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Archived Records for Financial Year 2004 - 2005

On this page you will find a brief outline summary of the incidents we have attended in the 2004 - 2005 financial year. You will also find a more Detailed Summary of month by month calls and drills by scrolling down the page.

Summary for 2004 to 2005 Financial Year

In the financial year 2004 to 2005 the Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade responded to 274 calls. Below is a summary of the incidents, drills and PR work it has attended.

* Other Incidents include garbage fires, powerlines down, false alarms and other miscellaneous fires and responses

Incident Quantity
Structural Fires 17
Bushland and Scrub Fires 88
HazMats 20
Rescues 5
Automatic Fire Alarms (without fires) 53
Vehicle Fires 23
Other Incidents* 65
Total Responses for 2004 - 2005 274
Public Education / Fire Ed / SABRE 34
Drills & Training 38

* Other Incidents include garbage fires, powerlines down, false alarms and other miscellaneous fires and responses

Detailed Summaries for 2004 - 2005

November 2004

December 2004

January 2005

February 2005

March 2005

April 2005

May 2005

June 2005

Charts and Comparisons

Pictures

November 2004

Date Time Details Address
1/11/2004 17:26 Backyard Fire Booth Street, Kurri Kurri
2/11/2004 16:27 Powerlines Down Abermain Street, Pelaw Main
2/11/2004 18:30 HazMat Refresher - Drill (RTO) Kurri Kurri Fire Station
3/11/2004 17:02 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
4/11/2004 06:30 Compost Smouldering Stanford Street, Kurri Kurri
5/11/2004 14:12 Fuel Tank Ruptured Victoria Street, Kurri Kurri
5/11/2004 18:44 MVA Main Road, Heddon Greta
6/11/2004 18:36 Bush Fire Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
6/11/2004 20:02 Bush Fire Hospital Road, Kurri Kurri
7/11/2004 15:48 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
8/11/2004 18:30 HazMat Practical - Drill Kurri Kurri District Library
13/11/2004 21:37 Car Fire Merthyr Street, Kurri Kurri
15/11/2004 21:39 Car Fire Stanford Road, Stanford Merthyr
16/11/2004 18:30 HazMat Practical - Drill Kurri Kurri District Hospital
18/11/2004 13:24 Bush Fire Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
19/11/2004 17:31 Malicious False Alarm Deakin Street, Kurri Kurri
22/11/2004 10:43 Automatic Fire Alarm Hunter Institute of Technology
24/11/2004 11:21 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
24/11/2004 18:30 BA Refresher - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
25/11/2004 10:20 Electrical Fire Appleton Street, Weston
25/11/2004 11:58 MVA Tarro Street, Kurri Kurri
26/11/2004 08:23 Car Fire Caltex Garage, Kurri Kurri
26/11/2004 19:31 Smoke in the Vicinity Neath Street, Pelaw Main
27/11/2004 20:23 House Fire Blair Street, Kurri Kurri
Total Responses for - November 2004 21
Total Drills & Training for - November 2004 4

December 2004

Date Time Details Address
5/12/2004 01:06 Bush Fire Maitland Street, Kurri Kurri
6/12/2004 17:57 Bush Fire Richmond Street, Pelaw Main
7/12/2004 12:12 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
7/12/2004 18:00 Rescue Drill - RIK Kurri Kurri Auto Wreckers
10/12/2004 20:55 Smell of Gas Maitland Side of Testers Hollow
12/12/2004 05:31 Powerlines Down Rawson Street, Kurri Kurri
13/12/2004 05:36 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
13/12/2004 13:47 Automatic Fire Alarm Hunter Institute of Technology
14/12/2004 06:58 Automatic Fire Alarm Kurri Kurri District Hospital
14/12/2004 18:30 AFA Drill - Alarm Systems Kurri Kurri Fire Station
17/12/2004 16:53 Bush Fire James Street, Kurri Kurri
17/12/2004 22:27 Bush Fire Heddon Greta Sub Station
18/12/2004 02:19 Car Fire Stanford Street, Heddon Greta
18/12/2004 04:33 Bin Fire Kurri Kurri Workers Club
19/12/2004 00:26 Car Fire Hall Street, Heddon Greta
19/12/2004 10:41 Automatic Fire Alarm Hunter Institute of Technology
20/12/2004 19:37 Bush Fire Main Road, Heddon Greta
20/12/2004 22:39 Bush Fire Young Street, Heddon Greta
21/12/2004 18:00 Structural Fire Fighting - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
24/12/2004 17:47 Power Pole Alight Main Road, Heddon Greta
27/12/2004 09:25 HazMat Incident Crazes Waterhole, Richmond Vale
29/12/2004 15:07 Bush Fire Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
30/12/2004 10:17 Strong Smell of Gas Mitchell Ave, Kurri Kurri
Total Responses for - December 2004 20
Total Drills & Training for - December 2004 3

January 2005

Date Time Details Address
2/1/2005 18:15 Electrical Fire Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
4/1/2005 18:30 Structural Fire Fighting - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
7/1/2005 10:44 Oil Heater Leaking Maitland Street, Kurri Kurri
7/1/2005 11:26 Automatic Fire Alarm Orica Explosives, Richmond Vale
10/1/2005 15:15 Automatic Fire Alarm Orica Explosives, Richmond Vale
10/1/2005 17:22 Automatic Fire Alarm Orica Explosives, Richmond Vale
10/1/2005 19:32 Grass Fire Railway Parade, Kurri Kurri
11/1/2005 09:05 Automobile Gas Leak Ampol Garage, Kurri Kurri
11/1/2005 12:21 Smoke in the Vicinity Maitland Street, Stanford Merthyr
11/1/2005 18:30 Urban Search & Rescue - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
11/1/2005 21:33 Malicious False Alarm Rawson Street, Kurri Kurri
12/1/2005 22:28 MVA - Oil on Roadway Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
13/1/2005 00:23 Bush Fire Railway Parade, Kurri Kurri
13/1/2005 01:12 Bush Fire Railway Parade, Kurri Kurri
13/1/2005 13:32 Bush Fire Tomalpin Street, Kurri Kurri
14/1/2005 13:29 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
14/1/2005 14:46 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
14/1/2005 19:53 Burst Water Main Main Road, Heddon Greta
15/1/2005 16:14 Grass Fire Deakin Street, Kurri Kurri
16/1/2005 08:55 Grass Fire Mitchell Ave, Weston
16/1/2005 14:55 Grass Fire Mitchell Ave, Weston
20/1/2005 17:22 Automatic Fire Alarm Orica Explosives, Richmond Vale
20/1/2005 21:56 Bush Fire Railway Parade, Kurri Kurri
25/1/2005 07:07 Malicious False Alarm Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
25/1/2005 12:54 Malicious False Alarm Boundary Street, Kurri Kurri
30/1/2005 20:32 Hydrant Leaking Railway Parade, Kurri Kurri
Total Responses for - January 2005 24
Total Drills & Training  for - January 2005 2

February 2005

Date Time Details Address
1/2/2005 18:30 Formal Proceedings - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
2/2/2005 17:44 Storm & Tempest Damage Alkira Ave, Cessnock
3/2/2005 23:15 Rubbish Fire Kurri Kurri Skate Park, Kurri Kurri
4/2/2005 07:40 Automatic Fire Alarm Hunter Institute of Technology
8/2/2005 18:19 Bush Fire Elford Ave, Weston
8/2/2005 19:20 Safe Working on Roofs - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
9/2/2005 13:52 Transformer Alight Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
13/2/2005 21:49 Car Fire Stanford Road, Heddon Greta
17/2/2005 06:12 Shed Fire Avery's Lane, Buchanan 
18/2/2005 22:10 Garbage Fire Kurri Kurri Football Oval, Kurri Kurri
19/2/2005 15:57 Automatic Fire Alarm Kurri Kurri District Hospital
20/2/2005 13:43 Alarm Ringing Stanford Street, Kurri Kurri
23/2/2005 09:47 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
23/2/2005 10:12 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
26/2/2005 22:33 Rubbish Fire Kurri Kurri Soccer Ground
28/3/2005 11:05 Electrical Fire Barton Street, Kurri Kurri
28/3/2005 13:07 Automatic Fire Alarm Orica Explosives, Richmond Vale
Total Responses for - February 2005

16
Total Drills & Training for - February 2005

2

March 2005

Date Time Details Address
1/3/2005 18:30 Cordage - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
2/3/2005 12:30 Hybrid Vehicle - Training Cessnock Fire Station
4/3/2005 00:17 Alarm Ringing Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
7/3/2005 18:00 MVA & Petrol Tanker - Drill Branxton Fire Station
9/3/2005 14:30 Decontamination - Drill Kurri Kurri District Hospital
15/3/2005 18:30 New Turn Out System  - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
20/3/2005 13:46 Malicious False Alarm Brunker Street, Kurri Kurri
20/3/2005 17:18 Bin Fire Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
22/3/2005 14:53 Bush Fire Stanford Merthyr
22/3/2005 18:00 Training Exercise Branxton Fire Station
23/3/2005 20:33 Automatic Fire Alarm Kurri Kurri District Hospital
24/3/2005 09:27 Automatic Fire Alarm Kurri Kurri District Hospital
26/3/2005 13:20 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
29/3/2005 18:00 Training Exercise Singleton Fire Station
30/3/2005 10:00 Information & Technology - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
31/3/2005 16:57 Youths Lighting Fires Hughes Close, Kurri Kurri
Total Responses for - March 2005

8
Total Drills & Training for - March 2005

8

April 2005

Date Time Details Address
1/4/2005 14:05 Grass Fire Hebburn Street, Pelaw Main
2/4/2005 20:54 Gas Leak Victoria Street, Kurri Kurri
4/4/2005 18:00 Search & Rescue - Drill Calvary Nursing Home, Cessnock
6/4/2005 18:30 New BA Set Installation - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
7/4/2005 14:53 Automatic Fire Alarm Kurri Kurri District Hospital
8/4/2005 20:46 Bush Fire Abermain Street, Pelaw Main
9/4/2005 19:06 Backyard Fire Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
9/4/2005 20:05 Automatic Fire Alarm Hunter Institute of Technology
10/4/2005 02:54 Tyre Fire Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
10/4/2005 19:48 Bin Alight Deakin Street, Kurri Kurri
12/4/2005 18:30 Pump Operation - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
14/4/2005 18:00 Automatic Fire Alarm Orica Explosives, Richmond Vale
15/4/2005 14:31 Automatic Fire Alarm Hunter Institute of Technology
17/4/2005 18:15 Backyard Fire Booth Street, Kurri Kurri
18/4/2005 12:23 Grassfire Boundary Street, Pelaw Main
19/4/2005 18:00 Training Exercise Calvary Nursing Home, Cessnock
20/4/2005 06:23 Burst Water main Mitchell Ave, Weston
22/4/2005 10:12 Malicious False Alarm Kurri Kurri High School
22/4/2005 23:49 Backyard Fire Hebburn Street, Pelaw Main
23/4/2005 10:04 Rubbish Fire Aberdare Street, Kurri Kurri
24/4/2005 21:12 For Sale Sign Alight Northcote Street, Kurri Kurri
24/4/2005 22:34 Bin Alight Kurri Kurri Skate Park
25/4/2005 12:18 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
25/4/2005 14:44 Bush Fire Kurri Golf Club
25/4/2005 17:54 Automatic Fire Alarm Masonic Village, Kurri Kurri
26/4/2005 16:05 Building Fire Hunter Institute of Technology
26/4/2005 18:30 Communication Systems - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
27/4/2005 11:27 Chemical Spill Kurri Kurri High School
28/4/2005 11:30 Bush Fire Parker Street, Weston
30/4/2005 09:12 Malicious False Alarm Brunker Streek, Kurri Kurri
30/4/2005 15:29 Bush Fire Hopetoun Street, Kurri Kurri
Total Responses for - April 2005

26
Total Drills & Training for - April 2005

5

May 2005

Date Time Details Address
1/5/2005 17:03 Grass Fire Acacia Street, Kurri Kurri
2/5/2005 17:30 AFA & Booster Systems - Drill Calvary Nursing Home, Cessnock
3/5/2005 05:32 MVA Oil on Roadway Rawson Street, Kurri Kurri
6/5/2005 14:16 Electrical Fire Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
7/5/2005 09:20 Station Open Day Kurri Kurri Fire Station
10/5/2005 18:30 Foam Operations - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
15/5/2005 05:14 Building Fire Appleton Street, Weston
17/5/2005 18:30 SCBA & Inventory - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
19/5/2005 17:18 Vehicle Fire Northcote Street, Kurri Kurri
21/5/2005 14:58 Car Fire Colliery Street, Stanford Merthyr
22/5/2005 10:52 Bush Fire Victoria Street, Kurri Kurri
24/5/2005 07:39 Automatic Fire Alarm Hunter Institute of Technology
24/5/2005 15:25 Shed Alight Northcote Street, Kurri Kurri
25/5/2005 15:25 Bush Fire Hall Street, Heddon Greta
26/5/2005 12:13 Car Fire Main Road, Heddon Greta
26/5/2005 17:09 Bush Fire Railway Street, Kurri Kurri
28/5/2005 12:58 MVA Stanford Street, Kurri Kurri
30/5/2005 20:03 Automatic Fire Alarm Hunter Institute of Technology
31/5/2005 18:00 Compartment Fire Training - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
Total Responses for - May 2005

14
Total Drills & Training for - May 2005

4

June 2005

Date Time Details Address
2/6/2005 20:45 Backyard Fire Gillies Street, Kurri Kurri
4/6/2005 07:30 CFT - Training Vales Point Power Station
4/6/2005 22:19 Garbage Fire Pelaw Main Public School
5/6/2005 07:30 Skills Maintenance - Training Calvary Nursing Home, Cessnock
6/6/2005 13:11 Bushfire Maitland Street, Stanford Merthyr
7/6/2005 18:25 BA Training - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
10/6/2005 15:40 MVA Hopetoun Street, Kurri Kurri
11/6/2005 22:16 Bin Alight Hebburn Street, Pelaw Main
12/6/2005 06:47 Car Fire Maitland Street, Stanford Merthyr
12/6/2005 22:08 Bin Fire Allworth Street, Kurri Kurri
13/6/2005 17:37 Wires Arcing Stanford Street, Pelaw Main
14/6/2005 16:59 House Fire McBlane Street, Weston
14/6/2005 18:00 Driver Training - Drill Kurri Kurri Fire Station
17/6/2005 19:39 Bin Alight Mulbring Street, Kurri Kurri
19/6/2005 14:17 MVA Wormol Street, Kurri Kurri
20/6/2005 00:00 Automatic Fire Alarm Orica Explosives, Richmond Vale
20/6/2005 00:00 Automatic Fire Alarm Hunter Institute of Technology
21/6/2005 00:00 Automatic Fire Alarm Kurri Kurri District Hospital
21/6/2005 14:24 Grass Fire Lang Street, Kurri Kurri
22/6/2005 10:12 Tree Alight Maitland Street, Stanford Merthyr
27/6/2005 16:45 Rubbish Fire Hebburn Street, Pelaw Main
28/6/2005 11:42 Malicious False Alarm Stanford Street Kurri Kurri
30/6/2005 06:14 Wires Down Main Road, Heddon Greta
30/6/2005 14:25 House Fire Northcote Street, Kurri Kurri
30/6/2005 00:00 Backyard Fire Rawson Street, Kurri Kurri
Total Responses for - June 2005

21
Total Drills & Training for - June 2005

4

Charts and Comparisons

Type of Incidents Attended 05/06

An overall look at the type incidents responded to in 05/06 financial year.

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Photos from Drills and Incidents attended can be found on the Galleries Page of Kurri Kurri Fire Brigades Web Site

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