Weekly Newsletter - 26th July 2023
Operations
Roster
Starting Saturday
Date: 29th July - 4th August
- First Call: Crew B
- Second Call: Crew A
Incidents
23rd July, Rubbish Fire, Sawyers Valley
Called to report of unknown fire behind Rubble Through my Jumble on Great Eastern Highway in Sawyers Valley. Found the owner to be burning rubbish behind the store. Extinguished the fire and reported the incident to Shire Health officers.
Attended by: Adrian, Dave R., Deninse, John R., Keith (observer only), Matt, and Shane.
AFDRS Community Survey
The new Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS), which came into effect on 1 September 2022, has changed how the emergency management sector calculates, assesses, makes decisions, and communicates fire risk across all Australian jurisdictions.
The new nationally consistent approach for predicting fire behaviour and communicating public information and warnings of fire danger has been in effect for over 6 months.
Now that the new, national AFDRS has been implemented and had some time to settle in the WA AFDRS project team is taking the opportunity to evaluate the project communications rollout.
To help DFES understand what has worked well and areas for improvement in the AFDRS communications project rollout in WA, you’re invited to complete a short survey.
To ensure anonymity, DFES has engaged Painted Dog Research to coordinate the survey. It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and closes on Monday 31 July 2023.
Updates
Circulars and SOPs
No updates.
Mundaring Fire School
No updates.
Administration
Bushfire Volunteers Assc. 2023 AGM
The 2023 Bushfire Volunteers Association AGM will be held on Saturday the 9th of September, at the Crown Convention Centre. All bushfire volunteers are eligible to nominate for board positions, as well as zone representatives. Nominations must be submitted by 17:00 on the 13th of August.
More information concerning the Board and Zone Representative positions is available on the Bushfire Volunteers website. The Notice of Meeting for the AGM is attached.
SoM Bushfire Operating Procedures Draft
The Shire of Mundaring has released the latest draft (version 20230620) of the Bushfire Operating Procedures for review and comment. The procedures aim to provide guidance and instruction for Shire bushfire brigades, and bushfire activities.
The BOPs cover large parts of brigade activities and operations, and can provide a significant influence in how a brigade operates. It is therefore recommended that all members familiarise themselves with this document and provide any relevant feedback.
Feedback will be collected over the coming weeks, with a collated submission presented to the Shire of Mundaring.
Any questions or comments please contact Adrian.
Weekly Calendar
- Saturday 29th: Training - Skills Refresher, 09:30 at the Station
- Monday 31st: Brigade General Meeting, 19:30 at the Station
- Tuesday 1st: Weekly Vehicle Checks, 19:30 at the Station, Crew
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