Firecom Southwest Region - Areas / Stations

[rochedalescan]

QFRS South Western Region (Region 3) is broken into six Areas.

Toowoomba (1), Warwick (2), Dalby (3), Goondiwindi (4), Roma (5), and Charleville (6).


Area 1 Stations.

11. Kitchener Street, Towoomba (A)

12. Anzac Avenue, Toowoomba

13. Pittsworth

14. Oakey

15. Goombungee

16. Crows Nest

17. Highfields


Area 2 Stations.

21. Warwick (A)

22. Clifton

23. Allora

24. Killarney

25. Stanthorpe

26. Wallangarra


Area 3 Stations

31. Cecil Plains

32. Dalby (A)

33. Tara

34. Jandowae

35. Chinchilla

36. Miles

37. Meandarra


Area 4 Stations

41. Goondiwindi (A)

42. Yelarbon

43. Texas

44. Millmerran

45. Dirranbandi

46. St George

47. Bollon


Area 5 Stations

51. Roma (A)

52. Injune

53. Surat

54. Wallumbilla

55. Wandoan

56. Taroom

57. Dulacca


Area 6 Stations.

61. Charleville (A)

62. Quilpie

63. Augathella

64. Mitchell

65. Cunnamulla

66. Morven

67. Mungallala


(A) denotes Area Office.

Posted by Comint

[QldFirey]

FYI, Station staffing are as follows

311 Kitchener Street (Toowoomba) - Permanent
312 Anzac Avenue (Toowoomba) - Permanent and Auxiliary - Permanent 24x7, Auxiliary backup for Permanents.
321 Warwick - Permanent and Auxiliary. Permanents only staff Monday to Friday business hours, and are on call after
hours to backup the Auxiliary Crew who are first called after hours.

All other stations in South West are 24x7 Auxiliary Crewed.

[AIRMAN]

Good list there, but how are the radio call signs allocated?

[Stretch]

Good list there, but how are the radio call signs allocated?

As in station wise etc??

311A etc???

[QldFirey]

Station Numbers are listed in the first post.

For radio codes, you would put a 3 (for region 3) in front.

So Station 32 would use the call sign 332 ?? Obviously the ? would be the pump classification.

[Comint]

And the Appliance types are posted here.

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Comint

[Colonel]

what about stanthorpe?? I thought that might have been perm day crew??

[QldFirey]

what about stanthorpe?? I thought that might have been perm day crew??

No Stanthorpe is a Auxiliary station, no permanents there.

[Comint]

what about stanthorpe?? I thought that might have been perm day crew??

Warwick and Stanthorpe were fully Permanent staffed until a few years ago, when the Brisbane hierarchy decided to downgrade the stations to full Auxiliary in a move to cut costs. After widespread outcry from Warwick residents, they back-pedalled and Warwick got the present Perm / Aux arrangement, but Stanthorpe still missed out.

Having said that, it is not uncommon to hear 325 Alpha doing 'road tests' during the day.

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Comint

[QldFirey]

You are right there. Stanthorpe do have a lot of either unemployed or semi retired staff, who hang around the station, unpaid of course, doing different stuff, waiting for the bells.

Same can be said for the likes of Meandarra and other Brigades, not just in Region 3 either.

[Massie51]

Just a quick reply on Warwick
Station 21 manned by Permanents Day shift 7 Days (not mon to fri) Auxillaries after hours and back up to Day crew for 2 pump response (FCA and some RTC's)
aapliances attached are normally 321A, 321B, 321Y, 321Z WA2, WU11.

[311alpha]

Anyone got the frequincies for the SWR??

[Comint]

Anyone got the frequincies for the SWR??

The frequencies are listed in the following topic, which is four below this one.

Firecom Southwest Frequencies & information

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Comint

[Comint]

There is now a Station 18 in Area 1.

It is at Charlton, on the Warrego Highway, west of Toowoomba.

Has at least an Alpha, a Bravo, and a Lima.

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Comint