Hi All, I hope that you all had a safe Christmas & New Year and I wish you all the best for 2010. We have had a few hot days and I trust that your “Fire Plans” have been activated accordingly. While we are currently experiencing some cooler weather it is warming up again [...]
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Hi All, The past few days have brought a flurry of queries regarding the Fire Districts. There are two districts relevant to bushfire which have different boundaries. Total Fire Ban District – for legislation governing lighting of fires & use of equipment to prevent ignitions of fire. Yarra Area / Region 13 is [...] Hi to all FireGuard members. Hope you all had a good Christmas & New Year. As you will be aware we are heading into a few hot days, keep aware of the Fire Danger Ratings and particularly local conditions over the weekend & into early next week. I urge everyone to make sure their [...] Playing on peoples fears, there are a number of labourers touring the area canvassing for work lopping and felling trees. One group claims to be “approved by the CFA”. One of residents checked this with the CFA who confirmed that they would never “approve” any such business. Another, group duped one of our residents [...] From David Packham via Ralph at Licola: Greetings everyone Below is another letter from David Packham on the fire risk, or lack of it, for Wednesday 16 December. Regards Ralph The second letter from Willung to Licola for the 2009/2010 fire season. Sunday 13/10/2009. Dear Ralph The recent rain events have greatly lowered the [...] Article from David Packham The fire weather estimates for Thursday 19 Nov 2009 are looking a little concerning. The Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) for the North West of the State is in the 60 – 90 range, the Grass Fire Danger Index (GFDI) is in the 40 – 60 range. Both of [...] Here is the documentation of the current Channels used in our region.CFG_RadioChannels_2009.10
A F T E R T H E F I R E S Re-Designing and Re-Building Resilient Communities Proudly presented by Kinglake Action Network & Development Organisation (KANDO) and Permaculture Kinglake Ranges DATE: Sunday 8th November VENUE: Kinglake Temporary Village Hall, [...] A ‘Community Fire Safety Maturity Grid’ could be the answer! By Kelvin Blackney MASSE, FSIA, RSP (Aust) The tragedy of Victoria’s ‘Black Saturday’ bushfire is highly likely to be repeated unless there are attitude changes whereby people take greater personal responsibility for fire preparedness. The Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission’s interim report released 17.8.09 with [...] |
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Fund raiser for the North Warrandyte CFA Brigade
A fund raiser for the North Warrandyte CFA Brigadeorganised by the Bradleys Lane Community Fireguard Group under the Open Garden Scheme
Will be held at 98 Bradleys Lane, North Warrandyte on 13th and 14th March. Entry $6.
Great variety of plants for sale – Morning and Afternoon Teas and Live music – all in [...]