Abbot Point Rural Fire Brigade

Abbot Point Rural Fire Brigade Abbot Point Rural Fire Brigade (328) was established in 1955 by a few graziers and covers an area of 657 sq km.

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BRIGADE CONTACTS

Fire Warden Rod Barrett 0400 171440

Deputy Fire Warden Dale Smith 0428 852257

1st Officer Dale Smith 0428 852257

Abbot Point Rural was renamed in 2012 from Euri Creek West Rural Fire Brigade. Euri Creek West Rural Fire Brigade was established in 1955 by 3 graziers. The brigade is located about 15km North of Bowen and spreads in area of 657sq km from

Dry Creek Rd and Euri Creek in the East to Mt Aberdeen in the South and follows the Nevada Stations southern boundary through to Tondara Rd and down to follow Wonton Vale Stations boundary to the West through to the ocean. Our northern boundary spans ocean frontage back past the iconic Coal Loading Facility of Abbot Point to Dry Creek Rd and the mouth of Euri Creek. Our Brigade that rely on a swag volunteers who help the Brigade to work in a proactive and efficent manner to reduce the opportunity of large scale wildfires. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer then contact Dale 0428852257. We have a variety of volunteers in our crew from Stakeholders to local business owners down to many of our local community members who love doing something for their community and giving something back through their brigade, like our regular BBQ and Family days we organise. So if Rural Fires is where you'd like to volunteer your time, give any of the officers a call and register your interest.

Register your interest if you would like to attend.
16/05/2026

Register your interest if you would like to attend.

Reminder to our volunteers - our special meeting is tonight at 6pm at the Merinda Hotel. We look forward to seeing you ...
11/05/2026

Reminder to our volunteers - our special meeting is tonight at 6pm at the Merinda Hotel. We look forward to seeing you there!

🚒 Abbot Point Rural Fire Brigade – Special Meeting 🚒

We are coming together to plan the future of the Abbot Point Rural Fire Brigade shed, and your input matters.

📅 Monday 11th May
⏰ 6:00pm
📍 Merinda Hotel

We’ll be discussing the proposed location and build plans—this is your chance to have a say!

All volunteers are welcome, so come along and be part of the conversation.

Please let us know if you can attend via text or email:
📞 0459 122 083 / 0421 874 991

🚒 Abbot Point Rural Fire Brigade – Special Meeting 🚒We are coming together to plan the future of the Abbot Point Rural F...
25/04/2026

🚒 Abbot Point Rural Fire Brigade – Special Meeting 🚒

We are coming together to plan the future of the Abbot Point Rural Fire Brigade shed, and your input matters.

📅 Monday 11th May
⏰ 6:00pm
📍 Merinda Hotel

We’ll be discussing the proposed location and build plans—this is your chance to have a say!

All volunteers are welcome, so come along and be part of the conversation.

Please let us know if you can attend via text or email:
📞 0459 122 083 / 0421 874 991

10/01/2026

During periods of severe weather and gale-force winds, emergency services may be unable to respond immediately due to dangerous conditions.

When gale force winds exceeds 80 km/h, it becomes unsafe for crews to be out on the roads.

Residents are urged to stay indoors, avoid unnecessary travel and only move if it is safe to do so.

Your decisions help protect not only your safety, but also the safety of emergency responders.

Stay informed via the Whitsunday Disaster Dashboard - https://disaster.whitsundayrc.qld.gov.au/ and follow official warnings from the Bureau of Meteorology.

03/12/2025
Fire Ban for Whitsunday has been extended.
23/11/2025

Fire Ban for Whitsunday has been extended.

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25/01/2025

Our very own David Redsell was recognised for helping during national disasters with the Rural Fire Brigade in 2019 and 2020 at the Australia Day Achievement Awards Presentation Day 🇦🇺
He was presented with a National Emergency medal that he should be very proud of.🏅
This is not the first time Dave has put his hand up to go and help fellow Australians when their lives, homes and businesses are threatened by fire, and it probably won't be the last.
Well done Dave, all at Abbot Point Rural Fire Brigade are very proud of your accomplishments! 🇦🇺🔥👨‍🚒

23/11/2024

Now that the dust has settled we have had time to crunch some numbers and in 4 days while the fires were at their worst the Roadhouse staff made and delivered 45 sandwiches, 87 burgers, 65 boxes of hot chips, pumped 7 000L of Jet A1 and 1 982L of Avgas and send 27 frozen home cooked meals to those out fighting the fires, as well as still providing most of our regular retail, take away food and freight services.

This is a tremendous effort from our team considering that we had 3 staff away and of the 5 staff that were here 2 had only started a week and a half before everything kicked off.

We would like to thank the community for their patience during the times we had the kitchen closed or couldn't take phone calls because we were doing food for the firefighters. We would also like to acknowledge the 7 individuals who gave cash donations to help provide these meals for the fire fighters in total we were given just under $1000. We are all very proud of how our small communities came together to help each other during this time.

Photo by Tony Gallagher of Wyatt and Grandad Saunders during a backburn between Forsayth and Einasleigh ❤️

08/11/2024
04/11/2024

Address

19870 Bruce Highway
Bowen, QLD
4805

Telephone

+61428852257

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