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Announcements

A Huge Thanks To “The Rattler”
Thursday, 21 Jan 2021
23 Brigade volunteers from the Gympie Region that contributed significantly to the 2019/2020 fire season by either volunteering on Strike Teams that attended the bushfire in NSW and Qld...

Landcruiser 2.0 – The Upgrade Explained
Monday, 18 Jan 2021
Following on from the 6 Landcruiser prototypes that were shown to brigades across the state and the collation of 237 comprehensive feedback forms (link through to findings here), the Landcruiser...

Vale Don Alexander AFSM
Thursday, 14 Jan 2021
A memorial will be held for Don Alexander AFSM on Wednesday 20th January at the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame “Cottage” in Longreach at 11am.
All are invited to attend...

A Huge Rural Fire Thankyou To Nestlé - Over 1 Tonne Of Coffee On The Way To Brigades And Firecomm’s
Tuesday, 12 Jan 2021
As part of Nestlé Professional Bushfire Relief Efforts, Nestlé have designed a special tin as a gesture of thanks to local heroes; Australia’s volunteers who are bringing the...

Christmas Fire Trucks For Bilyana RFB And Coalstoun Lakes RFB
Tuesday, 22 Dec 2020
Saturday the 19th December saw the RFBAQ give another two LandCruiser light attack fire trucks to two brigades without a fire truck.
The RFBAQ are in the process of giving away 8 LandCruisers to...

LandCruiser Handover To Fassio Road RFB
Monday, 14 Dec 2020
Saturday 12th December the RFBAQ handed over a LandCruiser fire truck to Fassio Road Rural Fire Brigade. In Queensland we have 1,400 RFB’s and of them less than 600 have one or more...

“Burruluwarra” (Bushfire) Handed Over To Burketown RFB
Thursday, 3 Dec 2020
The first of two "town" heavy attack fire trucks was handed over to the Burketown Rural Fire Brigade on Tuesday the 1st of December.
At a ceremony officiated by Murrandoo Yanner from the...