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====== Weekly Newsletter - 12th February 2025 ======
[[newsletters:20250212|Online copy]]
===== Operations =====

==== Roster ====

=== Starting Saturday ===
Date: 15th - 21st Feb

  * First Call: **Crew C**
  * Second Call: Crew B

==== Incidents ====
=== Weds 12th, Accidental Fire, Darrowby Pl Sawyers Valley ===
Originally reported by Murray, the Brigade was called to an unknown fire in a backyard. The fire turned out to be a smouldering jarrah sleeper, caused by sunlight focused through a glass vase of water.

Attended by: Adrian, Matt, Murray
Station Crew: John R., and Shane.

==== Updates ====

=== Circulars and SOPs ===

No updates.

=== Mundaring Fire School and Training ===

No updates.

===== Administration =====

No updates.

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

  * Saturday 15th: Weekly Vehicle Checks, 9:30 at the Station, Crew C
  * Saturday 15th: Training - Fireground Safety, 09:30 at the Station


===== News =====

  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-10/nsw-battery-fires-rise-nsw-stats-standards/104917372|ABC News: NSW firefighters battling more than one lithium-ion battery fire a day this month, fire commissioner fears more fatalities]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-11/increase-in-pomonal-residents-seeking-mental-health-support/104910594|ABC News: Pomonal residents seeking mental health support a year after devastating bushfire]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-11/tasmania-west-coast-fires-people-stay-in-corinna/104922654|ABC News: Firefighting effort on Tasmania's west coast continues as wilderness areas burn]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/nasa-tracking-bushfires-sparked-by-lightning/104919104|ABC News: NASA, Australian scientists to track lightning-sparked bushfires from space]]
  * [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/hot-dry-weather-to-cause-tasmanian-fires-to-burn-for-longer/104927904|ABC News Video: Hot, dry weather to cause Tasmanian fires to burn for longer]]

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