Nickol Bay Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade

10/05/2026

🚒 Back to basics with the bushies 🌿

This week we dusted off the radios and tried our best not to sound like we were ordering a parmi at the pub. 📻🍻
We brushed up on basic radio operations and communication plans — making sure we’re on the right channel, using the right comms plan, and talking to the right people when things kick off.

Training got cut short thanks to a callout, so it was straight from practice mode to game mode for the crew.

Good training, good banter, and a reminder that things can change pretty quick out here in the Pilbara. 🔥

08/05/2026

If you’re travelling nearby, take it easy, keep your lights on in low visibility, and be mindful of crews still working on scene. 🚒💨

For the latest information visit emergency.wa.gov.au or the Emergency WA app.

Current smoke alerts as of 05:56 AM, 09 May 2025.

💨 Smoke Alert for DENMARK and surrounding areas in the SHIRE OF DENMARK.

💨 Smoke Alert MULATAGA in the CITY OF KARRATHA.

ℹ No further updates will be published to Facebook for this incident. For the latest information visit emergency.wa.gov.au or the Emergency WA app.

04/05/2026

This International Firefighters’ Day, we’d like to thank our fellow firefighters around the world who put themselves on the line to protect lives, homes, and communities.

Whether it’s red trucks, white trucks, P&W or mine site ERT — thank you for answering the call to keep your community safe.

We’re equally grateful to the families and friends who stand behind them, backing them every step of the way.

To all firefighters and brigade members — thank you for showing up, training hard, and stepping up when it matters most. 🚒🔥

17/04/2026

🚁🔥 Oi Pilbara — Drones & Fires Don’t Mix 🔥🚁

Thinking of flying your drone near a bushfire?
Absolutely not, champ. ❌

🚫 Illegal
🚁 Grounds water bombers
👨‍🚒 Risks our crews
💸 Fines hotter than Pilbara summer

That “mint footage” isn’t worth grounding aircraft, risking lives, or BBQ-ing half the postcode.

‼️ Smoke in the air = drone on the ground. ‼️

See a drone near a fire?
📞 Report it.
Only thing allowed in the sky during a bushfire is firefighting aircraft.

Stay safe, legends 🤙🚒🔥

13/04/2026

Yeah you — the one slowing down for a better look when we roll past 👀

Nickol Bay Volunteer Bushfire Brigade is recruiting… and we reckon it’s time you got in on the action 😉

No experience needed.
If you can:
✔️ Turn up
✔️ Have a crack
✔️ Handle a bit of Pilbara heat

You’ll fit right in.

We’ll teach you how to:
🔥 Put wet stuff on hot stuff
🚒 Operate the big white trucks (not the Hollywood red ones)
🤝 Be part of a crew that backs each other — and gives you grief at the same time

Perks include:
• Front row seat to the action (because you’re in it)
• Smelling like smoke more often than you’d like
• Having a pretty good excuse to wear a cool helmet 😎

We’re locals protecting locals… just with a bit more sarcasm.

So if you’re keen to stop being roadside commentary…

📩 DM us or come down to training, tuesdays at 6pm

Don’t just rubberneck… jump on the truck.

08/04/2026

❌ NEVER. BIN. YOUR. BATTERIES. ❌

Small battery.
Main-character fire energy. 🔥💀

Lithium-ion batteries (yep… e-scooters, e-bikes, power tools 👀) are out here starting house fires like it’s their side hustle.

Do this 👉 not that:
⚡ Let batteries cool down (they’re not ready to commit straight after use)
⚡ Charge on hard surfaces (beds = spicy bad idea 🌶️❌)
⚡ Use the right charger (no dodgy servo specials)
⚡ Don’t charge & ghost the house
⚡ Swollen or damaged? That’s a no from us 🚩♻️

Battery fires are climbing across WA — let’s not make the Pilbara famous for the wrong reasons 😬🔥
♻️ Recycle them properly

🏠 Save your house, your mates & your weekend plans

Bin the habit, not the house. 💪🔥
Share it. Tag the mate who charges stuff on their bed 😏👇

Karratha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service
Dampier Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service

03/04/2026

Massive shoutout to Karratha Window Tint Pty Ltd for hooking up our 76 Series support vehicle with a fresh tint 👌

Up here in the Pilbara, it doesn’t take long for the cab to feel like an oven — so this’ll make a big difference when the crew are out supporting incidents, training or moving gear 🔥

Support like this goes a long way for a volunteer brigade made up of locals, backing locals 👊

We appreciate it heaps — absolute legends! 🙌

03/04/2026

🚒 Supporting the people who protect our community 🚒

Today KWT – Karratha Window Tint had the pleasure of providing a free vehicle window tint for the Nickol Bay Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade.

Our KWT window tinter Mick as always does a great job with Cujo – our KWT mascot – supervising the job in the foreground. 🐶, while the work was completed by our KWT team, this was also inspired by one of our Novus Autoglass Karratha team members, Brian, who proudly volunteers with the brigade.

It’s our small way of saying thank you for the incredible work these volunteers do keeping Karratha and the Pilbara community safe.

We truly appreciate the time, dedication and bravery shown by all members of the Nickol Bay Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade.

👏 Thank you for everything you do for our community.

01/04/2026

🔥 SNAGS, SIPS & A RIPPER RAFFLE! 🔥

We’re firing up the BBQ this Saturday — and no, it’s not a callout, just good food and better company 😅🌭

Come down, meet your local Nickol Bay Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade crew, check out the trucks, and spin a few yarns.

💥 FEED YOURSELF (cheap as):
🌭 Snags – $3.50
🥤 Soft drinks – $2
💧 Water – $1.50

🎟️ RAFFLE – better odds than finding a park at Woolies:
$2 each or 3 for $5

🏕️ 1st Prize: Stay for 2 at Eco Beach Resort (Garden View Tent) — bit nicer than a swag in the red dirt 👌
🧺 2nd Prize: Altra Foods hamper — perfect for the next feed-up

📍 Home Hardware, Karratha
🗓️ Saturday 4th April
⏰ 8AM – 1PM

Bring the kids, bring your mates, bring your appetite 🤙

👉 Support your local volunteers — we promise the only thing getting grilled is the snags 🔥

30/03/2026

🚨 NEW Emergency WA Planning Tool 🚨

Emergency WA has rolled out a new multi-hazard emergency planning tool in the Emergency WA app 📱

Under “My Hub”, you can now create and manage plans for:
🔥 Bushfires
🌀 Cyclones
⛈️ Storms
💧 Floods

⏱️ It only takes around 10 minutes to set up, and you can:
📂 Upload and store important documents
📘 Access Resource Kits with up-to-date advice on preparedness and mitigation
🌳 Use guides like the Bushfire Preparation Kit to help build your plan step by step

⚠️ Important: The My Bushfire Plan app will continue this season but will stop working after March 2026.
👉 If you already have a bushfire plan, download a PDF copy and save it in My Hub now.

A few minutes today can make a big difference tomorrow ✅
🔗 emergency.wa.gov.au/plan

19/03/2026

👀 Been noticing our crew looking extra snazzy lately? That’s right — our new brigade t-shirts and dress shirts are turning heads!

Huge thanks to Santos Ltd for their grant that made these beauties possible 🙌. Now we’ve got a good-looking bunch of larrikins looking even sharper 😎💪.

Think you’ve got what it takes to join this sharp-looking crew? We’re always on the lookout for new recruits — come have a crack with us! 🚒