A VFFA Annual General Meeting is being held at the Friendly Inn, 159 Moss Vale Road, Kangaroo Valley NSW 2577 on Saturday 8th August 2020 between 10.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m.
VFFA AGM and Ordinary Meeting – 8th Aug 2020
RFS Charity Update
A private members bill is in front of the Parliament to allow the Celeste Barber millions to be spent where it was intended. The charity clearly states that it helps people in rural and remote communities and victims of disaster which is utterly misleading and needs to be corrected immediately.
News Roundup July 14th
We start this weeks news with some fireworks from Paris. After all it is Bastille Day!
We look at backpackers helping BlazeAid, threatened wallabies surviving the fires, and examine the potential for further fire this coming summer. These and other stories from around the state are featured in our weekly news roundup.
News Roundup July 7th
This week the VFFA gives further evidence to the Royal Commission and we feature the story of Glen Alice RFS Captain Tim Frew and his crew who worked for 79 days straight on the Gospers Mountain Fire. Plus all the other news from around the traps.
Don’t Blame the Fires on Climate Change
An interesting video and series of newsletters examining the relationship between bushfires, climate change and fuel loads.
Three interesting submissions from RFS Volunteers to the Royal Commission
A really good insight from four volunteers on the reality of firefighting this summer.
Let’s hope the Royal Commission and the RFS pay real heed to these important messages.
Cobargo: Clean up finished on bushfire destroyed main street
2,800 destroyed properties in Cobargo have been cleared since Laing O’Rourke started the clean up in January this year. They’ve finished the job.
National Farmers’ Federation Submission to Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements
This excellent submission by the National Farmers Federation to the Royal Commission makes compelling reading.
Steve Warrington Resigns as Boss of the CFA
Country Fire Authority chief officer Steve Warrington resigned on Thursday night, hours after refusing to sign a special secondment agreement needed for the operation of the CFA from July 1.
News Roundup June 30
A touchning story about three koalas named after the american C130 crew that died just after trying to save their sanctuary.
One of a number of stories in this weeks news roundup.