In October 1958 secretary N.A. Nou asked Council to help obtain a home telephone. He had been waiting since November 1957 and explained that he needed to contact many people in an emergency. Council wrote to the Postmaster-General’s Department the same day.
A warning siren was installed and tested at the station on 18 October 1963. But wind and distance meant members at the Kellyville end of Glenhaven could not always hear it. A proposal for another siren at Mills Road appears in October 1964.
The subsequent correspondence covers permissions, restrictions near the metropolitan fire district, an inadequate hooter, an alternative model and repeated requests. In March 1970 the Bush Fire Committee apologised for delay caused by a lack of technical staff. The milestones date the second warning hooter to 1970.
The archive later records overlay pagers in the 1980s and message pagers in 1996. These details connect a familiar modern expectation—an immediate alert—to years of practical work making volunteers reachable.
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Open the original record at the supporting passage.
- waiting for since November 19571957-1959.htm
- Siren installed & tested1963-1964.htm
- Model A, 240 volt AC hooter1966-1969.htm
- lack of technical staff1970.htm
- Message Pagers Introducedmilestones.htm