1971-2000

Dodges Ferry Fire Brigade

Miss W. 1971-2000, Services ,

Dodges Ferry fire station opened on April 1993. It was opened by Dr Frank Madill. He was the Minister for Police and Emergency Services.

The first chief was David Wells. The chief in 2008 was Chris Wilson, 2 Grant Hawkes, 3 Adam Hall, 4 Chris Suckling. The leading fire fighters were Micheal Olive, Olive Torenius and Carmen Zeralla. In total, there were 37 people in the fire brigade in 2008.

There are 3 fire trucks in the station. The volunteers use these to do local burns and train for what they do.

From 2001 to 2007 there had been 453 calls. The biggest house fire was at Paneminner Street on the 27 October 2006.

The hottest fire was at Scenic Drive, Lewisham.

The biggest MVA Arthur Hwy.

Destiny Dance

Miss W. 1971-2000 , , , ,

Destiny started in 2000 and has now been running for 9 years. It started when Tammy Mason and Naomi Grist wanted to give the community a place to dance for fun not competition. They both had a passion to teach dancing and they wanted to share that with others.

 They saw that Destiny could be a place not only to develop dance skills but confidence too. They could inspire children to do their best and reach their full potential.

They were given $17,500 by the government to build a studio just off Station Lane at the Youth and Community Centre in Sorell. All the profits go back to Destiny to buy costumes and tea and coffee for the parents attending.

If they get any extra money they donate it to their sponsor child or to the community. Destiny has recently moved to the Midway Point community hall at the top of Raynors Road. Now there is only one teacher, Tammy Mason, and she teaches preschool to adults!

Animal Hospital

Miss W. 1971-2000, Businesses , ,

The Animal Hospital was first built around 1986 then rebuilt in 2004. It got rebuilt so that people had better service for their sick animals. They have a bigger operating room and bigger working space than before. It took many builders including the staff members to rebuild.

Rob the manager, in 2008, wanted to be a doctor when he was 4 years of age then he realised that it was too much to have a human’s life in his hands so he decided to be a vet. He had to go to university for 5 years.

At the Animal Hospital they get 25-30 animals in a day, Mainly dogs and cats but other unusual animals like snakes, ducks, echidnas, rats, falcons, eagles, devils, quolls, cows, horses, ferrets and many others are brought in to be checked.

Some people say that cats don’t have 9 lives but in fact they do. We asked if they had any bad accidents and Rob said, “Yes, we have and its very devastating.”

The Animal Hospital will make sure that your pets are well looked after. You can get all kinds of supplies for your pets. Any pet that you have that is sick or injured be sure to take it to the Animal Hospital.