Following the successful running of this training day with two separate groups last year, the Fire Brigade is offering another day of training on 18 September 2010.
This training is aimed at those people who need to make a decision whether to stay and defend OR to leave early. This day will help you to understand what will be involved and how to plan for a bushfire.
The day is very practical and designed to be fun as well as educational. The morning session opens with theory on fire behaviour, personal protective clothing and equipment, preparation of your home, what to take when you leave if that is your plan and on extreme and catastrophic weather days. A guest speaker shares her fire plan and an activity explores stress and operating under stressful situations.
The afternoon begins with simulating what it will be like in a fire before participants move outside to extinguish a number of blazes using common household resources like mops and buckets.
The day concludes with a session on pumps and hoses, each participant gaining practice in starting pumps and using hoses to extinguish spot fires that erupt around them.
The feedback to date on these courses has been excellent with word of them reaching fire control in town who have asked the Brigade to give a presentation on their content.
The course is free and is open to anybody (including weekenders) in the area who think they may benefit from it.
The only course scheduled for this year is being held on Saturday 18 September 2010. It will commence at 0800 and finish around 1600. Lunch is supplied with a gold coin donation requested. All you need to bring is yourself, a pen and notebook and wear the type of clothing you will wear if a fire is threatening your property.
Spaces are limited so please book early with Frances Crown on 4878 9272.