====== Weekly Newsletter - 19th February 2024 ======
[[newsletters:20250219|Online copy]]
===== Operations =====

==== Roster ====

=== Starting Saturday ===
Date: 22nd - 28th Feb

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

==== Incidents ====
=== Bushfire, Bindoon, Tues 18th ===
Provided crew for mop-up at Bindoon Bushfire afternoon shift.

Attended by: Denise, Matt, and Shane

=== Pole Fire, Harper Rd, Wooroloo, Weds 19th ===
Turned out to report of electrical equipment fire in Wooroloo. The pole was extinguished with the assistance of Western Power.

Attended by: Denise, Keith, Matt, and Shane

=== Pole Fire, Storm Response, Weds 19th ===
Attended multiple tree vs powerline incidents as a result of a microburst storm in Mt Helena, Mundaring, and Sawyers Valley.

Attended by: Adrian, Denise, Keith, Matt, and Shane

==== Updates ====

=== Circulars and SOPs ===

  * [[https://wiki.sawyersvalley.bfb.asn.au/_media/newsletters:general_circular_18_2025_completion-of-governments-response-to-wooroloo-review-pdf.pdf|General Circular 18/2025 - Completion of Governments Response to Woooroloo Review]]
  * [[https://wiki.sawyersvalley.bfb.asn.au/_media/newsletters:general_circular_19_2025-aurora-fire-behaviour-calculator-now-includes-incident-weather-forecasts-pdf.pdf|General Circular 19/2025 - Aurora Fire Behaviour Calculator now includes Incident Weather Forecasts]]

=== Mundaring Fire School and Training ===

No updates.

===== Administration =====

No updates.

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

  * Saturday 22nd: Weekly Vehicle Checks, 09:30 at the Station, Crew D
  * Saturday 22nd: Training - Light Tanker Deluge and Pump Priming, 10:00 at the Station

===== News =====

  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-14/cfa-veterans-too-old-for-fire-trucks-power-water-bombing-fleet/104905450|ABC News: CFA veteran volunteers fuel planes fighting the Grampians bushfires]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-15/firefighter-base-camp-tullah-oval-tasmania/104939162|ABC News: Tullah Oval ready to house up to 150 firefighters as efforts to extinguish bushfires continue]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-17/dunsborough-residents-return-home-after-bushfire/104945484|ABC News: Dunsborough residents return home after bushfire emergency]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-18/tasmania-remote-west-bushfires-95000-hectares-burnt/104945100|ABC News: Nearly 95,000 hectares of wilderness in Tasmania's west lost to bushfires]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-18/windy-harbout-emergency-bushfire-warning-shelter-beach-dbca/104950364|ABC News: Bushfire warnings for Windy Harbour and Northcliffe downgraded as WA authorities fight multiple blazes]]

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