Bennett Rural Fire Brigade

Bennett Rural Fire Brigade Rural Fire station. Here to protect and save lives.

Hello all. The crew had a busy weekend between controlled burns and assisting Tolmah. I know they were happy to be out e...
11/05/2026

Hello all.

The crew had a busy weekend between controlled burns and assisting Tolmah.

I know they were happy to be out enjoying what they do best and working alongside Tolmah crew.

Good morning everyone. ATTENTION: Upcoming Controlled BurnDATE: 2/5/2026AREA: Males Drive, TaraTIME: 11.00 am to approxi...
27/04/2026

Good morning everyone.

ATTENTION:
Upcoming Controlled Burn

DATE: 2/5/2026

AREA: Males Drive, Tara

TIME: 11.00 am to approximately 3.00 pm

As always, weather permitting.

Thank you for your support and patience.

Good morning everyone. ATTENTION: Upcoming Controlled BurnDATE: 2/5/2026AREA: Emu Parade, TaraTIME: 8.30 am to approxima...
27/04/2026

Good morning everyone.

ATTENTION:
Upcoming Controlled Burn

DATE: 2/5/2026

AREA: Emu Parade, Tara

TIME: 8.30 am to approximately 10.30 am

As always, weather permitting.

Thank you for your support and patience.

Hello all in our wonderful community.It has been a busy weekend. A lovely day of remembrance and community unity on Satu...
26/04/2026

Hello all in our wonderful community.

It has been a busy weekend.

A lovely day of remembrance and community unity on Saturday, Anzac day.

Marching with all in our community and catching up with fellow brigade members from Tolmah RFB and Weranga RFB, as well as Tara Urban brigade.

The service brought many a smile, tear and thanks in remembrance.

Today saw our crew at work on a maintenance and checks day of vehicles and gear. It was nice to see our ‘54’ unit back home.

A family day at Bennett’s had by all.

We look forward to inviting our new members into our family and hope to see many more from our community going forward.

As always we are grateful to our community and here for you always.

24/04/2026

Another year to reflect.

LEST WE FORGET
by SteelsDesire © 2011 All rights reserved

To see death and destruction.
To be forced to take a life.
To endure such is to know the preciousness of life.

Let us not forget that which soldiers endure and forsake in order to give us that which we take for granted.
Let us not forget those who stayed behind praying for all to return home safely.
Let us not forget.
They live with the memories.
They live with the losses.
They live with the tolls paid.
They live with their actions carried out in the name of their country.
They live with values forsaken.
They live with pain and pride in the name of the ones they love and protect.
Let us not forget
For to do so is to show disrespect and disregard to their valour, their love, their sacrifices and endurance.
Lest we forget.
We are here as are our loved ones, due to those remembered.

To all family, friends and community here and past, we will never forget.

Good afternoon to everyone. ATTENTION POSSIBLE TRIGGER The crew were happy to be back in action today doing what they lo...
29/03/2026

Good afternoon to everyone.

ATTENTION POSSIBLE TRIGGER

The crew were happy to be back in action today doing what they love along with Weranga Rural Fire Brigade. Together they conducted a controlled burn.

We are back in action and dusting off the cobwebs.

We have missed being out and about with our community but watch this space. The months ahead we are hoping will be filled with fun interactions with you all.

For our new members in our community, welcome. One day I will work out how to add files here🙏🏻
but in the meantime please work that scroll finger. Our shared work and learning experience till I do, can be found here.

A big thank you for all your support and inspiration recently and in the past. Keep safe and smiling.

Good afternoon all out there in our wet community today.I apologise for not putting up the posts of preparedness but lif...
15/02/2026

Good afternoon all out there in our wet community today.

I apologise for not putting up the posts of preparedness but life has settled a little and my grey matter reminded me.

It is time for this week’s being prepared post.

Driveways.

Our access point for all first responders, not just fire trucks to get to us.

If they can’t get in, we are in trouble.

For our fire trucks to get in they require driveway with a minimum width of 3.5 meters and a 4-meter-high clearance.
Ensure there no obstructions such as overhanging branches, car bodies etc within 0.5 meters on either side of the driveway (not just the entrance).

Do regular checks on those access paths so you know our vehicles can get through. Check for overgrowth, fallen limbs. Like our yard and boundary checks, checking our access points is important too.
While weather conditions can be a hindrance, getting in is the first point of help our vehicles bring.

Another good thing to endure is our address. Can you see the number to your property when you get to your front entry?
Precious time can be wasted if spent looking for your entry gate/point. Make it visible and unobstructed by overgrowth too.
Some of our members have shared their driveways to show they too know the importance of access.

We all have different driveways and if we do this task which we know can be ‘not so small’, in the long run it helps keeps us safe for those who come to our side should we need it.

It would be awesome to see how others prepare their access points.

We thank you again for your continued support and assistance.

Good afternoon everyone.I hope the weather is treating you well. It has been nice to run around in the rain but boy that...
15/02/2026

Good afternoon everyone.

I hope the weather is treating you well. It has been nice to run around in the rain but boy that wind.

While it has been relatively quiet for us on the road, we have not been idle.

We are finding our places with the changes that have happened within our brigade family. It will be a brand new year in some ways for us. But we are still here.

Last Sunday we had the pleasure of meeting Jeni Nichols and Leisa Wagstaff.

Jeni Nichols presented a training event on: Disaster Mental Health Awareness and introduced us all to Leisa Wagstaff, our PSO co-ordinator for our area.

I also had the pleasure myself of meeting members from the brigades that attended the training event presented by Jeni Nichols.

I would like to send a most heartfelt thank you to them both, as well as the members who attended from Kogan & District Rural Fire Brigade and Wilkie Creek Rural Fire Brigade.

I hope it was enjoyed by all and I look forward to future trainings together.

I was so engaged with not only the training but also all who were there and hence I apologise, I forgot to take photos.

A big thank you also to Stan and Scott who cooked up an awesome bbq feed kindly supplied by the wonderful team at our area office in Dalby.

A big thank you from us all for your continued support and assistance. Keep dry out there everyone and stay safe on the roads.

Good afternoon, everyone. It is a stinker of a hot day. We would like to thank the community for their show of continued...
26/01/2026

Good afternoon, everyone. It is a stinker of a hot day.

We would like to thank the community for their show of continued and welcomed support, especially last Sunday.

We know we have been a little quiet of late, but that doesn't mean we have not been on our toes.

A community member had a wonderful suggestion the other day.
With so many newcomers to our community, perhaps we should rerun our weekly 'be prepared' posts.

We are never too old to learn or refresh, even us.

As before, we shall do a weekly catchup post of what we can tackle in preparedness together for the week.

However today, due to us melting into sweaty puddles despite having to continue our daily tasks I decided to post this valuable piece shared with me when we first moved up here by a neighbour.

With this heat and our conditions, please remember to be safe and be aware of what equipment you are using on your property during the day.

How it can affect the ground and vegetation by way of heat and sparks.
From the smallest tool to the largest.

Slashing and brush cutting are tasks always on our list.

When it heats up like this, we find we are working more on these tasks early in the morning or very late in the afternoon.

Before I would never have thought that mowing or brush cutting could be a fire hazard.

We never stop learning.

I was never an early bird but since living out here and valued advice I endure summer mornings to help tackle these jobs before the heat beats us.

I have and am still learning about:
Sparks - I never knew so many different actions in the usage of equipment could cause a fire hazard.

Heat - of equipment placed on dry grass, broken glass debris.

It has been an education for me from all in our crew, how fast fire can escalate in the right conditions and unexpectedly when it has never been part of our life and living environment, since moving out here to Tara.

Keep hydrated and in the shade all and thank you for your continued support.

To one and all a verry merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year from us all here at Bennett’s.
24/12/2025

To one and all a verry merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year from us all here at Bennett’s.

21/12/2025

Good afternoon all.

SMOKE ALERT

The smoke is really coming across our way now.

From what I am told, it is coming from the fires in the Barakula state forest.

As per usual when we get this guys and gals, please take health precautions needed. As always if concerned dial 000.

We thank you for your continued support and care.

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359 Mary Road
Tara, QLD
4421

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