Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Weekly Newsletter - 20th July 2022 ====== [[newsletters:20220720|Online copy]] ===== Operations ===== ==== Roster ==== === Starting Saturday === Date: 23rd July - 29th July * First Call: **Crew A** * Second Call: Crew D ==== Incidents ==== None ==== Team Messaging Trial ==== Crew D have been conducting a trial of [[https://www.whatsapp.com/|WhatsApp]] as a way of coordinating that team's activities, such as vehicle checks. This is allowing the team to receive group messages directly to their phones, and help ensure that each member of the team is reminded of the activities for the week. If the trial proves successful and useful, WhatsApp may be adopted across the Brigade for coordinating team activities. Obviously SMS and BART will remain the primary methods for incident messaging and turn-outs, and the Brigade email list for whole-of-Brigade messaging. If you have any questions, please contact [[LT1@SawyersValley.bfb.asn.au|Dave Wh.]] ==== Updates ==== === Circulars and SOPs === No updates. === Mundaring Fire School === The latest training calendar for the Mundaring Fire School is [[http://wiki.sawyersvalley.bfb.asn.au/_media/newsletters:mfs_course_nominations_2022_-_20220714.pdf|attached]]. ===== Administration ===== No updates. ===== Weekly Calendar ===== * Saturday 23rd : Training - Skills Refresher, 09:30 at the Station * Monday 25th : General Brigade Meeting, 19:30 at the Station * Tuesday 26th : Weekly Vehicle Checks, 19:30 at the Station, Crew A ===== News ===== * [[https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-rural-fire-service-to-deploy-5000-fujitsu-mobile-terminals-582848|IT News: NSW Rural Fire Service to deploy 5000 Fujitsu mobile terminals]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-19/nundle-state-forest-fire-starter-jailed/101251564|ABC News: Nundle State Forest fire starter jailed after facing children's court]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-19/firefighter-with-cancer-urges-others-to-get-blood-tests/101247820|ABC News: Firefighter with cancer urges colleagues to get serious about PPE and regular blood tests]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-16/program-to-help-people-with-disabilities-prepare/13976462|ABC News Video: Program to help people with disabilities prepare for natural disasters]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-07-20/softwood-forestry-industry-timber-demand-bushfire-recovery/101247384|ABC News: Millions of pine trees to be planted in Tumut and Tumbarumba as forestry recovers from bushfires]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-20/western-australia-state-of-the-environment-report-grim-outlook/101248650|ABC News: State of the Environment report highlights mammal extinctions and bushfires as WA worries]] * European Heatwave * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-20/greece-and-italy-wildfire-pictures-show-damage/101255938|ABC News: Pictures show extent of wildfire damage as blazes cause mass evacuations across Europe]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-20/fire-emergency-in-uk-as-temperatures-soar/13981252|ABC News Audio: Fire emergency in UK as temperatures soar]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-20/heatwave-in-uk-europe-kills-at-least-1500-authorities-say/101252988|ABC News: European heatwave death toll soars above 1,500 as temperatures soar across continent]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-20/united-kingdom-record-temperatures-fires-burn-london/101252668|ABC News: UK officials declare major incident as fires burn outside London amid historic heatwave]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-20/fire-engulfs-homes-in-the-village-of-wennington/13980666|ABC News Video: Fire engulfs homes in the village of Wennington]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-16/wildfire-blazes-rage-in-french-wine-country/101245128|ABC News: Wildfires rage in French wine country as pilot dies while fighting blaze in Portugal]] * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-20/wildfires-are-burning-across-europe-as-heatwaves-continue/13980678|ABC News Video: Wildfires are burning across Europe as heatwaves continue]] * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9skgrVAyKEI|BBC News Video: South of France faces “heat apocalypse” as thousands flee their homes]] * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LovJ6Kit8MY|BBC News Video: Heatwave: Wildfires spread across Europe as countries break record temperatures]] {{ http://logo.sawyersvalley.bfb.asn.au/logo.png?nolink|}}