Weekly Newsletter - 25th August 2021

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Date: 28th August - 3rd September

• First Call: Crew A
• Second Call: Crew D

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Attached is the roster for the 2021/2022 season. Please contact Adrian with any corrections or comments.

No updates.

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Attached is an invitation and menu to attend an anniversary lunch, which will be held at the Parkerville Tavern on Saturday 25th September. Can members please RSVP their attendance (or non-attendance) together with menu selections to Vicki by Wednesday 8th September.

On 27th April 1972, the Sawyers Valley Bushfire Brigade purchased from Mr J.R. Elliott of 18 McManus Street in Wilson a 1956 Austin Loadstar fire tender, for the princely sum of $450.00.

The Brigade at the time wasn’t flush with funds so fundraising for the Austin was essentially a door knock, cake stalls, lots of burns and donations from the community which raised a total of $136. The Brigade wrote to the Shire for a grant to assist with the purchase however, it doesn’t appear to have been forthcoming, so brigade members F.A. Watts loaned the brigade $100, M. Gunther and R. Sonnerman both loaned the brigade $50 each to enable the Brigade to purchase the Austin.

The Brigade also sold a Morris Commercial for $100 which was put towards the purchase.

The Austin then needed to be decked out with a water tank, hoses etc. and again a letter was sent to the Shire for assistance. However, the Shire was unable to assist at the time and deferred the request until the commencement of the new financial year.

• Saturday 28th: Training - Operational Driving, 09:30 at the Station
• Monday 30th: General Brigade Meeting, 19:30 at the Station
• Tuesday 31st: Weekly Vehicle Checks, 19:30 at the Station, Crew A
• Tuesday 31st: BFAC
• Thursday 2nd: Brigade Training Officer Group meeting

• ABC News: Batemans Bay's Canadian expat firefighter returns home to battle North American fire catastrophe
• ABC News: Climate change means more floods, fires and heatwaves. Some communities are already adapting
• ABC News: Top officials accused of putting 'public image' ahead of the protection of Fraser Island during bushfires
• ABC News Video: CFA Erica captain Laurence 'Flo' Swan featured in this ABC 7pm television story on the Moondarra fires in 2006
• The Conversation: Some animals have excellent tricks to evade bushfire. But flames might be reaching more animals naive to the dangers
• Bureau of Meteorology: Climate and Water Outlook, issued 12 August 2021