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Bullsbrook Volunteer Fire Service Cadets Young people 12-17yrs old who want to learn basic fire fighting skills and help their community.

2 of our cadets along with other emergency service volunteers helped Bullsbrook Community Kindy celebrate their 50th ann...
16/10/2026

2 of our cadets along with other emergency service volunteers helped Bullsbrook Community Kindy celebrate their 50th anniversary yesterday. Kids loved the fire truck and squirting the hoses, well done boys.

This week we tried something different. 5 of our cadets went head to head with 4 of the brigades newest probationary fir...
08/10/2026

This week we tried something different. 5 of our cadets went head to head with 4 of the brigades newest probationary firefighters. Task 1 was setting up hoses on our 3.4 pump for a structural fire.
Task 2 was the old hydrant challenge made famous on youtube. This old cadet leader and his young upstart made the fastest time including against a very left out feeling pair of lieutenants.
Finally the shed was filled with blinding smoke and crews had to search thoroughly for casualties.
In a best of 3 challenge the probeys won 2 to 1.
Next time i think i will sway the challenges in the cadets favour to even the ledger.
We must be doing something right if the grown ups want to join us. 😉

Cadets doing what they do best. Adapting and helping out. Nominated to cover 2 road closure points of the Maryville Stag...
19/09/2026

Cadets doing what they do best. Adapting and helping out. Nominated to cover 2 road closure points of the Maryville Stage of the rally. Some others didnt turn up so our lads put there hand up to cover a 3rd road closure. Its what we do. Well done lads.

16/09/2026

Last night was another great session. As we had practiced our knots last month i thought it was a good idea to take the lads out on location to put there skills to the test.
As the brigade has been called to Bells Rapids to assist St John with a patient extraction in the past, i thought it was a perfect venue to set up.
So in the dark the boys managed to:
1.Set up a work light (which could have been lowered under the bridge)
2.Tether themselves with safety lines to the bridge.
3.Lower a stetcher to the paitent and lift it back up again.
4. Carry patient up the narrow slippery track to waiting ambulance. (It was my car)
All in just under 30 minutes. Team work for a safe efficient exercise.
After we were packed up we had a bit of time to practice throwing a rescue line to someone who might have been swept down the river. We also experienced what it would feel like to have to be lifted up with a bowline loop of rope instead of a harness. We all agree the rope was very uncomfortable....

04/09/2026

This week all the grown ups at the brigade went through the preseason refresher training to make sure everyone is up to date before the summer bushfire seasons ramps up. So "when in Rome", our cadets went through a refresher session of their own. Our goal is for our cadets to feel useful and have as much knowledge as a probationary fire fighter. Each of our cadets have shown they can:
Start the pump and provide water from a light tanker, 3.4 and 12.2. (Trainer closed off hose reel valve for the over confident cadet to troubleshoot)
We looked at drafting (suction) to a light tanker, 3.4 and the ground pump.
Burnover drill
We looked at fire ground safety (LACES), arrival codes and fire descriptions over the radio.
Learned about working in the dead man zone. (Cool name hey)
We always have time for a quick game of what is it and what appliance did it come from, because even if you havent done any courses, if you can find something on the truck when asked then you are helpful.
Well done lads 🚒
Next session we will put our knots into practice with a rescue drill off station. Hope youve been practicing..

A brilliant night tonight. Our annual Cadet Campfire Cooking Challenge.Tasked with creating a bare earth break with rake...
11/08/2026

A brilliant night tonight. Our annual Cadet Campfire Cooking Challenge.
Tasked with creating a bare earth break with rakehoe.
Building a suitable cooking fire.
Cooking a simple meal.
Extinguish fire and return fire ground to prior condition.
All in approximatley 1 hr.
We had across the 4 fires
• Baked beans
• kransky and beans
• sausages and stew on toast
• hamburgers
They provided all there own ingredients and utensils.
We finished with a quick teach from a cadet of how to light a fire with a 9volt battery and steal wool.

30/07/2026

This week cadets reaquainted themselves with tying knots. Many of these are taught in the structural fire fighting course so prior knowledge will make it easier for them when the time to go on courses arrives. By showing the practical applications they can use their new knots at home.

Reef knot used to tie several ropes together. Cadet made a clothes line across the shed from scraps of rope...

Bowline creates a loop on the end of a rope. Cadets were able to secure a ladder for lifting, put a loop around a patient to lift them to a helicopter or simply drag them to safety.

Clove hitch fastens a line to a post that is secure. I grabbed the end of a rope and ran out the shed, cadets had to secure the rope to the light tanker before it ran out. They also saw how to use a clove hitch and a half hitch to safely lift an axe

Figure 8
Figure 8 on the bite
Figure 8 follow thru
These are all use to create an anchor point
Wish i had some pictures for you.

At the end we were tasked with using our knots to safely suspend a patient in our basket stretcher from the roof of the station (nobody human or dummy were at risk I promise).
6 cadet clove hitches attached to the stretcher then figure 8 followthrus attached to a figure 8 on the bite and it was successfully level..

If none of this makes sense you might need to grab some rope and get on youtube, or you could ask a cadet.... they might remember 🤣

So our cadets came home from their annual winter overnighter today. What has been 1 night on my farm property in previou...
16/07/2026

So our cadets came home from their annual winter overnighter today. What has been 1 night on my farm property in previous years has changed into 2 nights in tents at the Manjedal Activity Centre east of Byford. Somewhere ive been coming to since I was a cub scout a long time ago.
So tuesday morning 6 cadets in 2 cars with 2 trailers headed off. A lunch stop at Hungry Jacks before heading into the bush. When we arrived we made our beds in tents then donned out turn out gear and headed out on the blind trail. Blind folded, the cadets had to follow the rope thru the bush seeing only with their hands and feet like it was a smokefilled building.
Once everyone made it thru we went back to base camp and lit our cooking fire. Baked potatoes with chilli and coleslaw for dinner.
Wednesday cadets cooked bacon and eggs before a trip round the confidence course like a chain gang tethered together with rope. (That ought to promote team work)
When we stopped for lunch we were greeted by the maintenance man. We had previously requested an opportunity to volunteer some service onsite and he said there was a burn pile we could look after.
The cadets loaded the trailer with rakehoes, knapsacks and some welfare (toastys from the bbq) and we met up with maintenance man Callum and the MAC light tanker to spend the afternoon supervising a burn off. Thankfully the burn pile was right next to the frisbee golf course so we were able to get a round in before blacking out and heading back to base. Like good fire fighters we did a patrol of the fire before bed time.
The lads built a cooking fire and made chicken wraps and smores then played some UNO and bush blackjack before bed.
This morning we packed up our stuff and had pancakes on the bbq. Then we went for a hike to check that there was no signs of bird flu around the lake, that the burn pile was made safe and continued on round the park. A sausage sizzle before retiring the bbq back into the trailer and a sleepy (smelly for some) drive home.
I spoke to the staff before we left and gave them heaps of feedback about the place and they were really happy to receive it as well as grateful for the help we provided and welcomed any groups that would like to come up and use the facilities especially if they are willing to set aside some time to help work on some of the projects and activities around the site. In particular I flagged the mountain bike trail and the wet section of the confidence course.
I would thoroughly recommend this as a camp destination for any other cadet units especially if you mention when enquiring/booking that you wish to offer some MAC service in your schedule.
Hopefully our 6 campers are all showered and off to bed early tonight dreaming of next week returning to school. 🤣

23/06/2026

Last night was an unusual session. (sorry no pictures) we spent some time doing camp prep for our 2 nighter coming up in the holidays.
Then I simulated a car crash and the cadets donned their High Vis and turned out in the 3.4. Crew leader Adrian assigned tasks to everyone and when they arrived the truck was parked in fend off position, traffic cones and E flares deployed. 2 traffic controllers set up, then crash site was lit up with work lights and first aider attended to the driver. Good for a first go well done Cadets.

Groundhog day again yesterday. Second time in a row we havent been able to burn some piles for the brigade due to high f...
27/05/2026

Groundhog day again yesterday. Second time in a row we havent been able to burn some piles for the brigade due to high fire danger rating. All is not lost though. Some quick thinking from a cadet leader meant the cadets were still busy working together.
A 10 minute teach from our youngest had the cadets learning to make a cylinder paper plane.
Cash for cans were bagged ready for recycling.
Some large logs dropped at the Community Garden were rolled into position.
Then we finished up on our secret training ground. Here we were running hoses, using pump signals, puting out stags with the monitor, spotting the vehicles reversing around trees and we finished by shipping a hydrant to fill up and make fire ready again.
And that wasnt even the plan!
Theres always something to do.. well done guys for taking it all in your stride.
Hopefully next month we will get that fire going. 🔥

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Maroubra Avenue
Bullsbrook, WA
6084

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+61417950617

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