Weekly Newsletter - 28th July 2021

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Date: 31st July - 6th August

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

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Fire fighters from DFES, both career and volunteer, as well as DCBA PaWS have left on a two month deployment to Canada, assisting with the Canadian fire season.

We wish them all the best of luck in this endeavour.

DFES is undertaking enhanced preparation activities to ensure we maintain emergency services delivery. DFES is working to establish the uptake and current status of COVID-19 vaccination of all staff and emergency services volunteers.

The survey is optional and the results will help inform our capacity to maintain service delivery in the event of a further outbreak of COVID-19 in the community. It will also help identify how we can work with WA Health to provide more access to vaccines no matter where you are.

Please fill out the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FCHBJ9L

Congratulations to Ben M., Dave R., and Michelle for completing the AIIMS 2017 training course last weekend. This two day course provides an introduction to incident management, and an important grounding for those interested in training for more senior fire ground roles such as Sector Commander, Ground Controller, and Incident Controller.

These courses are run frequently by DFES and can be found in eAcademy. Members who are Crew Leaders or aspiring Lieutenants should seek to undertake this course.

No updates.

The latest update from the Mundaring Fire School is attached.

Council resolved during its meeting on the 13th of July to undertake a periodic review of the Bush Fire Brigades Local Law. Submissions regarding the review may be made by email to shire@mundaring.wa.gov.au or posted to:

the Chief Executive Officer Shire of Mundaring 7000 Great Eastern Highway Mundaring WA 6073

Submissions must be received by 4:00pm on Friday the 17th of September, 2021.

• Saturday : Training - Burn Over Procedure, 09:30 at the Station
• Tuesday : Weekly Vehicle Checks, 19:30 at the Station, Crew A

• WA Government MEdia Statements: WA firefighters head to Canada to help battle wildfire disaster
• The West Australian: Carnarvon firefighter among WA team voluteering to help battle Canadian forest fires
• Yahoo! News: NSW and WA deploy firefighters to Canada
• ABC News: ACT Coroner to examine time Australian Army took to report Orroral Valley fire's location to emergency services
• ABC News: Super-outbreaks of fire thunderstorms could change Earth's climate, Australian and US experts warn
• ABC News Video: House fire simulation raises awareness about fire safety