The first fire brigade was formed in St Arnaud in 1874. Considering the lack of fire fighting equipment or any organised body to fight fires and the lack of essential ingredient of water in the dry mining town .It was amazing that there were so few major outbreaks.

The St. Arnaud Fire Station in St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, is a former fire station which has been registered as a historic place on the Victorian Heritage Register. It has also been known as the Old Fire Station , as Former St. Arnaud Fire Station and as Turcock's Residence .

Jul 30, 2024 · St. Arnaud Fire Brigade members paid fitting homage to their predecessors on Monday 29 July, when they met at the Royal Hotel - exactly the same date and location as the brigade's inaugural meeting 150 years ago.

May 13, 2024 · The St. Arnaud Fire Station, corner Walker and Dundas Streets, St. Arnaud, makes an important architectural contribution and is a landmark in the local area. The building forms the front and one side boundary, with a grassed and treed area to the other side.

This is the oldest fire station in Victoria. Inside is the bucket and ladder cart which the firemen used to pull the equipment to the fire. The Turncock's residence is on the left.

The ‘Old St Arnaud Fire Brigade Station’ was built in Napier Street, St Arnaud, in 1883, using locally made bricks. This makes it the oldest fire station still standing in the state of Victoria. The station was restored to its former glory in 1995, and has been used as a museum since November 2010, housing artifacts significant to the St ...

The St Arnaud Fire Brigade is celebrating 150 years of service on Saturday 16th November from 8:30am. They will be holding a torchlight parade starting from the old fire station in Napier Street, turning into Alma Street, and concluding at our current fire station.

May 27, 2024 · The horse drawn manual in the former fire station, 12 Napier Street, St. Arnaud, has significance as a rare and intact example of 19th century fire-fighting equipment. This fire cart served the St. Arnaud township from 1879

My chosen site is the ‘Old St Arnaud Fire Brigade Station’, located in Napier Street, St. Arnaud, Victoria, 3478. It has been transformed into a museum, housing artifacts significant to St Arnaud Fire Brigade’s history.

The former Turncocks Residence & Fire Brigade Station, 12 Napier Street, St. Arnaud, has significance as an unusual, intact, rural fire station with attached Victorian residence. Constructed in 1883, the local fire brigade operated from this location until 1916.