The Longwarry Fire Brigade was registered with the Country Fire Authority on 6th January 1945, however the town had a bush fire brigade previous to this of which no record have been found to date except for a photo of the brigade with a horse and cart in 1905. It was only due to major fires at the time that the government ordered a structured fire service for country Victoria.

Labertouche Brigade moved from being based in Drouin to being based in Longwarry in October 1946
 

A Membership fee of 5 shillings was introduced to all members as a way of raising funds
 

In March 1956 the Fire brigade changed their name from 'Longwarry Volunteer Fire Brigade' to 'Longwarry & District Rural Fire Brigade'
 

April 1956 it was decided that three blows on the Factory whistle would mean there was a fire. ( this soon adapted to 2 blows for house fire, 3 blows for bush fire ).

The Post Office was first used as a 'dispatch' to call Brigade members in the event of a fire in February 1961
 


1962 was a busy year for the Brigade, receiving a new Austin Truck to replace the 1938 Fargo, building a new station
Ladies Auxiliary
 
    On the 15th of October 1962 the Fire Brigade called a meeting to form a Ladies Auxiliary "to help the men in their worthy cause in bettering the brigade in this area".  Offices bearers were elected on this day and were as follows:
    President - Mrs Holman 
    Vice President - Mrs Ross
    Secretary / Treasurer - Miss Bell
    Asst Secretary - Mrs Proctor
    Committee - Those present with the power to add
The Longwarry Fire Brigade running team marching at the 1964 Region 9 championships at Inverloch, led by Duncan Holman
 
The Brigades first Radio Communication Transceiver was purchased in 1964
In 1968 after two years of fund-raising the station was extended
 
The beginning of the 1970's saw the start of construction for a toilet block and workshop, this took eleven years to build.
A Fire Reporting System, F.R.S phones, were installed in 1976 to a few members homes to shorten the delay in assembling a crew
 1978 and the latest fire truck, an International, arrived to replace the Austin
 
The early 80's saw the Brigade purchase a Suzuki four wheel drive for a support vehicle
 
Extra land was obtained in 1987 for a new truck bay to house the new vehicles
 
 

Pagers were supplied by the Ladies Auxiliary and the Buln Buln Shire in the Early 90s

 
This is the Longwarry & District Fire Station which currently houses both our tankers the and the support vehicle as Labertouche station where Tanker 2 is normally kept is being used as a Recovery Centre after the Black Saturday Fires.. 

For a support vehicle we have a ____ with a new tray lockable canopy design which holds __ lts. of water in it's own tank and has it's own Honda pump which can be used to fill trucks.  
In mid 1999 the Auxiliary ran its first market and from there has grown steadily to provide funds for the brigade. Since then the market has become one of if not the most successful market in Gippsland and stalls are quite often booked well in advance. Crowds of 2000+ people attend our market days with a variety of stalls to buy from ranging from fresh, produce, clothes, tools to knick knacks.