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====== Weekly Newsletter - 11th October 2023 ======
[[newsletters:20231011|Online copy]]
===== Operations =====

==== Roster ====

=== Starting Saturday ===
Date: 14th October - 20th October

  * First Call: **Crew A**
  * Second Call: Crew D

==== Incidents ====
None

=== Shire Incidents: 12 ===

==== DFES Lessons Management - Observations Register ====
Lessons management is the process of collecting and analysing local observations and forming lessons which can be utilised throughout an organisation. The purpose of lessons management is to identify opportunities for improvement or examples of good practice and share this information with others. A lesson is learned when the approved change has been actioned, communicated, and is routinely practised as the new standard.

DFES has developed an [[https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0f707745b92f4aacbd483d6f92658da3|online form]] for the recording of observations.

More information is available on the [[https://volunteerhub.dfes.wa.gov.au/home/collaborate/lessons-management|Volunteer Hub]].

==== Updates ====

=== Circulars and SOPs ===

==== Safety Circulars ====
  * [[http://wiki.sawyersvalley.bfb.asn.au/_media/newsletters:safety_circular_07_2023-driving-and-transporting-fleet-for-non-routine-tasks.pdf|07/2023 - Driving and Transporting of Fleet for Non-Routine Tasks]]

==== Operational Circulars ====
  * [[http://wiki.sawyersvalley.bfb.asn.au/_media/newsletters:operational_circular_64_2023-all-hazards-deployment-register-2023-24.pdf|64/2023 - All Hazards Resource Deployment Register (RDR) - Corporate, Career and Volunteer]]

=== Mundaring Fire School ===

No updates.

===== Administration =====

==== Shire of Mundaring Collaborative Recruiting Campaign ====
The Shire of Mundaring are developing an "action plan" to assist brigades with recruiting. As part of this process the Shire is interested in surveying existing volunteers to gather experiences and impressions of being a volunteer at a bushfire brigade.

Please take some time to complete the [[https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NG5YM9X|survey]] and support this important program.

===== Weekly Calendar =====

  * Saturday 14th: Training - Initial Control at Wildfires, 09:30 at the Station
  * Tuesday 17th: Weekly Vehicle Checks, 19:30 at the Station, Crew A

===== News =====

  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBN3v6c_-Pg&t=28s|Bureau of Meteorology: Severe weather long-range forecast for 2023-24]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-11/rural-fire-service-qld-no-thanks-to-federal-firefighting-force/102957440|ABC News: Queensland bushfire brigades boss says more volunteers needed, not 'semi-professional firefighters']]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-11/fatal-pilbara-truck-crash-fire-great-northern-highway/102962110|ABC News: Three dead after truck and car crash on Pilbara's Great Northern Highway]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-10/firesticks-alliance-calls-for-more-cultural-burning/102940314|ABC News: More cultural burns needed ahead of bushfire season, Indigenous practitioner warns]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/australia-severe-weather-outlook-2023/102950616|ABC News: Bureau of Meteorology's severe-weather outlook flags increased risk of heatwaves, bushfires]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/51-aircraft-added-to-victorias-aerial-firefighting-fleet/102950646|ABC News Video: 51 aircraft added to Victoria's aerial firefighting fleet]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-07/fire-warning-shire-of-gingin/102947814|ABC News: Threat level downgraded for bushfire in Coonabidgee and Granville near Gingin, north of Perth]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-07/queensland-fire-brigades-in-desperate-need-ahead/102947236|ABC News Video: Queensland Fire brigades in desperate need ahead of dry Summer]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-06/fire-danger-season-early-start/102942730|ABC News: South Australians urged to be vigilant as early start is declared to 2023 fire danger season across six regions]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-06/coolagolite-fires-homes-destroyed/102942542|ABC News: Two homes confirmed destroyed, another two damaged, in Coolagolite bushfire]]

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