Ian Cook writes ... I would like to maintain a positive focus on what has been achieved both in and by the community so far. To date we have been successful in putting in an APZ around the hall and listing it as a Neighbourhood Safer Place. Yes the hall is now officially part of the Neighbourhood safer place program and is listed on the NSW Rural Fire Service website. ...
by thegees
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Hazard Reduction Burn commencing Monday 12 October.Could be any day this week dependant on the weather.Please read the attached Notification. Regards,Steve GeeNAC RFS Secretary.
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Please see the attached document from the Council regarding open burning. Also, the Bush Fire Preparation Map and the Bush Fire Survival Map has been updated and is on display . . .
by dougk
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Ian Cook writes: Dear CommunityAs we move toward the beginning of the summer months and into the statutory Bush Fire Danger Period now is a good time to start preparing our home and surrounds in preparation for the fire season. In July of this year we had already seen a number of fires cause concern in the Blue Mountains for fire fighters as well as in a number of other communities across NSW. As I write this Victoria and South Australia are responding to bush fires and in the north of NSW a number of bush fires are creating headaches for fire fighters.
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Please see the attached documents on lighting fires in the Cove. Regards, Steve Gee NAC Rural Fire Brigade Secretary
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Ian Cook writes .. Dear North Arm Cove community.At long last we have forward movement on implementing strategies identified in the Community Protection Plan. Monday we had contractors move into the Cove to commence work on the Asset Protection Zone (APZ) for the community hall. I am sure that many of you have either seen or heard the machinery and contractors in action. Once the APZ is in place we can then proceed to have the community hall listed as an Neighbourhood Safer Place.
Work is expected to begin in the next few weeks on the first stages of the proposed mitigation plan Ian Cook told the 45 residents who attended this morning's meeting (Saturday 18 April) at the Community Hall. Ian stressed that while the Community Plan is important, we all need to have our own Survival Plans completed and our houses well prepared.
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A meeting for crucial importance for all Cove Residents is scheduled for 10am on 18 April next. At this meeting, Ian Cook, our RFS Community Protection Planning Officer, will present . . .
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Ian Cook, our intrepid Community Protection Planning Officer, draws our attention to a pertinent CSIRO article. Ian will be back in the Cove on the weekend of 7th and 8th . . .
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Despite locating a massive bull-ants nest in the least preferable way and stumbling upon a colony of the Cove's largest snakes, Ian Cook has made significant progress over the past . . .