Nicholas Frederick Peut
1856 — 5 December 1892
Nicholas Frederick Peut (13‑44‑13)
Nicholas Peut (1856-1892) was appointed to the Brisbane Fire Brigade as resident foreman of No 2 station located at Stanley Street, South Brisbane in 1883. He became Superintendent at South Brisbane in January 1888 and continued in that role with the inception of permanent Fire Brigades with full time staff in Brisbane in 1889. He was fatally injured on 5 December 1892.
South Brisbane Fire Station, ca. 1900. — State Library of Queensland.