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| Notices for Offshore Residents
of Pittwater, Australia February 2009 |
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RFS Corner.... Notices, Updates & Musings from the West Pittwater Rural Fire Brigade Welcome to the first RFS Corner, including notices, updates and musings of the West Pittwater Rural Fire Brigade. I’ll be contributing a regular, monthly section, keeping you up to date with what’s happening. Victorian Bushfire Emergency We are all so saddened by what’s happened down in Victoria and it’s all in the back of the minds of those living in bushfire prone areas. So it was decided at our last committee meeting, to donate $2,500 from Brigade funds to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal. Our ever efficient Treasurer (thanks, Richard) already has our contribution on the way, together with our thoughts and best wishes. We also have a few names put forward for emergency relief crew, for the poor volunteers down there. They must be pretty knackered by now. Once again, any small way we can help, will help. We haven’t been called on yet, but the emergency isn’t over yet, unfortunately. Good luck to all who are down there, or may be called to go. West Pittwater Rural Fire Brigade Annual General Meeting As comes around every year, the Annual General Meeting of the Brigade will be taking place, as below: Date: Sunday 29th. March, 2009 Time 2:30pm Venue: Elvina Station, South Elvina Park, Elvina Bay We’ll be doing the usual stuff of reporting on the last year and upcoming significant events, electing officers and collecting membership dues and receiving any points of note from the membership. All are welcome, including any interested parties or potential new members (Note: You will need to be a financial member of the Brigade to vote). To sweeten the deal, we’ll be having a BBQ beforehand, at 12:30 onwards. Come along and say hello. Drop the secretary an email or text (contact details at foot of the section) so we know numbers and any special dietary requests. Check Your Pumps This will be an ongoing message and a simple, but strong one. Most of us have a pump for fire fighting (amongst other things) that sits in the shed, with a view to pulling it out and starting it up, when an emergency occurs. There’s the issue, starting the thing! Pull out your pumps, start them up and pump some water on a regular basis, to ensure they won’t give you any problems in a real emergency situation. Also remember to flush out the pump, hoses, nozzles and other equipment, with fresh water, when you’ve finished. Call 000 for All Emergencies While we have stretchers, and other emergency equipment, as well as our fire fighting equipment, in both sheds – Elvina and Lovett – your first port of call in all emergencies, is 000. Always call 000 first, then see if you can get hold of us, after that. We’ll be there on a ‘best endeavours’ basis, as much as we can, but 000 comes first. Anyway, all for now. Lots to say, but I’ll have to leave something for next month. Graham  RFS Corner.... Scotland Island Rural Fire Brigade Bushfire Preparation and Survival Briefing 11am Sunday 22 February (brunch available) or 8pm Wednesday 25 February at Scotland Island Fire Station Scotland Island is in the highest bushfire-risk category in NSW. This means a severe bushfire incident will occur - it's only a matter of when. The best protection we all have is the collective preparation of every household in our community. Topics covered: * Bushfire preparation * Evacuation planning * Firefighting equipment and procedures * Emergency procedures Still not sure? * Not a fundraiser * Not a recruitment drive * Decent coffee * Biscuits if you're lucky (hey, we're volunteers!) Jenny Winterton Treasurer, SIRFB 0411 405335 RFS Corner.... SIRFB AGM Notice The Scotland Island Rural Fire Brigade invites members and friends to attend our Annual General Meeting. Date: Sunday 8 March 2009 Time: 2.00pm Venue: Scotland Island Rural Fire Brigade This is an ideal opportunity to come and see what your local community Brigade does and can do for you. Meet our volunteers, hear about the events of the year, check out our Station and equipment and join us for afternoon tea afterwards. For more information on the Brigade, go to www.sirfb.org.au Treasurer, SIRFB 0411 405335
DRAWING and PAINTING WORKSHOP Marion van den Driesschen DRAWING AND PAINTING WORKSHOPS with Marion van den Driesschen, will be starting Saturday 21st February. Venue: Suzie Boyd's house Scotland House (2nd house on water west of Catherine Park) Time: 2-4:30 pm Dates:
CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY!
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009 SCOTLAND ISLAND IS REGISTERED FOR THE 2009 CLEAN UP DAY PLEASE DONATE A SMALL AMOUNT OF YOUR TIME TO CLEAN UP OUR FORESHORES AND WATERWAY  Double Click the notice to download FOR SALE 3.85M QUINTREX EXPLORER. Aluminium hull. Ideal commuter with engine protection bar. 15hp Yamaha – starts first pull! Good condition. $2,200. 0417 062 061 |
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