A $5.5 million investment had been made into the region’s NSW Rural Fire Service firefighters with a new Fire Control Centre, new station at O’Connell and new fire truck.
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Government investment into the NSW RFS
THE region’s volunteer firefighters have received a $5.5 million investment with the official opening of two new sites and the delivery of a state-of-the-art fire truck.
On Saturday, the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Chifley/Lithgow Zone’s volunteer firefighters and staff attended the official opening of a $4.5 million Fire Control Centre (FCC) on Hampden Park Road at Kelso.
Also, a new $777,000 station for the O’Connell Rural Fire Brigade was opened and its members provided a new $300,000 fire truck.
Chifley/Lithgow RFS’ Brett Taylor said the operational support that the FCC would provide was invaluable.
Previously, staff had no designated area in the region to co-ordinate emergency responses and would “run emergencies from our desk”, he said. Read more.
