BUNDOOK Rural Fire Service has ensured access to water will not be a problem with the installation of a new 22,000L water tank.
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The tank was purchased with an NRMA Insurance community grant and will provide fire trucks with access to a plentiful water supply.
“It’s handy to have water available right here at the shed rather than having to go looking for it in a creek or dam,” brigade captain Anthony Duff said.
“With the dry weather we’ve had lately, finding water becomes a real issue. Here at the station we got down to the very bottom of our two tanks so to have this new one installed is a massive relief.”
The new tank effectively doubles the water storage capabilities of the brigade.
Mr Duff said it was the latest project the brigade had completed.
“We’ve always got a project on the go,” he said.
“We’ve put in a toilet block and two years ago we built a kitchen in the shed.”
The tanks will take advantage of any winter rainfall and store the water for times of need.
This year across NSW 92 organisations received a community grant, with NRMA Insurance investing about $389,000 into local initiatives.
Since the program’s inception in 2003, more than 1,550 projects have been supported nationally, totalling an investment of more than $6.6 million in local communities.