Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society Inc in Highfields | Community museum

Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society Inc

Locality: Highfields

Phone: +61 438 769 891

Address: 73 Wirraglen Rd, Highfields QLD 4352 Highfields, QLD, Australia

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24.01.2022 Combination Wheeled Escape in Museum

24.01.2022 Thank you for the donations to our extinguisher collection .

20.01.2022 Due to the current COVID -19 restrictions , the Highfields Pioneer Village and the Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society Museum are closed till further notice .

19.01.2022 Donation to TFBHS of Chief Vic Hornes helmet from Nambour station .

19.01.2022 Laurie Cavill visiting Toowoomba Fire Museum in between First Aid training sessions for QFES staff

18.01.2022 Light meals and refreshments now available at Pioneer Village and Historical Society Site . Come and visit us this weekend .

18.01.2022 Toowoomba Firs Brigade will have their Historical Society Museum open this Easter. Call in and say hello to our members .

18.01.2022 Highfields Community Expo Saturday 02/02/2019

17.01.2022 All members -reminder that the coffee catch up is at the Coffee Club at Northpoint this Friday ( 01 /02/ 2019 . Starting at 09.30

17.01.2022 Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society Museum will reopen for business from Sunday 26th July 2020

16.01.2022 Welcome rain in Highfields . Highfields Pioneer Village will be open for business as usual . Australia Day celebrations to go ahead as planned next weekend .

16.01.2022 Firefighters and a number of our emergency service partners are working to keep the community safe today instead of spending time with their loved ones on Mothe...rs Day. When a few of the members of our C platoon crew let us know how they felt about the people who have raised, guided and supported them over the years, we couldnt resist organising a Mothers Day surprise! Wishing a happy Mothers Day to all of the mothers in our workforce and in the community we serve.

13.01.2022 Great day spent with Paul and Diane Kelly

13.01.2022 A very timely reminder for all of us to recognise, be thankful for and proud of the hard work of all our Emergency Services across all areas of service, and all of Australia, during this difficult time of bush fires and other emergencies associated with these terrible events. Our thoughts, prayers and well wishes are extended to the victims and everyone affected at this time.

13.01.2022 Come and visit Highfields Pioneer Village this Australia Day .

12.01.2022 Visit the Highfields Pioneer Village and Toowoomba Fire Brigade Museum . Open 09.00 -17.00 on Sunday the 26th January 2020

12.01.2022 A fantastic news story by 7News Toowoomba of former Fire Commissioner Lee Johnson donating items from his career to the Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society, and to present former Millmerran and Toowoomba Fire Auxilliary member, Neville McCabe with a plaque recognising his service from 1976 to 2011. Congratulations Neville and thank you Mr Johnson.

10.01.2022 Toowoomba Firies would remember this appliance . The Flyer. Now privately owned .

09.01.2022 A surprise visit to the Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society on the Retired Fire Fighters morning tea catch up. Thank you Lee Johnson, much appreciated .

09.01.2022 Watch this space ladies and gentlemen for an exciting new information display currently under construction at the Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society....

09.01.2022 We hope to see everybody for a visit this Sunday . All welcome to the Highfieldds Pioneer Village and the Toowoomba Fire Brigade Museum.

07.01.2022 Steve and Wayne discussing the good old days of Toowoomba and the origins of Blazer . note - blazer before he grew into a full size bear .

07.01.2022 Steve Rothwell ex SWR Assistant Commisiioner visiting the Toowoomba Fire Museum and admiring the Hall of Fame

07.01.2022 Toowoomba Fire Brigade Museum and Historical Society is open all three days over the Easter Break . Come and see us at the Highfields pioneer village

07.01.2022 Reminder -this Friday 03/05/2019 is the Retired Firies morning tea at the Highfields Fire Museum . All welcome from 09.30 hrs .

06.01.2022 Members attending this event next Saturday 02 Feb 2019

06.01.2022 Toowoomba Fire Brigade Musuem and Highfields Puoneer Village

06.01.2022 Just a reminder , that despite the weather the Pioneer Village and the Fire Museum will be open all day from 9 am on Easter Monday .

05.01.2022 On this day at approximately 4pm on January 19, 1882, the Toowoomba Fire Brigade Board was formed at a meeting held at the now former Toowoomba Court House. From its beginnings as a volunteer Fire Brigade in 1870 to its evolution as the Toowoomba City Council controlled Toowoomba Fire Brigade in 1877, it was felt that both Toowoomba and the Brigade were now large enough to be recognised and receive State Government recognition, funding, operational legislation and adminis...trative assistance which would bring the Brigade into compliance with the Queensland Fire Brigade Act of 1881. For over a century the Toowoomba Fire Brigade Board consisted of local citizens of Toowoomba working alongside Fire Brigade management in a committee format to deliver a successful Fire Brigade to the citizens of the Toowoomba district. Below are some photos of the Local Board throughout the years and some original footage from our archives from the meeting held on this day all those years ago. See more

04.01.2022 Toowoomba Fire Museum would like to remind everyone that we are now open for business . The opening ceremony for the Big Cow at the Pioneer Village is also on Sunday 20th September .

04.01.2022 Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society members would like congratulate retired SFF Glen Englart on receiving his award today . Well Done Glen.

01.01.2022 Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society will be open all day on Sunday the 20th September. This is in conjunction the Opening of the Big Cow at the Highfields Pioner Village . 22 Wirraglen road , Highfields.

01.01.2022 Toowoomba Fire Brigade Historical Society would like to publicly thank Homestyle Bake for their support at our fundraising stall today at Highfields Pioneer Village . Thanks .

01.01.2022 Retired firies morning tea at the Pioneer Village at Highfields . Twenty two persons in attendance . Also thanks to Chaplian Joel for joining us .

01.01.2022 Fleet 766 Static Display at Toowoomba Fire Museum 30/08/2019