By Dongyun Kwon
Coldstream CFA opened their new station to local residents on Sunday 29 October.
Captain Sean Bethell said the event was well received by the community.
“There would have been about 300 to 400 people coming to the station,” he said.
The event was for CFA to build a better connection with local people by having a chance to introduce their work along with free conversations.
“CFA holds an open day for the local community to appreciate the hard work that our emergency services do in the fire brigade,” Mr Bethell said.
“We’ve got a new fire station and it was also a celebration for that.”
Mr Bethell said the visitors looked around the fire trucks and the new fire station while enjoying diverse activities.
“Kids learnt how to get down low to get out of the smoke and participated in the colouring-in competition,” he said.
“We also had toy fire truck races. Kids squirted water to little toy trucks running along the length of the hose to see how well they did.”
“We had literature for adults to have a look at and an antique hand side pump they could pump some water with.”
Coldstream Primary School students were on site to sell sausage sizzles to fundraise for the school.
Mr Bethell called for locals to join as new members.
“The open day is also to see if there are any members of the public that are interested in volunteering their time to become firefighters,” he said.
“We’re always looking for new members, especially members who are around during daytime hours when other people are working.”
