Historical information

"From the beginnings of European settlement on the dry plains of Melton, the community became all
too familiar with the destructive power of bushfires. Fires spread rapidly through the parched
landscape and were difficult to stop. Small villages in the district were practically wiped out by
different fires at various times, important buildings and valuable haystacks were lost, and most
chaff mills were burned down more than once.110 A local bushfire brigade was established in
1935, with Constable Roy Corbett elected Captain. This formed the basis of what would later
become the Melton Country Fire Authority (CFA) branch".

During 1935 a Fire Brigade was organised by 1942 it had been registered with the BUSH FIRE BRIGADE COMMITTEE and a Certificate of Registration No 425 was issued.

The Officers were as follows:-

1st Lieutenant E.W. Barrie
2nd Lieutenant T.L. Barrie
3rd Lieutenant Tom Knox

Captains who followed Roy Corbett

List of known Captains 1935 – 1975

Jack Wallace

Roy Corbett

Bon Barrie

Edgar Barrie

Steve Hirt

In 1945 the C.F.A. became the controlling authority. Prior to this date D24 was the Nerve Centre of the Fire Fighting System with representatives of Country Fire Brigades, Forests Commission and D24.

This information was in a typed document prepared by Edna Barrie 1975

Physical description

Melton Fire Brigade yearly calendar