Fired up by station funding
Fired up by station funding
June 28, 2007
Section: News
AFTER struggling with limited space issues that see the resident fire truck scraping into its housing with just inches to spare, Scarborough NSWFB fire station has finally been given a financial boost.
For the past 37 years a cramped building has been the site of fortnightly fire drills, piling 10 to 12 firemen into a four by six metre room.
Scarborough NSWFB Acting Captain Les Choice said conditions at the station had been cramped for a long time.
"We haven't got much room around the fire truck " it just fits in by inches," Mr Choice said.
"And all the men have to fit into this small room for the drills."
The station has received $475,000 from the State Government to improve the fire crew's working conditions.
The funding comes as part of the government's $831.5 million emergency services budget.
The current NSWFB at Scarborough has a collective 230 years of fire-fighting experience.