- February 12th, 1998: A
well attended Public meeting was held to form a volunteer fire brigade for
Maiden Gully and the first Brigade meeting was held on April 1st, 1998.
Subsequently, the Maiden Gully Fire Brigade was officially registered as CFA
Brigade No 02763 on April 28th, 1998. Brigade meetings were held in
the Maiden Gully Community Centre and the Brigade’s first fire appliance (an
International 3.2 Tanker) was housed in a private carport off Schumakers Lane
- September
1998: City of Greater Bendigo grants a 50 year lease
on vacant land behind the Maiden Gully Community Centre at a peppercorn rental.
Brigade members with assistance from local contractors, clear, fence and begin
landscaping of the area.
- September
12th, 1999: Official opening of a 9m by 6m
colorbond shed at the rear of the Fire Station property. This building
to eventually become the workshop for the fire station complex houses the
Brigade’s replacement tanker. An Isuzu 2.2D was officially handed over
on the same day.
- June
2000: Tone overlay pagers introduced replacing
telephones and listening sets providing for the first time a reliable response
system.
- October
2000: Twin Fire Service agreement established with
the Pewaukee Fire Department in Wisconsin, USA. In the same month, a
grassfire trailer was commissioned.
- January
2002: Construction begins on Maiden Gully’s first
fire station.
Government (CFA) contribution of $180,000. Brigade and community contribution
of $50,000.
- April
27th, 2002: Maiden Gully Fire Station is officially
opened by the Honourable Bob Cameron, Minister for Local Government and Workcover.
The Brigade occupied the station the week before.
- March 16th, 2003:
Official handover of our second fire vehicle – a Toyota
Land Cruiser Slip-On Unit. Funding for this Brigade owned unit came
from the Community Safety Emergency Support Fund ($26,000) and the Brigade’s
own fundraising ($34,000).
