Welcome to Thames Volunteer Fire BrigadeThe first brigade was started in 1870 and the volunteer brigade has been serving the community for 126 years since 1887.
If you would like to know what the siren has been responding us to this last week click here If you have any general queries you can use the contact box at the bottom of this page to send us a message. 
Restricted Fire SeasonThe Coromandel is now in a restricted fire season.
This means that if you are planning on having an outside fire you will need to apply for a permit . Click to link below to find out more. Click here to link to the TCDC website for more information |
The new Thames Fire Station and Eastern Waikato Area Office
Station Revamp Complete
The Station revamp is complete and the new Eastern Waikato Area Offices are now located upstairs in the Fire Station. See the photo above to view the finished product.
2013 SkyTower Challenge
Another great event and a record amount of money raised by the brigade for the Leukaemia and Blood Cancer Foundation.
$9,469 by Thames Brigade $482,560 by everyone. Many thanks for your support! 2013 Results - total of 559 participants Andrew Woodward 11:46, 10th in age group, 17th overall. Sean Hayes 12:35, 11th in age group, 32nd overall. Kyle Richards, 13:03, 36= in age group, 58th= overall. Chris Banks 16:27, 127th in age group, 195th overall. Nathan Jeffrey, 17:04, 143rd in age group, 224th overall. Greg Rendall 19:55, 30th in age group, 316th overall. Craig Cassidy 30:25, 114th in age group, 375th overall. Siobhan Flanigan 22:46, 15th in female age group, 18th Donned female overall. Kirsty Morgan 20:01, 19th in female age group, 22nd= Donned & Started female overall Ashley Cheetham 36:22, 44th in age group (donned only), 94th overall donned men |
Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade - about us.
For a more detailed historical account click here
Following a disastrous fire in July 1872 when a block of 16 buildings were destroyed in Shortland; public meetings were called, with the purpose of forming a Volunteer Fire Brigade to protect their volatile wooden town.
One meeting was held in Shortland and the other in Grahamstown and as a result two independent Volunteer Fire Brigades were established. They were separated by one mile of sparsely populated land that is now constitutes the main shopping area.
This arrangement continued until 1887 when the Borough Council convinced the two brigades to amalgamate and form a new brigade called the Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade. They operated with a North Branch and a South Branch until 1912 when a Central Fire Station was built in Pahau Street, which was the mid-point between Grahamstown & Shortland settlements.
In 1912 the Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade commissioned their first motorised Fire Engine it was a Cadillac, of which all of the firemen were immensely proud. It was the beginning of a new era, and the end of hand and horse drawn fire appliances.
The roll of the Fire Service is ever changing, and Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade has embraced these changes, and has a proud history of protecting the town in its times of need.
The Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade is well respected by the citizens of Thames and surrounding areas.
Following a disastrous fire in July 1872 when a block of 16 buildings were destroyed in Shortland; public meetings were called, with the purpose of forming a Volunteer Fire Brigade to protect their volatile wooden town.
One meeting was held in Shortland and the other in Grahamstown and as a result two independent Volunteer Fire Brigades were established. They were separated by one mile of sparsely populated land that is now constitutes the main shopping area.
This arrangement continued until 1887 when the Borough Council convinced the two brigades to amalgamate and form a new brigade called the Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade. They operated with a North Branch and a South Branch until 1912 when a Central Fire Station was built in Pahau Street, which was the mid-point between Grahamstown & Shortland settlements.
In 1912 the Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade commissioned their first motorised Fire Engine it was a Cadillac, of which all of the firemen were immensely proud. It was the beginning of a new era, and the end of hand and horse drawn fire appliances.
The roll of the Fire Service is ever changing, and Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade has embraced these changes, and has a proud history of protecting the town in its times of need.
The Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade is well respected by the citizens of Thames and surrounding areas.
