====== Weekly Newsletter - 28th December 2022 ======
[[newsletters:20221228|Online copy]]
===== Operations =====

==== Christmas - New Year Roster ====
The Christmas to New Year Roster is still in effect, ending midnight on Sunday the 1st. We will then revert to the regular roster, with Crew D picking up the mantle on Monday the 2nd.

Version 1.0 of the roster is [[http://wiki.sawyersvalley.bfb.asn.au/_media/newsletters:christmas_roster_2022_v1.0.pdf|attached]]. Hopefully everyone's comments and requests have been incorporated into this update, but please take some time to review it and ensure that you will be available when requested.

Any problems please contact [[Captain@SawyersValley.bfb.asn.au|Adrian]].

=== Starting Monday ===
Date: 2nd January - 6th January

  * First Call: **Crew D**
  * Second Call: Crew C

==== Incidents ====
=== 27th December, Scrub Fire Beelu National Park ===
Turned out to report of small fire near the truck stop bay on Great Eastern Highway. Three passer-bys quickly extinguished the fire and prevented it from escaping. The fire did manage to climb one tree, although was mopped up with the monitor on the 1.4. The fire was eventually handed over to PaWS to monitor.

Attended by: Adam, Adrian, Dave R., Dave Wh., Denise, Elton, John R., Matt, Shane, and Warren.

==== Updates ====

=== Circulars and SOPs ===

No updates.

=== Mundaring Fire School ===

No updates.

===== Administration =====

===== Weekly Calendar =====

  * Tuesday 3rd: Weekly Vehicle Checks, 19:30 at the Station, Crew D

===== News =====

  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPA1iLg8Z_Y|DFES: Commissioner Christmas Message]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-22/firefighters-union-peter-marshall-victoria-insurance/101797654|ABC News: Victorian firefighters' income protection affected following union spat with insurer]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-22/rural-firies-save-wieambilla-hero-s-property-from-suspicious-bus/101803470|ABC News: Rural firies save Wieambilla good samaritan Alan Dare's property from suspicious bushfire]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-23/heatwave-will-send-temperatures-into-the-40s/101806364|ABC News Video: Heatwave will send temperatures into the 40s across southern Australia]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-23/northam-man-fires-wa-wheatbelt-five-new-charges/101805062|ABC News: Northam man accused of lighting fires in Western Australia facing five more charges]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-23/disaster-communities-go-back-basics-with-cb-radios/101652486|ABC News: Flood and fire-prone communities turn to UHF CB radio networks in disaster preparation]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-24/cultural-burn-burning-fire-islands-birds-shearwaters-wa/101676426|ABC News: Esperance rangers hope cultural burns could buffer remote islands from climate change impacts]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-27/act-recycling-plant-fire-could-burn-for-days/101810000|ABC News: Canberra recycling centre fire sparked overnight likely to burn for days]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-28/emergency-services-attempt-rescue-man-far-north-queensland-river/101812962|ABC News: Kayaker dies in South Johnstone River, 'dangerous' conditions hamper recovery operation]]

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