Brad Lennon (at centre holding framed certificate), a long serving Fire and Rescue Station 256 crew member, has recently retired after dedicating 18 years as a Retained Firefighter with the service. Brad joined the Cobar station in January 2005 as their 151st firefighter and served as their captain for […]
Fire and Rescue NSW Cobar Station 256 acting captain, Alex Lennon, was presented with a National Emergency Services Medal on Monday night at the Cobar Fire Station. The medal is awarded to persons who have rendered significant service during nationally-significant emergencies in Australia. Acting Captain Lennon received the honour in […]
Fire and Rescue NSW Station 256 Cobar captain, Tony Walkinshaw, has stepped down from his role as he makes the move to West Wyalong to take up a new position. Tony has been the Cobar brigade’s captain for the past four years taking over the role from former brigade captain, […]
The Fire and Rescue NSW Cobar Station 256 crew have issued a warning to local resi-dents about the dangers of not properly dis-posing of coals from wood heaters. The Cobar crew responded to a report of a house fire in Morrison Street at 4am on Sunday morning. Upon arrival […]
A truck was completely destroyed by fire in a blaze which closed the Kidman Way last Thursday. Local emergency services were called to the fire around 30km north of Cobar at 12.40pm last Thursday where a road train was found to be well alight. The truck driver had escaped unharmed. […]
The Cobar Fire and Rescue NSW Station 256 crew has weekly training sessions to ensure their firefighting skills are up to date. Station 256 deputy captain Alex Lennon said getting the training they need can be a challenge in a remote country town. “But we are always willing to travel […]
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