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Fire Shed Opening Hours - Fire Season, 19 Sep 09 - 29 Mar 10, Sundays 08:00 - 12:00
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Brigade Monthly Meeting - 24th Feb 2010 - 5pm |
Shire of Coorow - Prohibited and Restricted Burning Period Information
Welcome
The Green Head Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade welcomes you to our Brigade Web Site. The aim of this site is to communicate our activities to the Community we serve and to our members. The site is simple and without the bells and whistles of those professional web sites, but if it serves a purpose we can build on it for the better. This site has been checked for browser compatibility and it checks out in both Fire Fox and Internet Explorer. There are still some issues with IE so the site has been optimised for Fire Fox which is the preferred browser for this site. You are welcome to browse around, and see what it is we are doing at the Green Head Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade - Enjoy.
Mobile Phone Aerials Fitted to Appliances
Following on from the Marchagee Track incident in December, a significant issue was the lack of mobile phone signal on the fire ground. As an aid to this issue, external aerials have now been fitted to both the Light Tanker and the 3.4. The aerials purchased are RFI CD2195 High Gain 6.5dbi with a Male FME Connector click here for technical specification. The aerials have been mounted on the Targa Bar on the Light Tanker and on the Bull Bar on the 3.4 with the connection point being behind the seats of both vehicles. Please Note a patch lead will be required to connect your phone to the aerial, individuals will be required to supply their own patch lead to suit their specific mobile phones. Patch leads cost around $15.00 and can be obtained from Telstra or the many online stores available.
Santa in the guise of Senator Jenny Maklin and Lotterywest arrived a little late for Christmas at the Green Head Fire Shed but when the government and Lotterywest come calling who's going to complain. All of our grant items are now on site. On behalf of the Brigade a big thank you to the Dept of FaHCSIA and Lotterwest for your generosity and our sincere gratitude, also a big thank you to Neil Brand of Sea Side Cartage for providing the transport to bring the items to Green Head. Click on the Items for a larger view.
Fire Activity 17th & 18th of Jan 2010
The Brigade was involved in two incidents over the 17th and 18th of January. A pasture fire on the Eneabba Three Springs / 2nd North Rd area, Eneabba and another pasture fire at Marchagee Track, Badgingarra. The call for Eneabba was received at 15:30 on the 17th of Jan, with a recall at 09:40 on the 18th Jan. The fire was under the charge of the Shire of Carnamah with Andrew Forsyth and Geoff Hortin being the IC's with the assistance of FESA Area Manager, Ian Comben. Brigades from Carnamah, Coorow, Eneabba, Leeman, Warradarge, Three Springs together with many farmers units attended. Heavy equipment was provided by Piacentini & Sons and Iluka Resources. To read the incident diary note click here. While attending to the Eneabba incident on the 18th of Jan another incident commenced at the Marchagee Track on a property that was affected by the 29th & 30th of December Fire. This fire traveled in a west / south west direction away from the previous fire scare. A significant amount stubble was burnt out. The incident was under the charge of Bill Hobden, CFCO for the Shire of Dandaragan. Units from Cervantes, Badgingarra, Coorow and Jurien attended with a large roll up of farm appliances. To read the incident diary note click here.
Fire Activity 5th & 6th of Jan 2010
Green Head was asked to join a combined strike team to assist DEC units in the Moore River National Park on the 5th and 6th of January 2010. Units from Eneabba, Waggrakine, New Norcia and Miling also attended. The team was led by FESA Area Manager, Ian Comben and FESA CFM Pastoral, Jim McNamara. The role of the group was to patrol and mop up the north eastern flank of the fire ground from Mimigarra Rd south to the Moore River. The group worked through the night of 5th and finished patrol and mop up at 07:00 on the morning of the 6th. To read the incident diary note click here .
Moore River National Park - Memorable Moments, Combo's Nissan Bogged to the Axle.
