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The DFES Amalgamated Legislation Review roadshow is being held in Margaret River tonight, Wednesday, April 3 at 18:30 at the new Margaret River SES Facility on Clarke Road.

DFES staff will be doing a presentation on the legislation that would combine the existing emergency legislations and will be looking for feedback.

Among the issues be covered will be:

• Functions (who does what and when)
• Powers (tools to help us do our jobs)
• Incident Control (first on scene to escalation)
• Career and volunteer protection
• Training (cost, delivery, standards)
• Fuel load management and enforcement (across the different land types)

Further information from the Association Of Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades is available here:

http://www.avbfb.org.au/Articles.asp?ID=251

Five minutes to midnight, Friday, December 28 the brigade was called out to a fire at Roy Road, north of Cowaramup.  The 4.4 and 1.4 responded and found over a kilometre of road in flames resulting from a tree coming down on a power line.  The 4.4 attacked the fires in the tree tops with its cannon while the 1.4 focused on fires in the undergrowth. Later the 4.4 drafted water to other trucks from a local farm dam.

After about three hours the 4.4 was called off to attend a fire at the Margaret River Dairy Company factory on Bussell Highway, about 10 k away. Initially the crew supplied water from a tank behind the factory to SES firefighters attacking the fire. Later the 4.4 was replaced by the Dunsborough 3.4 and then backed up the Yallingup Coastal crew as they got their BA baptism of fire.  The crew was stood down at 6:30 am.  Meanwhile the 1.4 had been stood down at 5:30.

The arson squad was subsequently called in to investigate the fire and damages were estimated at $5 million but the fire was contained to the main building.

From midnight until 5 am the brigade for the first time made good use of the Go Natural snackbars, donated in December. The shire came through with a good breakfast at sunrise.

Those of you with Smartphones may be interested in this FESA announcement:

FESA website revised for mobiles

A more ‘mobile friendly’ version of the FESA website has been launched.

The site now prioritises access to critical areas such as Alerts and Warnings, Fire Danger Ratings, Total Fire Bans and Media Releases. Improved navigation and readability has also been a key focal point of the revision project. It is anticipated that the mobile version of the site will provide users with efficient and clear access to key information during incidents. The option to bypass the mobile mode and return to the desktop version of the site at any time is also enabled.

Visit the site on your phone at http://www.fesa.wa.gov.au.

Your feedback on the mobile site is welcome. You can contact FESA’s Online Services Branch by emailing webmaster@fesa.wa.gov.au.

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Follow FESA on Twitter to be notified of Alerts and Warnings, Fire Danger Ratings, Total Fire Bans and Media Releases.

http://twitter.com/fesa_wa

Hi all,

As you can see from the photo it is low fire risk in Cuc Phuong national park. I did a thorough walk around just to be sure, nothing but monkeys!

Cheers, Duncan & Julie Vietnam Rural BFB

Over the last few days the following additions have been made to the web site:

• More photos.  See Pictures/Pictures 2012.  Hover the mouse over the photos for more details.  Click on the photos to see a screenshow.
• Training Calendars.  Both the Busselton BFB and FESA LSW calendars are available under Training/2012 Training Courses, together with Joe’s useful assessment & details.  The Course Nomination form is also there if you need it.
• The 2012 AGM minutes are now available under Organisation/Brigade Minutes.

Training has now moved to the winter monthly routine.

Dates from now until October are listed under the ‘Training’ tab above.

Look at the item ‘YRVBFB Training Schedule 2012’ for the exact dates.

Aide Memoire: it’s the first tuesday of every month….