2006 Archive
Post date: 29-Jan-2010 05:34:30
Fire units from Station 11 & 7 responded to calls of a truck on fire traveling north along national route 1. The truck involved was carrying 300 bales of hay. In a messy job crews took 55 minutes to extinguish the fire and another 40 minutes to clean up the scene. The cause is unknown, and being investigated by police.
PIO
POSTED BY AARON AT 5:14 PM
KFRS has placed an order for two new CAFS pumpers built on Ford F350 chassis. They will be essential to fighting the increasing fires in basement & carparks. The units will have a 300L water tank along with 200L of foam, BA equipment, a rapid intervention kit, & plus other general equipment.
Delivery is expected at the end of 2006
POSTED BY AARON AT 5:07 PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2006
KFRS has placed an order for two new 18m aerial pumpers to replace the current aerial pumpers. They will be essentially be the same as the current aerial pumpers, but will have a updated locker & pump configuration.
Delivery is expected at the end of 2006
POSTED BY AARON AT 3:12 PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2006
Incident: Spring Hill house fire
At around 2am, Wednesday, five firefighting crews from Woodridge Helensvale, Riverside, & Hollywell responded to a house alight in Spring Hill. The small weatherboard house was well alight when firefighters arrived at the scene, with the ceiling and roof having collapsed. 80% of the house was damaged by the fire. Firefighters from the Fire Investigation Research Unit (FIRU) are assisting police in determining the cause of the blaze. The occupants of the home were treated for shock and smoke inhalation.
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Media Officer
POSTED BY AARON AT 12:06 PM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2006
KFRS will have aerial support for this year’s wildfire season. Kyola Helicopter have been contracted to supply two Eurocopter AS350 Squirrels with water bombing belly tanks, for a period of 90 days. This contract can be extended if the need arises for an extra 20 days.
POSTED BY AARON AT 3:35 PM
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
Incident: Warehouse fire, Alex Hills
September 12 2006
At around 3 pm, KFRS received triple zero calls reporting a building on fire in Bourke Rd at Alex Hills. Three pumps were responded. When the first crew arrived 6 minutes later they were confronted with a large single level, disused, corrugated iron warehouse engulfed in flames and an adjacent weatherboard warehouse also beginning to burn.
Additional resources were requested and ultimately seven pumpers, & two aerials, one command and one rescue were committed to fighting the fire.
Firefighters concentrated on cutting the fire off in the second warehouse by aggressively attacking the fire. Other crews protected a third warehouse with hoses and an elevated water stream provided by a ladder truck. Firefighters toiled for approximately an hour to bring the fire under control. They prevented the fire from spreading throughout the second warehouse and successfully defended the third. One side of the second warehouse was severely damaged.
The warehouse where the fire started was destroyed. The collapsed walls and roof made it difficult for firefighters to access burning sections of the building and complete extinguishment. Fire crews remained onsite throughout the night and the next day until the fire was fully extinguished.
There were no injuries resulting from this fireand the cause of the fire is being investigated by the Fire Investigation Unit and the Police.
1 August - website relaunched
1 April - Service relaunch
The service after much debate & discussions re-launched its self as the Kyola Fire & Rescue Service. Along with the changes is a new look website.
