Two Wells Country Fire Service - Revision history

Marcus at 01:36, 3 September 2024

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GwendaG at 09:44, 23 May 2020

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 |AltName=Two Wells Emergency Service, Two Wells C.F.S.
 |StreetName=Old Pt Wakefield Rd.
-|Locality=Two Wells,  South Australia
+|Locality=Two Wells
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 |StreetName=Old Pt Wakefield Rd.
 |Locality=Two Wells,  South Australia
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 |Related Articles=Dublin Emergency Fire Service, Mallala Country Fire Service,
 |Sources=Phillip Earl - Group Officer of Light CFS Group (2020)
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 '''History of the Two Wells Country Fire Service'''
-By Phillip Earl - ''Group Officer of Light Country Fire service group in 2020.''
+By Phillip Earl - ''Group Officer of Light Country Fire Service Group.''
 '''How it all started'''
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 ''''''
-'''An Assigned Fire Brigade with Appliances'''''''''
+'''An Assigned Fire Brigade with Appliances''''''
 Following the Second World War equipment and trucks became more readily available, so in 1957 a public meeting was held to form the Two Wells Emergency Fire Service.
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-''''''Competitions''''''
+''''''Competitions'''''
 In the mid 1960’s, a Humber car was cut down and used at competitions by the Brigade. It was also used for local fires by the Deputy Supervisor whom was appointed by the Mallala Council, Mr Reg Hart.   It had a drum for water and a motorised pump.
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 '''
-'''Call outs''''
+'''Call outs'''
 In the early years the Brigade only attended single-digit call outs, this continued until the 1970s.  By the 1980s this increased to call outs in the Fifties.  By 1990s the call outs were in the hundreds.  In 2018, the Brigade attended 232 call outs a year.

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-'''Radios in Appliances''''''
+'''Radios in Appliances''''
 High Frequency radios were first introduced in the early 1960s.  These radios were installed in appliances to communicate with each other and mobile appliances. The Mallala Council vehicles sharing the same frequency.
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-'''Name Changes and Amalgamations''''''
+'''Name Changes and Amalgamations''''
 In 1976, the Country fires Act was introduced into State Parliament and in 1977 the Emergency Fire Service changed to the Country Fire Service. This was not simply a name change, but introduced many legislative changes.
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-'''Call outs''''''
+'''Call outs''''
 In the early years the Brigade only attended single-digit call outs, this continued until the 1970s.  By the 1980s this increased to call outs in the Fifties.  By 1990s the call outs were in the hundreds.  In 2018, the Brigade attended 232 call outs a year.
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-''''''Methods of Response to Call Outs'''''''''
+''''''Methods of Response to Call Outs''''''
 Crews once responded to call outs via the siren at the station. Members of the public started out by asking the Phone Exchange Operator to report a fire.  The operator activated the siren via the telephone exchange.  Personnel would respond to the station and answer the phone to find out the details of where to attend the fire.
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 |SubCategory=Community Service
 |StreetName=Old Pt Wakefield Rd.
 |Locality=Two Wells  South Australia
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 '''Officer in Charge at the Brigade'''
 A.H Harvey   1957-1959
 E.S Goode    1960-1962
 G.A Prior    1963-1966
 B.L Wilson   1967-1970
 P.I Hart     1971-1975
 I.M Gameau   1976-1979
 B.L Wilson   1980-1983
 W.E Milton   1984
 P.L Earl     1985-1989
 D.J Eland    1990
 P.L Earl     1991-2005
 T.J Wilson   2005-2007
 K. Barrowcliff 2007-2008
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