About us

Robertson RFB is classed as a ‘Village 2’ brigade which reflects the area that we are responsible for and the types of incidents that we are regularly asked to respond to. The town of Robertson is home to almost 2000 people. Whilst the town itself is very much an urban environment, we are surrounded by large areas of bushland, including Morton National Park which stretches from Robertson to Batemans Bay Continue Reading →

Brigade History

While the precise date is not known, memories of a bush fire brigade in Robertson extend back into the 1930’s. The brigade saved a house on Knapsack Hill during the 1939 fires that is now the home of one of our brigade members. Life member and former brigade Captain, Jim Wilson Snr, joined the brigade in 1946 at the age of 16 and still plays an active role in the Continue Reading →

Callout Stats 2017

1st January, Assist ambulance, Robertson 17th January, Structural fire, Fitzroy Falls 23rd January, Hazardous condition, Burrawang 25th January, MVA, Robertson 30th January, Fire, Kangaloon 8th February, Hazardous Condition, Glenquarry 11th February, Service Call, Burrawang 13th February, Fire, Robertson 17th February, False alarm, Kangaloon 18th February, Strike Team response to Kenthurst Sydney for Storm Damage 24th February, Good intent call, Robertson 27th February, Service Call, Jamberoo Mountain 3rd March, MVA, Robertson Continue Reading →

Captains Blog

Updates and information from the Captain of Robertson Rural Fire Brigade, Brendhan Waters. If you wish to contact Brendhan, use the email link on the contact page, or pop in to our station on a Wednesday night at 7:30pm.

Weather Station

Live Robertson Weather Please click here to open the live weather station in a new window: http://robertsonrfs.org.au/weather/

You can help……

Posted on July 9, 2016 by robertsonrfs

Our volunteers are here when you need us, but you can play a part as well. Here’s three things that you can do to help us to help you. 1. The most important thing is to Prepare, Act and Survive. When a bushfire, structure fire or major storm damage occurs, you rarely get much warning. Preparing our families and homes, and then knowing when and how to act in an Continue Reading →

East Coast Low – June 2016

Posted on June 18, 2016 by robertsonrfs

18-06-16 Two weeks ago we were in the midst of receiving the highest rainfall in the state. Over the course of the weekend we received over 600mm (24 inches) along with periods of high winds. This led to a very large number of calls to tree’s and power-lines down, along with flooding affecting houses and roadways. By mid morning on Sunday, a forward command post was set up operating from Continue Reading →

A slice of Robertson history

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A photo recently surfaced which shows a little slice of both Robertson and Brigade history. The photo shows a car fire on the main street of Robertson outside what was the ESSO service station near the site of the current service station. We believe that in this particular incident noone was hurt.

Many locals can be seen in the photo, but one notable mention is Jim Wilson Snr, seen standing on the back of the water tender. Jim is a former long term Captain of our Brigade and a life-member. If you recognise others, or can accurately date the picture (we think early 60’s), please get in touch at robertsonrfb@icloud.com