Join our crew
We need more volunteers! If you are interested in becoming a firefighter and joining our crew, come down on a Thursday night at 7:15pm and see what we do.
For more information click Recruiting
We need more volunteers! If you are interested in becoming a firefighter and joining our crew, come down on a Thursday night at 7:15pm and see what we do.
For more information click Recruiting
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 you must gain a permit to light an open fire. Click here to link to the TCDC website for more information 
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2014 SkyTower Challenge
Another great event and a record amount of money raised by the NZFS for the Leukaemia and Blood Cancer Foundation.
$4292 by Thames Brigade $892,250 by everyone. A huge thank you for your support! 2014 Results - total of over 700 participants Donned and started (breathing BA) Andrew Woodward, 11:40, 13th in age group, 20th overall. Kyle Richards, 13:57, 82nd in age group, 125 overall. Chris Banks, 15:58, 147th in age group, 237th overall. Tim Johnson 19:24, 221st in age group, 377th overall. Nathan Jeffrey, 18:58, 215th in age group, 368th overall. Craig Cassidy 29:35, 159th in age group, 483rd overall. Kirsty Morgan 20:59, 30th in female age group, 39th overall. Ashley Cheetham 42:18, 45th in age group (donned only, not breathing), 98th overall |
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.
