Moses Rock Pole Top Fire
On Jan 12th, Yallingup Rural attended a fire in an electricity pole top at Moses Rock. A team from Wilyabrup joined them. Once the safety of all concerned was assured by Western Power disconnecting the electricity supply, the incident was swiftly dealt with. Wilyabrup dealt with the related scrub fire at the foot of the pole, and the photo below…
Keep readingBoddington Fire
Our Brigade, Yallingup Rural, receives support from, and gives support to our sister Brigades when the call goes out. This happened on Monday, 29th December 2025, when a major fire at Boddington needed extra resources and YRVBFB Fire Control Officer, Mark Fisher, contacted brigade members for volunteers to relieve the weary crews who had been fighting the fire. Blacking out…
Keep readingQuindalup Christmas Day Fire
On Christmas Day we have a bunch of stalwarts who register to be “on call”. We haven’t had to call on anyone for many years (estimates range from 14 years to 20 years) but 2025 was different. Call to turn out to a scrub fire at the intersection of Quindalup Siding and Vasse-Yallingup Siding came at 13.59 on the 25th…
Keep readingYUNGARRA ESTATE FIRE
Thursday, 11th December 2025, the YRVBFB were called out at 11.00 to assist our sister brigade, Dunsborough, with a fire in the vineyard on the corner of Biddle Road and Yungarra Drive. All Yallingup Rural appliances were involved, the 3×4 and 4×4 heavy trucks, as well as the Light Tanker, which operated inside the vineyard. Air support was also called…
Keep readingHEIGHTENED TRAINING ACTIVITY
Within the Brigade, as part of our own preparations for the season, all firefighters need to formally requalify to fight fires. This is an annual requirement regardless of seniority or length of service and is in the interests of the public and for the safety of our own personnel.You may see several appliances and personnel around the area as we…
Keep readingRESTRICTED BURNING PERIOD
Yallingup Rural Volunteer Fire Brigade would like to acknowledge the impressive level of activity which has been taking place around our community in preparation for the summer fire-risk season. Thank you, everyone. We are now in the restricted season where, for anyone planning on further risk-mitigation burning, a permit will be required. YRVBFB Captain, Matt Muir, advises that if you…
Keep readingDunsborough Fire
On Saturday, 15th February 2025, at 12.50, a call came into Yallingup Rural FCO, Matty Muir, reporting a fire in the Cape Rise area. Matty along with all appliances from Yallingup Rural responded. With the Dunsborough FCOs unavailable, Matt was seconded by his superiors to take control of the situation. After a quick size up of the fire and the…
Keep readingNannup Fire
On Friday, 19th January 2024, Yallingup Rural, Sussex and Wilyabrup assisted the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) - commonly known as Parks and Wildlife, in the state forest in Jalbarragup, Shire of Nannup. The Brigades spent the day building and strengthening containment lines in the difficult terrain of the Millbrook State Forest.
Keep readingThornton Fire
At midnight 15th January 2024, the Brigade was called to a fire on the corner of Thornton and Brash Road. Our sister brigades from Wilyabrup, Yallingup Coastal and Dunsborough assisted in containing and controlling the fire. Mopping up (blacking out) and monitoring was undertaken over the following few days to ensure no flare-ups given the extreme fire danger rating and…
Keep readingCollie Fire
On 12th/13th January 2024, YRVBFB were part of a combined task force, led by DFES, with other brigades from City of Busselton and Augusta/ Margaret River to assist in a fire on private land on the Collie-Williams road in the Shire of Collie. When the task force arrived, the fire was still at a ‘Watch and Act’ level. The teams spent…
Keep readingThe Work Behind the Scenes
Just a quick glimpse of some of the effort that goes into preparing the team for efficient action on the fireground. Consistency in training is always the key to effective responses and is essential for all personnel. Photographs provided by Training Officer, Mike Gray, from the brigade’s session on 19th December, the day after the Hebrides Close fire.
Keep readingHebrides Close Fire
18th December 2023 all three of the Yallingup Rural appliances attended at Hebrides Close. This occurred in between two extreme fire danger rating days which was of high concern to the managing authorities. Both the Yallingup Rural and Dunsborough Brigades responded swiftly and brought the fire under control. The YRVBFB team assisted with a short, sharp exercise of mopping up…
Keep readingSpecial Fundraising Drive for Fire Station Re-development
A very generous donation received in 2022 through our Donate page allowed the initiation of a project for a much-needed redevelopment of the Fire Station headquarters. The exact final dollar cost is an estimate, but based on the work done so far, the fundraising target for the Brigade’s contribution is $120,000. To reach our target, we have constructed a separate,…
Keep readingARE YOU BUSHFIRE READY?
Yallingup Rural works closely with our good friends in the Bushfire Ready community, who do a marvellous job helping residents and owners prepare their properties for and mitigate the risks associated with bushfires. This impacts the number and severity of incidents to which the Brigade has to respond, thereby speeding up our reaction time for those fires we must attend.…
Keep readingBrash Road Fire
On 16th October, a fire started on a Thornton Road property. The hot, dry and windy conditions fanned the flames into a fierce bushfire. A rapid response was essential. All available appliances from Yallingup Rural VBFB were engaged along with many from our neighbouring brigades, bringing up to fifteen the total number of appliances battling the blaze. DFES were represented…
Keep readingKimberley Mitigation Deployment
It may not be fully known that the various fire brigades around the country all pitch in when a call to arms is sent out. During June, in what is mainly an off-season period for us here in the southwest, Yallingup Rural BFB contributed the services of long-serving member Alan Yardley to fire mitigation work in the Kimberley. Yallingup Rural…
Keep readingGetting to the Right Place in Time
One of the most important contributions a local Fire Brigade can make is the speed of response. When a fire starts, one of the main factors preventing it from becoming what could be an uncontrollable and damaging inferno is being able to get to the source and contain it quickly. Nowhere is that more important than in the bush, where…
Keep readingSheoak Fire / Peccavi Winery Fire
On the afternoon of Tuesday 28th March , the Brigade were called out to two separate fires on Sheoak Dve and Wildwood Rd. Both fires took reasonable time to control due to the dry vegetation. Most firefighters working late into the night and ” mopping up” the next morning. Captain / FCO ,Matt Muir, said that ” due to no significant…
Keep readingWyadup Road Fire
On Tuesday 14th Feb the brigade was called out to a fire on Wyadup Rd just before lunch time. The fire started on the verge of the road and was attended by Yallingup Rural with support from Yallingup Coastal BFB. Brigade Captain Matt Muir said ” Even though the fire was contained and controlled quickly, the very busy , Wyadup Rd…
Keep readingNogerrup/Donnybrook Fire
Over three days and nights from 10th to 12th January, Yallingup Rural firefighters, as part of a combined City of Busselton Taskforce, assisted in fighting a blaze burning out of control in the Preston National Park in the Shire of Donnybrook/ Balingup. The fire has burnt thousands of hectares of forest, farmland and plantations. It took a combined effort from…
Keep readingThomson Brook Fire
Thursday, 5th January 2023, the team from Yalling Rural attended the Thomson Brook Fire, SE of Donnybrook, as part of a combined Capes Task Force with appliances from Busselton / AMR. The task was to build containment lines which was a challenge due to steep terrain, 35+ temperatures and strong NE winds.The Yallingup Rural crew was tasked to defend farm…
Keep readingMumballup Fire December 22
Christmas was heating up early for a couple of our boys, Mike and Andy, who set off on the 21st to Mumballup in the Yallingup Rural Light Tanker for a long hard day. The fire had started the day before, and, as seen from the above photos, there is no fire without smoke. It was the second day of the…
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Yallingup Rural Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade 