Weekly Newsletter - 30th March 2022

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Operations

Roster

Starting Saturday

Date: 2nd April - 8th April

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

Incidents

None

Restricted Burning Season Starts 1st April

The Restricted Burning Season will commence on the 1st of April. This period permits residents to burn 1sqm piles between 18:00 and 00:00, when the fire danger is below Very High. Permits may also be issued for larger fires, although the Chief has directed that no permits be issued until the Soil Dryness Index has significantly fallen.

It is possible that the next few weeks will see a number of evening call-outs as locals report burns that are potentially outside of the restricted period conditions.

Online Brigade Training

Due to the current COVID-19 precautions, the Brigade has been conducting the regular weekly training sessions via Zoom on Saturday mornings. A number of members have attended these sessions, however it is fair to say that attendance has not met what would be expected for a station training session. It is possible that these training sessions could be rescheduled to an evening to help facilitate greater attendance. If you have a preference for an evening training session, please contact Adrian.

Thank you to Denise, John R., Michelle, and Shane for attending the most recent training, which covered Repeater Talk-around.

Wooroloo Bushfire Review

The State Government has release the independent review into the Wooroloo bushfire, available on the State Emergency Management Committee website.

The review focuses on state level activities, however may make interesting reading for Brigade members.

Updates

Circulars and SOPs

No updates.

Mundaring Fire School

The latest training calendar from the Mundaring Fire School is attached.

DFES are seeking participants for the Advanced Bush Firefighting and Crew Leader courses being held at the Bushfire Centre of Excellence, 27th and 28th of April. If you are interested in attending these courses (run consecutively as a pair), please contact Ben or Adrian.

Administration

Life Membership Nominations

The following is an extract from the SVVBFB By-Laws which relates to the criteria and nomination process for Life Membership of the Association – 

By-Law 8 – “Life membership of the Association may be granted by the Association to any person as an honour in recognition of outstanding service to the Brigade.

(1) Nominations for life membership shall be made, through the committee, to an Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting and the granting of life membership shall be by a majority vote of voting members.
(2) Nominations for life membership shall be made to the committee for consideration at least 6 weeks before the AGM or Special General Meeting. Such nominations shall include a suitable citation of achievements and record of membership supporting the nomination.
(3) To be eligible for life membership the committee must be satisfied that the member has given outstanding service to the Brigade activities and has served as an active member of the Association for a minimum of 10 years.
(4) If not satisfied that life membership be granted the committee shall notify the nominator of the reasons for the decision and the application shall lapse.”

As the Brigade Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Monday 30th May 2022, and in accordance with the Association By-Laws, members are asked to email nominations for Life Membership to secretary@sawyersvalley.bfb.asn.au by Saturday, 16th April 2022.

Should you require any further information, please contact Vicki or phone 0407 831 315.

Media Policy

The attached draft Media Policy was tabled at the March General Meeting and incorporates the changes as discussed at the February General Meeting. It should be noted that the changes in no way alter the intent of the Policy and were only minor abbreviation and grammatical changes. Members are asked to review the draft policy and forward any comments to secretary@sawyersvalley.bfb.asn.au by Thursday, 21st April 2022. It is anticipated that the Media Policy will be tabled at the April General Meeting for adoption.

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