Call Triple Zero to report a fire
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Flinders Peak
Rural Fire Brigade
Contact Details
Meeting and Training Dates
Become a Volunteer
Brigade History
Brigade Structure
GENERAL
BRIGADE INFORMATION
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Approximately
40 years ago a small group of Peak Crossing land owners decided to be
part of the Bush Fire Service and formed a Brigade in the area.
It wasn’t until in 1994 when following submissions to the Audit
Review into Bushfire Strategies in
Queensland
, commissioned by Cabinet to report on the effectiveness of existing
bushfire strategies in
Queensland
at that time, that Rural Fire Brigade Groups were first formed in
Queensland
. This is why the Bush
Fire Brigade is now referred to as the Flinders Peak Rural Fire Brigade.
Rural Fire Brigades provide
assistance to
local
communities through:
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Fire
suppression in rural areas
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Community
awareness of fire hazards
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Training
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Management
of hazard reduction burns
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Management
of prescribed burning
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Classifications
Brigades
are separated into four classifications, based on an assessment of the
risk faced by the brigade:
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Class
1 – rural producing farmlands,
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scattered dwellings, property
based equipment.
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Class
2 – more closely settle rural
areas.
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Class
3 – generally located near rural–urban interface.
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Class
4 – high density rural–urban area. |
Flinders
Peak
Rural Fire Brigade is a Class 1 Brigade.
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