch smaller, to the left (east). The office is on the right side (western end) of the building.

This unit is commonly called, the 'Bulga Bush Fire Brigade', as one of the signs near the Memorial Garden shows. If I remember correctly, there was a training facility, between here and Broke, on the north side of Milbrodale Road, large enough to be used by the whole Hunter Valley.

The new building, and Memorial Garden was Opened by Commissioner Phil Koperberg A.O., AFSM, B.E.M., on Saturday, 15 October, 2005. [From a plaque on the building]

The Memorial Garden is under the shade of a mature tree, to the west of the driveway. Sadly, they have had three of their crew die in incidents, as noted by memorial plaques in the garden. [Two - Rachel Harrison, and Karl Miskle, on 22 November, 2003; with the third, John Gilder on 2 August, 1997]

FaceBook page: Bulga RFS

Here are some stats taken from their Facebook page, for the NSW 2017/18 Bush Fire Season, as at 1 May (NSW):

265,848	Hectares Burnt		63	Homes Damaged
14,467	Bush & Grass Fires	23	Total Fire Ban Days
1000s	of Homes Saved		12	Emergency Warnings
74	Homes Destroyed		0	Lives Lost

Visited: 0850+, Sunday, 3 December, 2017

Paid or Volunteer: Volunteer

EMS Involvement: no

Has 911 Dispatch: yes

Has Emergency Call Box: no

Has Emergency Siren: no

Has Fire Pole: no

Number of Firetrucks: 3

Physical Address:
2116 Putty Road,
Bulga, NSW Australia
2330


Rating:

Average Alarms Per Year: Not Listed

Related Website: Not listed

Number of Emergency Staff: Not Listed

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