Our History

In her book ‘The Turning Years’ Eve Curtis states that ‘A Sub-Station of the Beaudesert Fire Brigade was opened on the mountain in March 1968 with eight trained Volunteer members, and three years later The Bush Fire Brigade was formed, and was revitalised and put on a new working basis in 1982, with added public support’.

From a get-together of David Law, Frank McKay and Jeff Broomhead on 4th October 2002 it was noted that: ‘ Mid 1960’s saw the first get-together of the Voluntary Rural Fire Brigade when a man from the Rural Bush Fire brigade of Jimboomba or Logan Village came up and supplied one knapsack spray, two beaters and two?.’

From the Rural Fire Service, Ipswich District Office records:

Tamborine Mountain Rural Fire brigade was first registered on 22 January 1972

Office Bearers

YEAR	CHAIRMAN	SECRETARY	TREASURER	1ST OFFICER	2ND OFFICER	3RD OFFICER	4TH OFFICER	5TH OFFICER	6TH OFFICER	7TH OFFICER	8TH OFFICER
1980	Terry O'Brien	Eve Curtis	Eve Curtis	Robert Bartle	William Collin	Mark Blandford	David Pinchin	Gary Austin	David Scott-Hunter
1981	Terry O'Brien	Eve Curtis	Eve Curtis	Robert Bartle	Bill Collin	Mark Blandford		Gary Austin	David Scott-Hunter
1982	Terry O'Brien	Eve Curtis	Eve Curtis	Robert Bartle	Bill Collin	Mark Blandford		Gary Austin	David Scott-Hunter
1983	Frank McKay	Philip Curtis	Philip Curtis	Robert Bartle	Bill Collin	Mark Blandford		Gary Austin	David Scott-Hunter
1984	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Roger Wilson	Robert Bartle	Bill Collin	Mark Blandford	David Scott-H
1985	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Roger Wilson	Robert Bartle	Bill Collin	Mark Blandford	David Scott-H
1986	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Roger Wilson	Robert Bartle	Bill Collin	Mark Blandford
1987	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Roger Wilson	David Pearson	Bill Collin	Mark Blandford	Robert Bartle
1988	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Roger Wilson	David Pearson	Bill Collin	Mark Blandford	Robert Bartle
1989	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	David Pearson	Bill Collin	Tim Baker	David Scott-H	Bruce Bartle	Neville Buckley
1990	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Owen Buckley	Ken Blackburn	Tim Baker	David Scott-H	Bruce Bartle	Neville Buckley
1991	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Owen Buckley	Ken Blackburn	Tim Baker	David Scott-H	Bruce Bartle	Neville Buckley
1992	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Ken Blackburn	Steve Luckett	Paul Beelaerts	Tim Baker	Ed Van Amstel	Owen Buckley
1993	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Steve Luckett	Paul Beelaerts	Jeff Duncan	Ed Van Amstel	Owen Buckley	Ken Blackburn
1994	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Steve Luckett	Ed Van Amstel	Karen Mason	Owen Buckley	Bruce Watson	Paul Beelaerts
1995	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Ed Van Amstel	Karen Mason	Dave Bell	Bruce Watson	Kent DeLange	Paul Corner
1996	Frank McKay	Steve Strong	Murray Allan	Ed Van Amstel	Karen Mason	Dave Bell	Kent DeLange
1997	Frank McKay	Steve Strong	Murray Allan	Ed Van Amstel	Karen Mason	Dave Bell
1998	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Ed Van Amstel	Karen Mason	Dave Bell
1999	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Ed Van Amstel	Karen Mason	Dave Bell
2000	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Ed Van Amstel	Karen Mason	Jamie Campbell	Doug Bray	Owen Buckley
2000 TBC	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Ed Van Amstel	Karen Mason	Bruce Watson	Doug Bray	Owen Buckley
2001	Frank McKay	Murray Allan	Murray Allan	Karen Mason	Owen Buckley	Doug Bray
2001 TBC	Tony Edwards	Maureen Booth	Laurie Vial	Karen Mason	Owen Buckley	Steve Luckett
2002	Tony Edwards	Maureen Booth	Gail Gray	Karen Mason	Owen Buckley	Steve Luckett
2003	Tony Edwards	Maureen Booth	Gail Gray	Karen Mason	Steve Luckett
2004	Tony Edwards	Maureen Booth	Gail Gray	Karen Mason	Steve Luckett	John Heydon
2005	Tony Edwards	Maureen Booth	Gail Gray	Steve Luckett	John Heydon	Ken Lovett	Karen Mason
2006	Neville Crocombe	Maureen Booth	Gail Gray	Steve Luckett	John Heydon	Ken Lovett
2006 Mar	Neville Crocombe	Maureen Booth	Gail Gray	John Heydon	Ken Lovett	Ken Lovett
2006 Jun	Neville Crocombe	Anne Hollywood	Gail Gray	John Heydon	Paul Gardner	Ken Lovett	Karen Mason
2007	Neville Crocombe	Marcia Kimber	Gail Gray	John Heydon	Paul Gardner	Ken Lovett	Karen Mason
2008	Neville Crocombe	Marcia Kimber	Gail Gray	John Heydon	Paul Gardner	Ken Lovett	Karen Mason	Roger Sutton
2008 TBC	Neville Crocombe	Nadia O'Carroll	Gail Gray	John Heydon	Paul Gardner	Ken Lovett	Karen Mason	Roger Sutton
2009	Neville Crocombe	John Robertson	Gail Gray	John Heydon	Roger Sutton	Paul Gardner	Karen Mason	Jenny Sutton
2010	Neville Crocombe	Marcia Kimber	Gail Gray	John Heydon	Roger Sutton	Paul Gardner	Karen Mason	Jenny Sutton
2011	Neville Crocombe	Stuart Wright	Odette Johansson	John Heydon	Roger Sutton	Paul Gardner	Karen Mason	Jenny Sutton
2011 Sep	Chris Rath	Stuart Wright	Odette Johansson	John Heydon	Roger Sutton	Paul Gardner	Karen Mason	Jenny Sutton
2012	Chris Rath	Greg Lincoln	Odette Johansson	Roger Sutton	John Heydon	Paul Gardner	Malcolm Imrie	Jenny Sutton	Karen Mason
2013	Chris Rath	Greg Lincoln	Odette Johansson	Roger Sutton	John Heydon	Paul Gardner	Malcolm Imrie	Greg Lincoln	Karen Mason
2014	Chris Rath	Val Oakley	Odette Johansson	Greg Lincoln	John Heydon	Roger Sutton	Malcolm Imrie
2015	Chris Rath	Val Oakley	Malcolm Imrie	Greg Lincoln	John Heydon	Paul Gardner	Geoff Stone	Malcolm Imrie	Roger Sutton	Kent Noad	Garry Cole
2016	Chris Rath	Amanda O'Neil	Malcolm Imrie	Greg Lincoln	John Heydon	Paul Gardner	Geoff Stone	Malcolm Imrie	Roger Sutton	Kent Noad	Garry Cole