Grandchester Rural Fire Brigade

30/08/2026

Just a timely reminder!

05/08/2026

🚒 Don't ever wash your gear at your home.
PPC can hold onto many of the carcinogenic chemicals from a job, particularly the nomex or PBI structural gear which adsorbs gasses at an incident, then 'degasses' over a period of time afterwards.
Gear must be sent away and laundered by contractors.
Brigades gave a duty of care!

*If you take your PPC into your cars, homes or launder your gear at home, your family will be exposed to toxins & carcinogens. 🚒
Pete Learmonth

01/08/2026

Congratulations to Julien Barrett for receiving his NSW Premier’s Flood Emergency Citation 2022-23.

Also congratulations to Paul Davey, First Officer from Blenheim for South Eastern Regional Volunteer of the Year award. Well deserved to both recipients

13/06/2026

Yesterday the brigade came together with a few members from other areas to do our First Aid and CPR refresher.

It is such a great experience to do a refresher on First Aid, you never know when you will need to use it.

07/06/2026

Congratulations to our very own Britt!

Britt has successfully passed her auxiliary fire training today and is proud to join her father Craig in the auxiliary world.

It has being a privilege to watch Britt grow and achieve her goals. We are very proud of you Britt!

20/05/2026

It's nice to see our little town recognised and the hard work our First Officer puts in for her community!

First officer Donna Jackwitz has been with her brigade 37 years, with her three children Rachel, Jael and Daniel – all in their 30s – all joining at 16.
Grandchester is a brigade of 25 serving the small community west of Ipswich, but also reaching out towards the Lockyer Valley.
“I’ve made it my unpaid career – I just love doing it,” Donna says.
“Grandchester is a little village with a school, a pub and our fire brigade. We’ve also got the Spicer’s Hidden Vale retreat nearby and we often get called out towards Laidley.
Donna predicts another busy year for her brigade.
“Fires have already started this year.”

17/05/2026

04/05/2026

International Firefighters Day!

Thank you to our volunteers who give up their time to support our local community.

20/04/2026

Tonight we did training with Mount Walker Rural Fire Brigade, it is a great opportunity to come together as Brigade's and learn how the old and new trucks work. Look forward to many more training nights together!

10/04/2026

Morning everyone,
A fire permit has been issued for the Grandchester area. Smoke will be visible for a while.