FIRE RESCUE update with

Trevor Ealam

I hope you all have had a great start to the year and were able to enjoy some time off at some point.

In December the Brigade was called eight times.

Three of the calls were to assist the Cust Fire Brigade, one at a hedge fire, one to a shed fire and one to a gas explosion where there was a person injured.

In our area we were asked to setup a landing zone for a Westpac helicopter, attended a fire in a tractor, which was totally destroyed. This was caused by a bird's nest. A car shed fire where the shed, car and a mobility scooter were all destroyed, and two medical assists. This brings our total calls for the year to eighty eight, ten calls less than the previous year.

This months message is;

Before you go to bed or head off to work, make sure you turn off all non essential electrical appliances at the wall.