July 5, 2017
The opening may have been a bit delayed – the $1.2m station was actually built in 2012 – but that took nothing away from the official opening ceremony for the “new” Cherbourg Fire Station on Wednesday.
The junior Wakka Wakka dancers performed to an appreciative crowd of onlookers, which included Cherbourg Elders, local residents, senior officers from the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and police representatives.
Member for Bundaberg Leanne Donaldson, Cherbourg Mayor Arnold Murray and QFES Commissioner Katarina Carroll did the honours, unveiling the plaque to officially open the station.
Commissioner Carroll said it was especially fitting that the opening ceremony was occurring during NAIDOC Week.
She praised the Cherbourg community for supporting the station … in 2012, there were just two auxiliary firefighters at Cherbourg; now there were 11.
Commissioner Carroll said a strong partnership had also grown between Cherbourg Council and the QFES.
A highlight of the opening ceremony was the announcement that the Training Room in the building would be named after the late Jack Combo Snr.
Jack was a foundation member of the original fire brigade and served with it from 1976 to 1984.
His son, Jack Combo Jnr, is a current firefighter at the station and many members of the Combo family were present for the ceremony.
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