By the 1960s the Brigade had a Willys tanker and a Nissen hut situated on the main Eltham-Yarra Glen Road opposite One Tree Hill Road. In the mid 1970s the Christmas Hills community had raised the money to buy a second tanker to complement the Bedford which, by then, had replaced the Willys. The new Toyota 4WD was fitted out as a small, 'quick response' unit and was donated to the CFA in 1979. The CFA now supplies and maintains both of our tankers, currently a Hino and a Isuzu.
 | The north fire station with the Nissen Hut (disguised) to the left. |
In the early 1980s the Brigade area was split in two by the construction of the Sugarloaf Reservoir. Compulsory aquisition of the land for the Reservoir disrupted the community severely and several older residents had to sell and move away. After some years of negotiation between the Brigade and the CFA a second station was built in the Bend of Islands (the southern part of the Brigade area) to house one of our tankers.
Construction of Sugarloaf Reservoir also disrupted Brigade membership but the community rallied and today the Brigade and the community form an active, cohesive and effective unit.