• Home
  • Articles
    • Front Page
    • General Interest
    • Snippets
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Council Comments
  • Competitions
    • Sydney Royal Easter Show Giveaway
  • Our Community
    • Our People
    • Question of the Week
    • Jobs in the Central West
    • Be Seen
    • What’s On
    • What’s Hot
  • Features
    • Women in Business
    • Rural Round Up
    • My Place
    • Loving Local Living
    • Wellness Wise
    • Just a Short Drive
    • Real Estate
  • Sports
    • Bowls
    • Cricket
    • Equestrian
    • Footy Tips
    • Golf
    • Netball
    • Rugby League
    • Rugby Union
    • Soccer
    • Touch Football
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Page
    • Advertise with us
    • Testimonials
    • Submit an Article
    • Subscribe to the Forbes Phoenix

Forbes Phoenix

Home » Firies Looking Forward to Forbes Championships

Firies Looking Forward to Forbes Championships

March 10, 2016 By Maggi Barnard

Fire Brigade 2

Twenty-five teams of firefighters from across NSW will converge on Forbes
this weekend for the Regional Firefighter Championships. The event will be held at Stephan Field between 8am and 3pm on Saturday, and 8am and 1pm on Sunday.

Each team will compete in 11 different events across the two days of competition, with each event designed to simulate a real-life firefighting exercise. Teams will be timed in each event, with the fastest time to be declared the winner.

Ten local firefighters from Forbes will compete, with two teams featuring five
members each, and an invitational team from the Parkes Rural Fire Service will also join in, even though the event is normally just for the NSW Fire and Rescue Service.

It won’t just be local firies competing though, with others coming from as far as Bega, Nowra, Port Macquarie, Broken Hill, Dubbo and Tamworth. Forbes fire fighter Andrew Rousell said an example of an event that would be held
over the weekend would be the ‘breathing apparatus’ event, where competitors would simulate a house fire.

“Two fireman put breathing apparatus on, while another two go to work and put a stand pipe into the hydrant, and get water coming out of the hose on the pumper, and the two with the breathing apparatus run the hose out as if they’re going into a house fire,” he said.

“We’ve only got 2000 litres of water in a fire truck, so if you get the hoses going hard, that sucks it up pretty quick, so you’ve got to look for a hydrant to supplement your water supply.”

Mr Rousell said the championship events actually helped with real-life firefighting training, and that the Forbes squadron was looking forward to the event.

Filed Under: Articles, General Interest

Latest Print Editions

Click here to download the recent issue (336) of The Forbes Phoenix (1.4MB) – 20th May 2022 

STAY CONNECTED

The Forbes Phoenix would like to thank you, our Facebook friends, for your continued support and readership!

SEARCH THE PHOENIX

Recent Articles

  • AFL May 20, 2022
  • Croquet May 20, 2022
  • Forbes Squash Co-Hosts Successful State Tournament May 20, 2022
  • Giant Effort To Stage ‘Big The Musical’ May 20, 2022
  • Hot Air Balloon Ride Lifts Spirits Sky High May 20, 2022

CONTACT THE PHOENIX

Address
7/113-127 Rankin Street, Forbes NSW 2871

Editorial Phone – 0455 143 636
editor@forbesphoenix.com.au

Sales Phone – 0459 086 023
sales@forbesphoenix.com.au

View our Privacy Policy.
View our Conflict Resolution Process.
View our Ethics and Complaints Policy.
Want to advertise with us?
Information on our Community Promotions.

Submit an Article

We are always looking for new articles of interest to the local community.

Please feel free to submit an article for possible inclusion in a future issue.

To submit an article, click here to use our online article submission form.

Recieve the Phoenix via email

* indicates required

Copyright © 2022 · Website setup by WebSysMan