July 2016
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Issue 27 •A community newspaper for Lambton & Nor th Lambton• FREE
New fire station to open A new $4.6 million Fire Station at Young Rd Lambton is expected to open in early July. This larger station will see the amalgamation of the existing Lambton, New Lambton and Hamilton stations under the one roof. The new facility is located at the corner of Young and Norah Rds Lambton, in the former Frost Commercial Kitchen building. The building will also be home to Fire & Rescue NSW’s Metropolitan North Area and Zone 1 offices. The Newcastle Fire Control Centre, which handles major incidents in Zone 1, will also operate from the site. Superintendent Brett Davies, who oversees fire and rescue operations for Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, gave Lambton Local a tour of the new station recently.
Superintendent Brett Davies (2nd from right) with Firefighting personnel and administration staff at the new Lambton Fire Station. The site will also serve as the Area and Zone Offices Superintendant Davies said the new station will provide an even better fire protection service to the local area. “There will be no loss of personnel or firefighting appliances as we bring the three smaller local stations together as one. All up we are looking
at around 50 permanent and retained firefighters and 20 or so administrative staff working at the Lambton site. Each of the fire fighting trucks from the three stations will come across to the new Lambton Fire Station 357” he said. (continued page 2)
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