By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
SEVENTY years serving the Tooradin community calls for one big fiery celebration.
The Tooradin Rural Fire Brigade under the official Country Fire Authority Act of 1944 will mark 70 years of on-the-job service on Saturday 19 September.
Jen Kelly from the brigade said the days of fire-fighting prior to 1944 can’t be verified but thinks the brigade might just be a little bit older than everyone suspects.
“It seems there was a local fire-fighting response during the Clyde fires of 1944,” Ms Kelly explained.
Now heralding a new era on Evans Street in Tooradin the brigade’s first site was built on Lyall Street at a cost of just 500 pounds.
“Considerably different to our more modern base, however the same community commitment and pride is evident in our current volunteers as it was with our brave and committed predecessors,” Ms Kelly said.
A party will be held on the day with a jumping castle, activities for the kids, tours of the station and, Ms Kelly advises, “of course any tales either tall or true”.
The celebrations will kick off at 2.30pm at the Tooradin Fire Brigade.
