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| Cromwell Fire Police |
The Cromwell Volunteer Fire Brigade was established in 1874. During the Brigade's Centenary year, consideration was given to establishing a Fire Police unit and following all the necessary arrangements being attended to, the unit was formed in February 1975. This was at a time when Cromwell was going through considerable change as work began on the Clyde Dam and investigations for hydro electric development of the Clutha Valley. The current 6 members have a mix of experience with long term Fire Police, former Fire fighters and newer members to the brigade - the unit has been the starting point for many of the Brigade's Fire fighters. The Fire Police unit attends the majority of the Brigade's callouts (100 + per year) providing crowd control, traffic & site safety as well as scene lighting at the likes of vehicle crashes and fires. The Brigade's turnout area is very large with an urban fire district that is growing every day. Motor vehicle crashes form a large part of the Brigade's turnouts and the unit spends a lot of time at accident scenes in the Kawarau Gorge/Wanaka Road section of SH6 as well as the Cromwell Gorge/Lindis Pass section of SH8. A fully equipped Ford Econovan is currently used as the response vehicles to support the Brigade's pair of International Appliances - 421 & 427.
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 Cromwell Fire Police |
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Fire Region : |
Southland |
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Officer in charge : |
SO Bernie Scoles |
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Number of members : |
6 |
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Response vehicle : |
Cromwell 4226 |
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| Contact Details |
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Contact name : |
SO Bernie Scoles |
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Mailing address : |
Cromwell Fire Police
Cromwell Fire Station
Barry Avenue
Cromwell
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Phone number : |
(03) 445-0116 |
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Email address : |
cromwell@fire.org.nz |
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Northland
