About Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Support Brigade

Our members and their roles

• 

Our membership comes from all walks of life, and includes men and women from their early 20s through to their late 70s and beyond. Some are retired, experienced firefighters; some are active in other parts of the Rural Fire Service; and some have no prior firefighting experience, but are committed, enthusiastic volunteers who are keen to support their local community in a particularly valuable way.

We are always looking for more members. Our brigade is unique in offering a wide array of roles to suit almost anyone, from administrative tasks to field roles.

Individual roles could include any or all of the following:

Administration

• Incident Management Team (IMT) Logisitcs Cell administration support
• Telephone reception and Logging assistance
• Transport management and organisation
• Crew relief organisation

Transport

• Driving of 4WD vehicles and small buses for delivery of personnel, meals and firefighting supplies
• Driving of filler tanker
• Driving of supply truck for deployment of buoywalls etc
• Both on-road and off-road driving
• Transport off-sider including navigation and radio operation

Field

• Staging and Assembly Area management
• Field logistics support at major incidents and hazard reductions
• Field communications assistance
• and assisting with Aviation support - Air pads and buoywall set up and management

If this sounds interesting to you, please consider joining our brigade.