Winmalee 1 alpha and crew this evening attended Winmalee primary school for their family fun and games evening.
Great night had by all.

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FYI Only – a smoke haze is currently sitting around Winmalee, Yellow Rock and Springwood areas. This smoke is from a fire/HR in the Penrith area. There is no fires in the Mountains.

There is nothing harder then hearing one of our own has lost their life defending the community. We wish the members family our condolences in this time of great sorrow.

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FYI – TOTAL FIRE BAN and a fire danger rating of Severe for the Greater Sydney Region, for tomorrow (Thursday).
Now is the time to review your Bush Fire Survival Plan.

For your information – tomorrow’s (Wednesday) fire danger rating is very high.

Winmalee Units are currently responding to reports of a tree down on Hawkesbury Rd, Hawkesbury Heights. NO Fires currently burning in the mountains.

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Yesterday saw the end of a era for Winmalee Rural Fire Brigades hot fire training cell. This 40ft shipping container was donated 17 years ago, and brigade members put considerable time and effort into it, when commissioned it had doors, windows, hot fire area and a BA search & rescue maze.
It has seen many members train and be assessed in the areas of Structural firefighting, and other related Village Roles.
It’s a end of a era but also a beginning of a new one! We are currently sourcing 2x 40ft containers (new/used) to establish a new and more modern training facility, to allow us to maintain a high degree of training. So if anyone has any contacts in the container area, we would love to hear from you.
We would also like to thank St Columba’s High school for their continual support, and allowing us to use their property for our training.

Tomorrow’s (Friday) Fire Danger rating for the area is Very High.