STATION PROFILE
STATION PROFILE D WATCH KILBARRACK
D Watch Kilbarrack Station Officer Dave Connolly.
L-R Mark Shaw, Glen Ellis, Darren Burns, Chris Parkes and Ashleigh Dillon in the muster area.
S/O DAVE CONNOLLY TALKS ABOUT LIFE ON D WATCH AS HE SHOWS ADAM HYLAND AROUND KILBARRACK’S REFURBISHED FIRE STATION.
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f you’re looking for unique aspects to this station, we have those in spades,” S/O Dave Connolly of D Watch Kilbarrack tells me as he shows me around the grounds of the station, starting off at the imposing games court and the herb garden. As we walk to the recently refurbished buildings, he tells me that “everything is part of the pilot Green Plan project undertaken a few years ago here that emphasises being carbon neutral and having biodiversity”. “We are in a transition period as the station undergoes refurbishment,” he says, “with phases 1 and 2 taking care
of the operational areas, and phase 3 starting soon upstairs, where we have the old offices and rec room. “Next year we celebrate the station’s 50th anniversary, so we needed new facilities, and it’s all about having a clean site and a dirty site, which I think is a very good model that will probably be rolled out across DFB. The whole idea is that beyond the double doors, everything is clean, and there is no contamination going into the station,” he tells me. As we walk through those double doors, he points to the eye-catching DFB logo on the floor. “It’s all about branding these days,” he smiles, “but this is a well-thought-out model, and a
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