Captains Message<\/b><\/p>\n
The last two months have seen the brigade very busy with 10 callouts, hazard reduction burn and two large fires further down the coast in which we have had trucks and crews involved, along with a small bush fire in Upper Kangaroo River that had a lot of potential to become a major problem if not for the quick attention of the brigade along with numerous other local RFS brigades.<\/span><\/p>\n KV brigade supplied crews to assist with a 45ha hazard reduction around the Aboriginal community of Wreck Bay. This saw crews utilising one of our Cat 7 fire trucks as well as the 4WD PC to access the beach to protect assets with RAFT members burning around isolated structures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Regarding the fire down the coast at Bawley Point, we provided an arduous crew that was involved in blacking out the fire edge in steep, non accessible country utilising helicopter water drops to secure the fire , falling hazardous trees and back burning to contain the fire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And for the fire at Bermagui we provided a small crew in our 4WD vehicle to engage in asset and structure assessment work as well as dangerous tree falling<\/span><\/p>\n Training has been continuing with two members, Tracey Basman and Greg Murphy, successfully completing their village fire fighter course. We are continuing with our last basic firefighter course for the year, and have a large group of 10 new candidates working through this who hopefully will be trained ready to go for this fire season.<\/span><\/p>\n At the time of writing things are getting very dry and, with hot weather starting, now is the time to review your fire plans for your families and guests as well as pets and livestock, and check firefighting equipment in preparation for summer.<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s all hope for a quiet summer fire season and that everyone listens to and heeds current advice and warnings as they occur.<\/span><\/p>\n Captain Dusty\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n 0421 865 638<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Incident calls<\/b><\/p>\n We have had several callouts to possible smoke in the area sightings. Please ensure that you only call 000 if you see an unattended fire.<\/span><\/p>\n Medals presented to members this year<\/b><\/p>\n Pile Burns and Burning Off<\/b><\/p>\n As the Bush Fire Danger Period (BFDP) has begun the following tasks are mandatory prior to lighting up:<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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