What we do

The Roleystone Volunteer Fire Brigade is an emergency service, which has the responsibility of protecting the community from the threat of fire. Lives and property depend on our ability to provide a prompt and professional service. The brigade was originally formed to combat the threat of bushfire.

While this was our primary role, more recent times we have seen a widening of our duties, to include car fires, property fires and hazardous material incidents. We also attend the occasional car accident, but only in a support capacity while backing up the career Fire and Rescue Service.

FESA Fire and Rescue Service

The FESA Fire and Rescue Service – comprising more than 800 career firefighters and nearly 2,000 volunteer firefighters – combats fires in urban areas impacting on man-made structures, bushland, trees, rubbish and the like.

Volunteer Bush Fire Service

Volunteer bush fire brigades established by Western Australia’s local governments – which are responsible for suppressing fires in rural areas in bushland and on agricultural properties.

Membership:

The brigade has three active membership categories:

Firefighter

Firefighters are people who fight the fires and it is expected that they will attend most fires on their shift. In addition, they are required to participate in controlled burns, and assist in maintaining equipment.

Probationary Firefighter

Has completed the basic firefighter’s course and can attend wildfires, training and controlled burns. The probationary period lasts a minimum of twelve months and all new members must go through it.

Cadets

Young people under the age of 16yrs are able to join the brigade as cadets. They can participate in all activities except fire fighting duties.