Some interesting research from CRC including the current bushfire seasonal outlook and a paper on how to retain your volunteers. Essential reading for every brigade!
Introducing Some CRC Publications
Royal Commission publishes its Interim Observations
The Royal Commissions Interim Observations provide a guide to those areas that the Commission is working on. Read all our comnments in the fully story here.
News Roundup September 1st
A Black Summer fire photo wins the Australian Geographic Award, an all girl crew in Macksville is a first for that Brigade, there’s lots of HR burns going on around the place, and our Commissioner is good for a loan after his 11% pay rise.
Giro area volunteer fire fighter pleas for better bushfire preparedness
THe Gloucester Advocate interviews VFFA Secretary Greg Godde about his experiences during the Black Summer fires.
Greg says there are 65 kilometre between fire stations at Tibbuc and Nowendoc with nothing but dense bushland in between. For volunteers in the Bretti area, they need to travel away from the fire ground to the shed, then back again.
“It can take 30 to 40 minutes to get from the shed to the fire,” Greg said. “We are pushing to get one built at Giro.”
RFS Volunteer and Farmers Concerns Not Addressed by NSW Enquiry Recommendations
Gavan Wills wrote a very good submission to the NSW Enquiry which we have posted in full below.
Our reading of the Enquiry recmmendations indicate that his concerns have not been addressed.
News Roundup August 25th
The focus this week is the Bushfire Enquiry and the fact that all the recommendations have been accepted. A brilliant job by Mary O’Kane and Dave Owen.
NSW Government Accepts all 76 Recommendations of the Bushfire Enquiry
The release of the NSW Government Bushfire Enquiry is nothing but good news for the volunteer movement in this state. Download and read the report here ..
Opportunities for Town Protection Across Australia
We can all remember what happened to Canberra a few years ago and Black Summer devastated a number of urban environments.
John O’Donnell is well qualified to write about the subject and the VFFA is keen to see our communities become more involved in protecting their environments.
VFFA Meets with Commissioner Rob Rogers
VFFA President Mick Holton and VFFA Senior Vice President Brian Williams held a most productive video conference with Commissioner Rob Rogers this afternoon.
News Roundup August 18th
Keeping our evacuation routes open and clear of fallen timber can be a life safer in the bushfire season. Great to see the RMS taking preventative action in this area.
This is one of a large number of stories from around the state in this weeks news roundup.