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The Canyonleigh Rural Fire Brigade has always been a bit `different’ in comparison to other brigades. Words such as `quirky, left-of-field, individual or even peculiar’ can be used for our local brigade, but the Canyonleigh Brigade is responsible for a number of original initiatives: Community Bush Fire Training, Women’s Bush Fire Events and proactive bush
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At approximately 4.30 pm on Tuesday 9 December, 2025, a fire was reported in grassland paddocks at the southern end of Hawkshill Road. The property’s owner and a number of contractors working on the site tried to extinguish a small grass fire, however, prevailing south-easterly winds quickly pushed the fire further into the dry grass
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On Saturday 4 October 2025 a major Hazard Reduction (HR) was staged on a large parcel of land that housed the Canyonleigh Community Hall and the Canyonleigh RFS Shed – Quigg Reserve. The HR had been planned by RFS for some twelve months prior, awaiting the right conditions for burning. It was some ten years
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1997 he has served as Deputy Captain, Senior Deputy Captain (twice) and Captain from 2010 to 2019. At an event held at Canyonleigh’s Audrey’s Café, Mark was farewelled with tributes from our current Captain Brett Bannerman and personal tributes from past Captain John Kay, current Secretary Terry Biscoe and Jessica Bannerman who sent a very
Like many RFS Brigades from around the state, falling volunteer numbers has become an issue – and Canyonleigh was no exception. In mid-2023 a call went out to the community to bolster numbers, and secure a future, for our Brigade. With a combination of home visits and with the help of the Canyonleigh Community Association,
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The bush fire season of 2019-2020 will be remembered as a time of devastating fires, property loss and, unfortunately, the loss of many lives including RFS volunteers, New South Wales residents and overseas firefighters. Whilst we were not physically impacted, the brigade was actively involved in a range of activities including fire fighting, property protection,
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Canyonleigh experienced its largest fire in several years in late September at a location mid-way between Old Coowong & Bangadilly Roads. Mid-afternoon on Wednesday 20 September a fire call was received reporting a large plume of smoke in the Bangadilly Road area. Rapid responses from a number of brigades quickly located the fire in difficult
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It seems that fire season has come early to Canyonleigh. Since mid-July 2023 there have been six incidents that have required RFS response and assistance. Here’s a brief recap: 19 July – pile burn escaped on a property on Hawkeshill Road. Even though the fire was small and quickly contained, it could have caused concern
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On the evening of Saturday 15 September 2018, long-time member of the Canyonleigh Brigade Charlotte Stahl thought her catering duties were required following the Brigade’s all-day training event. As usual, Charlotte and husband Ron (a Life Member of the Brigade himself) went about setting up tables, BBQ, plates and getting food ready for the
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The month of April usually means things start to get a bit quieter for RFS crews, but April 2018 was certainly different. Briefly – here\’s how our month went. Sat 07.04: Joadja HR . Brett ,Terry and Kellie spent the day lighting up control lines and then putting out spot fires Sun 08.04: Joadja HR . Mark, Claudia, Mary
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