Wynyard Fire Brigade

20/08/2026

🔥Be prepared for the upcoming season!🔥

Tasmania Fire Service has co-launched a new national online learning module to help workers understand bushfire risk, prepare for emergencies, and make safer decisions before and during the bushfire season.

The free training takes 45 to 60 minutes to complete and is suitable for anyone who lives, works in, travels through, or visits bushfire-prone areas.

📱 Learn more: www.fire.tas.gov.au/elearning-module-bushfire-safety

27/06/2026

Members past and present of Wynyard Fire Brigade would like to express our heartfelt condolences to our Third Officer and former Brigade Chief, Bruce Corbett on the passing of his treasured wife Dot.

We send our deepest sympathies to Bruce, Adam and Ali and their extended families at this difficult time. Alongside Bruce, Dot has been a valuable supporter of the Wynyard Fire Brigade and she will be sadly missed.

CORBETT (nee EMMERTON)
Dorothy Jean ‘Dot’
Aged 76 years.
Loved wife and best friend of Bruce, for 58 years.
Loving mother to Adam and Ali, and mother-in-law to Jodi.
Adored Nan of Taylor and Nikki.
Daughter of the late Norm and Jean Emmerton.
Loving sister and sister-in-law of Judith and Rodney (dec), Chris (dec) and Neville, Bob (dec), Dale (dec), Trish and Steve.

Special thanks to Dr Jim Berryman, Prof Rob Fassett, McGrath Nurse Amy, Dr Chan and Palliative Care, for their care and support.

“Dot, we love you”

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The family and friends of the late Mrs Dot Corbett are respectfully invited to attend her funeral service, which will be held in the Chapel of Parkside Funerals, 254 East Cam Rd, Burnie, on TUESDAY, June 30, 2026, commencing at 2pm.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made at the Service to the McGrath Foundation.

Private cremation will take place at Parkside Gardens Crematorium.

We invite you to view the service via live stream, please follow the link below
https://www.parksidefunerals.com.au/in-memoriam/dot-corbett

17/06/2026

08/06/2026

Congratulations to our very own Bruce Corbett for his commitment and dedication as a volunteer 🎉

Article in Comments👇

Bruce Corbett has been recognised with what he described as "the highest award in Australia for volunteering".

Read the full story here: http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/9286584?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Post

18/05/2026

🤞We will see one at Wynyard early next year!

18/05/2026

Thank you to all our volunteer members here at Wynyard and around the state!

If you’ve been thinking about volunteering then now is a great time! Click on the link on the Tasmania Fire Service post or go to www.fire.tas.gov.au for more information

Tasmania Fire Service has an important message to its 4500+ volunteers during National Volunteer Week - thank you!

With the theme ‘Your Year to Volunteer’ this week is a time for us to appreciate every volunteer, and the families and employers that support them, for their ongoing commitment.

Our dedicated volunteers play a valuable role in assisting to protect lives. Together they make a difference supporting and connecting our communities and helping to keep them and our environment safe.

If you're not one of our volunteers but you would like to be - visit our website for details - fire.tas.gov.au/volunteering

04/05/2026

🚒 Today is St Florian’s Day - also known as International Firefighter’s Day.

❤️ It's a time for us to thank every firefighter - past and present - for their bravery, dedication, and commitment to protecting lives and communities.

❤️ We pause to remember and honour those firefighters who sadly lost their lives protecting others. May they rest in peace.

🤝 Photo thanks to Glengarry Volunteer Fire Brigade - Tasmania.

18/04/2026

🚨 Community Update 🚨

We’d like to let our community know that a planned emergency exercise will be taking place at Burnie Airport on Monday 20 April.
You may see emergency vehicles, and emergency personnel in and around the airport during this time. Please rest assured this is just a training exercise, and there is absolutely no danger to the public.
These exercises help emergency services and airport staff stay prepared and keep everyone safe. Thanks for your understanding and support.

08/04/2026

🔥 The 2025/26 Fire Permit Period will end statewide tomorrow (Thursday, 9 April 2026).

ℹ️ From 2am tomorrow, if you’re considering burning on your property:
🤝 you don’t require a fire permit
🤝 BUT we encourage you to register your burn by calling 1800 000 699. Registering your burn will ensure your local Tasmania Fire Service brigade are aware of your plans and can respond accordingly.

📍 Remember:
➡️ Anyone conducting a burn must be capable of managing the fire and be mindful of changing weather conditions.
➡️ Make sure an adult is always attending the burn until it is fully extinguished.
➡️ Have suitable working firefighting equipment available to appropriately manage fire activity in the event that the fire begins to spread.
➡️ Never light fires in peat, humus, or marram grass.
➡️ Landowners are responsible for any damage caused by fires escaping their land.
➡️ Ensure your neighbours are aware and that your burn won’t adversely affect their health, or farming operations – particularly the wine industry, which is vulnerable to smoke.
➡️ Burning on private property is governed by local council by-laws and environmental laws about smoke emissions.

Further information is available at fire.tas.gov.au