Plumpton Rural Fire Brigade

Plumpton Rural Fire Brigade has a history extending back to the mid 1950’s and possibly further.

The brigade started life as a Mt Druitt volunteer bush fire brigade, with the “fire shed’ located in Whalan. It then became known as the District brigade stationed in Pringle Street (which is today’s location of the Mt Druitt SES unit). Soon other brigades were formed and the Blacktown Bushfire District was formed.

In 1980, the brigade became known as the Headquarters brigade, with the present station in Florence Street opened by the then Mayor of Blacktown City Council John Aquilina (now a member of NSW State Parliament) on the 18 May 1981. In 1988 the Headquarters brigade became known as Plumpton Brigade. Even though our Brigade has changed names and the Service has gone from the New South Wales Bushfire Brigades, to the New South Wales Bushfire Service, and now, to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS). We still are as dedicated to providing a professional fire service to the local community as we were in our humble beginnings.

Today, we not only fight grass and bush fires, as we are commonly associated with, but our main role in the Blacktown Rural Fire district is protecting the community during urban type incidents, such as vehicle accidents, vehicles fires, structural fires and storm damage. We also assist with search and rescue missions and during natural disasters, such as storms and floods. We work extremely well with the other emergency services such as the New South Wales Fire Brigades, Ambulance Service, Police, State Emergency Service in these incidents.

As a Brigade we are also involved in Community Education. We visit schools, child care centres, community organisations and scouts and girl guide groups. We also attend community events such as the Blacktown Show and festival, speaking with children, parents and members of the community about fire safety around homes and while enjoying the great Australian outdoors.

The brigade attends approximately 400 to 500 emergency incidents per year.

Feel free to have a look around the site. There is lots of information about the Plumpton Brigade, including descriptions of our vehicles, positions, upcoming events and photos.