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AGM Election Results - 2011 

Captain	                Mark Campbell        Station Officer        Rob Millard
Senior Deputy Captain	Peter Larson         Asst Station Officer   Emily Rawbone
Deputy Captains	        Corin Jackson        President              Jennie Jackson
	                Ian Brooker          Vice President         Rob Millard
	                Andrew De Audney     Secretary              Jan Campbell
	                Dick Dowd            Asst Secretary         Corin Jackson
			Michael McKervey     Treasurer              Bernie Fisher
			John Bulpitt         Asst Treasurer         Stewart MacPherson 
Equipment Officer	Tom Cowan	     OH&S Officer           Del Gaudry
Asst Equipment Officers	Rob Millard          Executive Committee    Del Gaudry
                        Sam Brent                                   Emily Rawbone
	                                                            Sam Brent
	                                                            Rob Millard
                                                Appointment
                                             Auditor                Arthur Ellis


Our New Cat 1

Blaxland's new Cat 1 is back with us at Blaxland.

It seems that there has been a change in direction with this and it is now sitting outside the back of the Station between activities, waiting for the new front door to the Station which will allow us to put it to bed at night.

The door was to have been installed immediately after Christmas (2002) before the New Year.
That didn't happen.
The plan is now for it to be installed during January.
Since the date is now 8th February I don't think that will happen either.

We may have the door installed by the end of February

Despite its lack of a bed, the new Cat 1 has not been idle.
It has been down to Canberra for a couple of weeks climbing around the escarpment south-west of Canberra in the Williamsdale / Michelago area but on the other side of the Monaro Highway.

After returning from that, it was despatched to the Katoomba area to assist there.
(and this does not include a handful of local errands in which it has been involved.)

Stewart MacPherson



 

....And Our New Doors

The new doors for the centre bay of the Brigade Station have now been installed and the new Cat 1 at last can come in out of the rain.

The doors, actually door, singular, is a sectional roll-up unit with windows in the horizontal centre panels. It increases the amount of light in the Tanker Bay significantly and for those of us used to seeing a completely dark area there when closing up it is strange to glance in and see lots of light. I have double-checked the light switch on several occasions on the way out because of this.

The door is operated by an electric drive which is assisted by coil springs acting like torsion bars to take the weight of the door. It is smooth and quiet in action and luckily is high enough to take the new tanker. (I know it was designed for this but the space shuttles are designed for re-entry to the earth's atmosphere.....)

Now we will see how it works in live situations.

Drivers - don't forget - you can only get the tanker into the bay from the front. Don't get absent-minded and try and drive through from the back - it won't fit yet.

Stewart MacPherson






Volunteers Overseas

We had an email from Bill Jacobs, Webmaster for Amity Fire & Rescue, in Pennsylvania USA.

The content is below.

"We are Amity Fire & Rescue of Douglassville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA . . . An all-volunteer company. As links are a very important means of finding and being found on the web, if you would place this link on your links page for us it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you and Stay Safe,
Bill Jacobs - Webmaster - Amity Fire & Rescue - "

Their web site link has been set up on our "Links" page.
You might like to have a look.

Also, he included a couple of images. one for their banner and one for their patch. These are shown below.

Amity Logo Amity Patch

It is always interesting to get contacts from other units, particularly overseas.
Thank you Bill.













Our Captains
at the 50th Anniversary Dinner

Anniv Dinner Captains photo

Captains are, in order, Dick Dowd, Peter Larson, Phil Breckell (who is standing in for his father Ken Breckell, our first Captain), Allan Carruthers, Ralph Mitchell, Grahame Rawbone, Pat Mazenauer and Col Brown.
Absent friends (our two other Captains) are Neville Fathers and Paul Rishman





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