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New rural fire station will serve as a hub for the Parkes Shire

Parkes Headquarters Rural Fire Brigade volunteer firefighters are looking forward to moving into their brand new station, which is due to be finished before the end of the financial year.

Published Date: 06 Mar 2020

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Forbes Community Engagement

Another successful Community Engagement was held event today in Forbes on Thursday 6th February 2020.

Published Date: 26 Feb 2020

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Birbbaree level crossing crash

At approximately 7am today, a freight train and semi trailer carrying a load of steel were involved in a crash at a level crossing in Birbbaree NSW.

Published Date: 18 Feb 2020

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Get Up and Go to the Garema Gathering

Get Up and Go to the Garema Gathering!!! It is on Thursday 5th March 2020. It will be held at Garema Hall, starting at 9.30 am

Published Date: 31 Jan 2020

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Parkes firefighter Terry Job retires from group captain role after 18 years

After 18 years of service to his community and the wider region, NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer Terry Job has decided it's time to step down from his senior management role.

Published Date: 30 Jan 2020

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Strike Team Activities

The NSW RFS Mid Lachlan Valley Team have been sending crews away on strike teams for a few months now and one of our brigade members is a great photographer and he has put together a couple of video clips of two of the more recent deployments.

Published Date: 29 Jan 2020

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Tichborne on the Newell Highway Fire

RFS firefighters from Parkes and Forbes, as well as Parkes Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters were quick to act and extinguished a grass fire on the “mad mile” at Tichborne on the Newell Highway.

Published Date: 23 Jan 2020

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Tree fire East of Forbes

On the 16.1.20 at 4.16pm after the storm pasted Central was alerted to a tree fire East of Forbes.

Published Date: 17 Jan 2020

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Well done to the MLVT RAFT crew

It’s been a busy few months for the MLVT Raft team with lots of deployments and taskings stretching from north west New South Wales, all the way down to the Victorian border, with plenty of stops in between.

Published Date: 12 Jan 2020

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RFS in Elvis parade in Parkes

Parkes Headquarters participated in the Parkes Elvis Festival Parade in memory of Andrew O’Dwyer, Geoffrey Keaton, and Samuel McPaul and to all fellow firefighters who have sacrificed their lives in protecting and saving their communities, which is something all NSW Rural Fire Service members are so passionate about.

Published Date: 11 Jan 2020

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