Weekly Newsletter - Wednesday 7th November 2018

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Date: 3rd November - 10th November

• First Call: Crew B
• Second Call: Crew A

Date: 10th November - 17th November

• First Call: Crew C
• Second Call: Crew B

Turned out to a caravan on fire in Lacey St, Sawyers Valley. Sawyers Valley 1.4 was already off-station inspecting a burn, and was first arriving appliance. Assisted by Mundaring VFRS 2.4HSR. Attended by Adrian, Dave W., Keith, and Warren, with assistance from Nick T.

A reminder that the Shire Rural Urban Interface Exercise will be conducted on Saturday the 17th of November. A number of vacancies exist for this exercise, so please contact Adrian if you are interested in participating.

The following SOPs have been highlighted as recommended reading ahead of the fire season:

SOP 3.5.1 – Bushfire Response

• SOP 3.5.3 – Ground Control of Aerial Suppression Platforms
• SOP 3.5.6 – Structural Triage
• SOP 3.5.7 – The Employment of Strike Teams at the RUI
• SOP 3.5.8 – Immediate Street Assessment at the RUI
• SOP 3.5.9 – Firefighting within Rural Urban Environment
• SOP 3.5.10 – Crew Safety at Bushfires
• SOP 3.5.11 – Entrapment at Bushfire
• SOP 3.5.12 – Tree Removal at Bushfires
• SOP 3.5.13 – Operating Within Registered UXO Sites

Additionally the following circulars have been released recently:

• Season Synopsis
• ERAP Circular 02 2018 - Recall of Standard Staun Tyre Deflation Kits
• General Circular 137 - Re-appointment of Commissioner Darren Klemm
• General Circular 141 - 10 Year Bushfire Brigade Medal
• Operational Circular 74 - Strategic Intelligence Outlook Oct-Dec 2018
• Operational Circular 77 - State Aerial Firefighting Operations 2018

The latest Mundaring Fire School calendar is attached.

A number of photos have been posted to the Brigade Facebook group, covering recent burns and the Brigade Annual Dinner Lunch. The Facebook group can be found here.

• Saturday 10th - Air Operations Pre-Season Briefing; Darlington Fire Station, 08:30

• AVBFB Newsletter: 4th November 2018