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Tyabb was called to a fire at a steel production plant building containing half a million litres of hydrochloric acid which had gone up in flames. The fire started in the building at the BlueScope Steel plant in Hastings at approximately 12:30am on 13 May 2009.
CFA and MFB had 28 firefighting vehicles at the scene, including specialist atmospheric monitoring equipment and ladder platforms.
The smoke plume from the fire was pushed over Westernport Bay by the prevailing winds. Tyabb crew returned at approximately 4am that morning but other crews and appliances remained in attendance until the next morning. |
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Tyabb Fire brigade were beneficiaries of a $10,000 donation from Paul Burgess, who passed away last year in Cairns. Paul’s brother Jon Burgess of Tyabb was entrusted with distributing more than $1 million to local and nationwide charities. The money will be used to replace the front door of the fire station Our condolences go out to the Burgess family |
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Tyabb fire brigade attend a grass and scrub fire off Frankston/Flinders Road on Sunday 15th February 2009. When Tyabb truck arrived the bush was well alight and the O.I.C called for four additional tankers. Tankers from Hastings, Somers, Crib point, Balnarring along with Tyabb tanker 1 & 2 attended. The fire started when the owner was slashing grass to clear around his house. Approx 2 acres was burnt with trucks staying on scene for an hour and half. The following day the brigade went back to the scene to check on any hot spots, upon arrival found the bush to be well alight. the O.I.C called for four additional tankers. The fire burnt an additional acre. For safety reasons a tree was required to be felled which had a bee hive, two firefighters were stung, both have fully recovered. |
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Tyabb RFB and its members have been fully involved with the ongoing bushfires. Forewarned of the potential danger members came to the station on Saturday morning to enable us to react quickly. Just after 1pm we got a call to a house fire in Somerville. As that job was coming to an end we got the call to participate in a strike team destined for the Bunyip fires near Nar Nar Goon. For most of the day Tyabb’s Tanker 1 was involved in asset protection but as the cool change came through we were rushed down the freeway to stop the fire crossing the freeway and to protect the small township of Nilma. Working with trucks from other brigades we were able to save nearly all of the properties in Nilma with only 1 house being lost. The rest of that day was spent blacking out small fires and hot spots left by the main fire. Back in our local area, Tyabb Tanker 2 and crew were sent to 2 separate grass and scrub fires in the Hastings vicinity. |
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Tyabb Tanker 2 was called to a Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) on Jones Rd at about 7am this morning. The accident involved 2 cars and unfortunately the ambulance had to take 3 people to hospital. The road was closed for some time with traffic being diverted via McLaurin Dr by the police. Quite a lot of oil was spilled onto the road and extra time was needed for the council to make the road safe again. Tyabb Tanker 2 returned to the station at about 9am and was made ready for the next call. |
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