Fire Hazards
Mount Victoria Ratepayers and Citizens Association, forwarded a resolution to the Federated Progress…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
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Essay Competition On Bush Fires
At its meeting on November 6, 1951, the B.M. City Council resolved that an essay competition be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flame Throwers for Fire Breaks
Purchase by Faulconbridge Bush Fire Brigade of a flamethrower for burning breaks to prevent or control bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experienced Bushfire Fighters "Indispensable"
The experienced volunteer bushfire fighting organisation in the Blue Mountains fire district was too valuable to be dispensed with under the plan to give complete control of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chamber of Com. And Fire-fighting
Bush fires and fire-fighting wace discussed at the Blue Mountains Chamber of Commerce last week, following a…
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Local bush-fire brigades, on request, would burn off dangerous scrub surrounding ratepayers property, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Katoomba Store Fire
"Mitchells," of Katoomba, lost some valuable stock when a fire broke out in a display window…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Question of Fire Equipment
During the week, the Blue Mountains City Council met the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners and discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central Fire Control to Be Set Up at Katoomba
Fire fighting equipment, valued at £14,000, for use in the City of the Blue Mountains area, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Say Bushfire Danger Already Here
Police said after Monday's serious bushfire at Hazelbrook that the country around Springwood was "more ready to catch fire than at any time last year."…
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Latest fire-fighting equipment being installed at Springwood is not for use in that area only, but will be employed during emergencies in other towns on the Blue Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burning Questions For Fire Board
The Blue Mountains City Council, at a recent meeting discussed at length the present position regarding…
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Fire-fighting equipment ordered by Springwood Volunteer Bushfire Brigade last January still has not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mailbag Bomb Bushfires
"Dear Sir,—The burning question of bushfires always; comes to mind with the advent of the first sunny day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Prevention for ½d. WEEK
Are B.M.C.C. Rates Lower than other Country areas? "Can any member here tell me what are the rates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Non-Ratable Properties Should Help Fire Board"
A motion submitted by Hunter's Hill Council to the L.G. Conference was aimed to ensure that properties…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire Brigades Stand By Faulconbridge
Rumors that the authorities interested in bushfire brigade activities intended to disband volunteer bushfire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fire Menace
"Sir—We hear plenty of talk locally of fire danger, and residents are not permitted to burn off without special…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →B.M.C.C. To Correspond With Fire Commissioner
Council agreed at its last meeting to write, in terms as follows, to the Board of Fire' Commissioners:…
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