August 2024 marks 100 years of the Mullumbimby Fire Station and you can join in the celebrations with the crew on Saturday at 10am.
At what’s now known as the Mullumbimby Fire and Rescue Station 388 the fire crew will be reenacting the original station drill that took place in Gordon Street, Mullumbimby in 1924.
‘An inspector came up from Sydney to observe if the station crew were ready to receive the fire fighting engine they had been allocated,’ explained Captain Josh Rushton.
‘They performed the drill on Gordon Street where they drafted water from the river, put it through the pump they’d received, and ran hose lines off that and produced water.
‘The inspector and the crew of ten members of the Mullumbimby Fire Brigade had dinner together and the inspector told them he was happy with what he saw and that they were ready to perform their duties as firefighters and receive their fire engine.’
Join the fire crew
On August 17 locals and visitors are invited to join the 388 fire crew on Gordon Street at 10am to watch them demonstrate the original drill that the original firefighters were put through to receive the first Mullumbimby fire engine.
‘Three will be a few modern touches towards the end and it is going to be really cool,’ said firefighter Kimberley Waldron.
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