June through to November is supposed to be the quiet months for us but this year has been pretty busy (by our standards). The turn up for events has been great with many of our new members getting their yellow suits good and dirty. Probably the biggest event was the fire at Okie Dokie farm with a fire in the historic homestead. The property has had a variety of owners and names including John Farnham. Crews from Goornong, Elmore, Huntly, Bendigo and Toolleen fought the blaze. It had well and truly taken hold by the time 000 were notified. The crews did a fantastic job in containing the fire and mopping. Thanks also to the Red Cross for breakfast and coffee. It is probably the most significant incident for the brigade so far this year. The other significant incident was a fire in the ventilation shaft at the Fosterville Mine which Goornong, Huntly, Bendigo and Axedale attended. Pictured is the Okie Dokie fire.
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| Crews mopping up after the fire |
Lastly the Junior Brigade launch has been postponed for a few months to allow us to better prepare for the commencement of activities. We felt we weren’t quite in a position to make the best effort possible to make it a success. We will keep you posted on the progress and hopefully we will be announcing a start date in the near future.
Thanks to all our volunteers and those that have supported us from other brigades over the past few months.
