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as a "B" class brigade on the 25 August 1969. Late in 1969 a secondhand truck was purchased for $ 500 from community donations and the CFA provided a 400-gallon tank, motor and pump to equip it as a fire truck. A VHF mobile transceiver was purchased for $ 500 giving the brigade an efficiently
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operators. The brigade was supported by a Ladies' Auxiliary, which was later subsumed into the brigade to reflect modern societal standards. The support provided by the Ladies' Auxiliary is now provided by members within the brigade.
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tank of 180 gallons, with a motor and pump, which was loaded from a stand on to local farmer's trucks. This unit was completed in 1957. Organisation later began to erect a fire station and construction was completed in 1960.
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the realisation that as a branch Newham had the maximum equipment that could be allocated, the volunteers agreed in 1969 to investigate the possibility of the Newham branch being formed into a brigade.
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