WANDONG RURAL FIRE BRIGADE

Rail Street, (P.O. Box 306) Wandong 3758 Phone: (03) 5787 1248

TRAINING - every Sunday from 9:30am and 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month from 7.00pm 

Captain:                                          Yorin Miller

1st Lieutenant:                                Liam Edwards

2nd Lieutenant:                               Terry Roberts

3rd Lieutenant:                                Heath McSolvin

4th Lieutenant:                                Natasha Lasota

President:                                        Brian Dove

Secretary:                                        Helen McMahon

Treasurer:                                        Michelle Kendrick

Communications Officer:                 Yvette Curlis

Community Safety Coordinator       Kylie Shingles

Health and Safety Officer                Craig Davis

Chairperson                                     Sandra O'Conner

Training

Training is held on the first and third Wednesday night of the month starting at 7pm. If you are interested in attending a training session to see if joining the Brigade is right for you, contact Lt Liam Edwards on 0424 896 824 or drop in to the station on a training night.

Fire Fighting Equipment Sales and Service

Wandong Fire Brigade is able to sell you firefighting equipment for your business, home or vehicle. We can provide you with many types and sizes of Fire extinguishers, Fire Blankets and Hose Reels. All profits generated go directly to Wandong Fire Brigade to help us maintain our equipment.

Contact Geoff McMahon on 5787 1248 for sales or service.

Community Recruitment

If you would like to join the Wandong Rural Fire Brigade please contact Terry Roberts (2nd Lieutenant) for more details or information wandongcfa@hotmail.com 

CFA Burn-Off Line 1800 668 511

Website: http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare/burning-off/

FEBRUARY 2021

WANDONG FIRE BRIGADE  

As you will be aware, 2020 caused everyone to have to reconsider their plans, and this was no different for us. We had to put all our fundraising efforts on hold, but we are now gearing up to raise much needed funds for our 100% volunteer brigade. If all goes well, you will see us at BP Wallan South Bound sometime soon, and we hope to get a Trivia Night up and running again later in the year. We greatly appreciate all the donations we receive, and we hope to be up about fundraising for our wonderful brigade very soon.

2020/2021 Fire Season

This fire season has been relatively quiet so far with the brigade attending a few smaller incidents. Even though we have been lucky and there have been times of rain the possibility of fires is still present. February historically is a busy month and it is common to still be attending fires into March and April.

Fire Information in an Emergency

During an emergency, Wandong Fire Brigade is not always able to update their facebook page immediately as our admin are all volunteer firefighters, and their priority is to attend to the incident. Updates will be made as soon as practicable.

Check out these sources for official information during a fire or other emergency.

CFA Facebook page (facebook.com/cfavic) CFA Twitter (twitter.com/CFA_Updates) ABC local radio, Sky News and other emergency broadcasters VicEmergency Incidents (http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/) VicEmergency Hotline (1800 226 226)

Wandong Junior Fire Brigade

The Junior program is run on Mondays at the fire station from 6.30 – 8pm. Kids from 11 to 16 years who live in Wandong, Heathcote Junction or Clonbinane are eligible. There is no cost involved. Contact Terry 0413644319 or Amanda for more details.

Training

Training has resumed on Wednesday nights starting at 7pm at the fire station. Daytime training sessions during school hours will continue this year, with the day and time to be confirmed. For more information contact Lt James Stephens on 0418 221 458.