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The Bargo Rural Fire Brigade services the local Bargo and Wollondilly Community in New South Wales, Australia. Providing help to return normality to residents and visitors of the Wollondilly Shire. The brigade primarily services the Bargo area, including the Hume highway from Picton Road (Wilton) to Yanderra. == History == Bargo Rural Fire Brigade (RFB) was established in the Bargo township at 3.00pm in the Bargo Hall on 26 December 1939. Convening the meeting was Constable Quinell of Bargo Police Station. The Establishment office bearers were: *President - Mr A Millard *Vice President - Mr D Dwyer, E Faulks *Secretary - F Buchanan *Treasurer - Mr G Hughes *Captain - Constable Quinell *Deputy Captain - D Hogan *Lieutenants (Deputies) - C Cosgrove, H Smith, N Carter, L Lupton The Brigade area was fixed as the same area of the Bargo Police Patrol (Pheasants Nest, Yanderra, Bargo). Bargo-Yanderra Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade was established. Membership to the brigade was 2 shillings (approx. 25 cents). A letter was sent to Wollondilly Shire Council seeking assistance to purchase equipment. The council advised it was unable to assist as there were no funds. The first issued equipment supplied to the Bargo RFB was from the council on 4 August 1943. This was 1 fern hook, 6 rakes, 3 hoes, 1 shovel, 5 beaters, 3 water bags, 1 knapsacks and 3 files. The first fire tanker Bargo RFB had was delivered on 1 September 1959. This tanker was an ex RAAF Ford Blitz. The cost of the truck was £350 (approx. $700). The original station was built on Kader Street in Bargo. After the 1968 fires it was then moved opposite the Bargo Public School, now used as an illegal car park. During the 1980s, the station was once again moved, down the road to the corner of Avon Dam Road and Reservoir Road. Upon establishment of the New South South Wales Bush Fire Service (est. soon after Ash Wednesday fires in 1983s), Bargo RFB became a branch of the New South Wales Bush Fire Service. In 1997 the Bush Fire Service became the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Bargo Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade followed suit and became Bargo Rural Fire Brigade. On Monday 14 April 1997 Bargo RFB struck a close call to tragedy, when the brigade's Category 1 tanker was involved in a free-way pile up on the Hume Highway. The truck was damaged substantially, but luckily there were no fatalities. The emblem of Bargo RFB was created in 1998. Native fauna to the area were considered. A tribute to the history of the Bargo area was brought forward. The first sightings of the Lyrebird, Wombat and Koala were recorded by European explorers along Bargo River. The wombat was declined as it was the animal the local State Emergency Service used. The Lyrebird, known to be mistaken as a Pheasant, was rejected, as the township of Pheasants Nest bordered Bargo, so the koala was chosen. Designed by a member, the Bargo Koala has been the image placed on all Bargo RFB fire trucks since its induction. The koala can also be seen on members uniforms as a patch. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bargo Rural Fire Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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