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Tralee hazard reduction - Sunday 6 July

Date: 5/07/2008 Expires: 7/07/2008

Residents within the Queanbeyan City local government area may see smoke and fire units on Sunday as a 50 hectare hazard reduction takes place at Tralee.

Hazard reductions occur during the winter season to reduce the risk of fire when summer hits. This planned burn will also allow new Rural Fire Service members to gain valuable experience in a controlled environment.

Life Membership awarded to long-term communications expert

Date: 18/06/2008 Expires: 30/07/2008

John James "Jack" Sealey AFSM was awarded Life Membership of the Operations Support Group (OSG) within the Rural Fire Service at this year's OSG Annual General Meeting.

Jack is a long-term member of the RFS with a distinguished service spanning over 4 decades.

Jack is well known within this Zone and our thanks go out to him for his long years of dedication to the service.

Weekly pager tests

Date: 1/05/2008 Expires: 31/05/2008

Weekly pager tests will re-commence on Friday Mornings at 0905 hrs, starting with Friday 2nd May 2008.

Fire Danger Period has ended

Date: 1/05/2008 Expires: 31/05/2008

The Bushfire Danger Period ended at midnight on 30 April 2008. Fire permits are no longer required.

The public can access information on “Before you light that fire” and “Pile Burning” on the RFS website.

Information on safe burning can be found here

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