Weekly Newsletter - 21st February 2024

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Date: 24th February - 1st March

• First Call: Crew D
• Second Call: Crew C

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Nominations are now open for the 2024 WAFES Awards. Categories include:

• Firefighting Youth Achievement Award
• DFES Operational Staff Individual Achievement Award
• Murray Lang Bush Fire Service Award
• Firefighting Team Achievment Award
• DFES Staff Team Achievement Award

It would be great to see someone from within the Shire of Mundaring nominated for one or more of these awards this year, so please give some consideration to anyone you from across the Shire who you think is worthy.

Nominations close on Monday the 25th of March, with the awards present at the WAFES Conference Gala Dinner.

More information can be found on the awards website.

• Operational Circular 08/2024 - Extension of WA Large Air Tanker (WA-LAT) Service
• General Circular 21/2024 - Nominations Open for the 2024 WAFES Awards

No updates.

The Shire of Mundaring have advised that this year’s function will be held at the Mundaring Pavilion Oval on Saturday, 13 April 2024 from 18:00 until 21:00. An official invitation with all relevant information will follow in coming weeks.

The WA State Government has released the latest update in the response to the AFAC Inquiry into the 2021 Wooroloo Bushfire (attached.

The Shire of Mundaring, in association with the Australian Red Cross, is offering to host catered dinners for local street groups to help develop and strengthen street level emergency preparedness. The events are free, but limited to 12 dinners across the Shire. A number of these have already been taken up, so if you are interested in hosting a dinner in your street you will need to act quickly. Contact Karen Dore to express your interest.

• Saturday 24th: Training - Fire Ground Safety, 09:30 at the Station
• Monday 26th: Brigade General Meeting, 19:30 at the Station
• Tuesday 27th: Weekly Vehicle Checks, 19:30 at the Station, Crew D

• ABC News: WA Police detectives probe cause of bushfire that burned close to Cockburn ice rink, Adventure World
• ABC News: Arson cases rise in regional NSW according to crime data
• ABC News Video: Emergency services grapple with extreme weather in WA
• ABC News: BOM warns of extreme weather across Victoria as heat and storms return
• ABC News: NSW trials cultural burning program to keep roads open during emergencies like Black Summer
• ABC News: Victorian storms leave 16 homes ruined as Grampians bushfires destroy 44 properties
• ABC News: Kapunda High School students help restore structure after fire destroys heritage SA building
• ABC News: Liam Moffitt, 4, is on a mission to visit every NSW Fire and Rescue station to fundraise for burns survivors