September 2024
.
Brigade members are preparing for our up coming fire season with members completing there burn over drills.
August 2024
Members from the Newstead Fire Brigade recently traveled to the district 02 training grounds at Huntly for our annual skills maintenance and training day. Members participated in a number of exercises from the wearing of Breathing apparatus for search and rescue to combating a fuel fire and a mock electrical car fire with a rescue involved. A great day for our members to maintain our skill levels.
April 2023
A proud day for the Brigade and all the members that participated in the Anzac day ceremony and a great response from the local community who attend making it a great success.
March 2024
Newstead Fire Brigade ….Good Friday Team and support crew 2024.
Our grand total for 2024 $3,975.50 collected from local community and travelling public thanks to all who kindly donated.
February 2024
Brigade members were paged to a motor vehicle accident (MVA) with possible persons trapped, on Campbell St in Newstead. On arrival we found a 2 vehicle collision had occurred with the driver of one vehicle not trapped, but requiring ambulance assistance to get out of the vehicle. This was the only injury and the driver was conveyed via ambulance to Bendigo hospital.
Even on the clearest of days, accidents can and will happen. We ask all motorist to please drive carefully and consider other road users at all times.
Our thanks to our friends at Ambulance Victoria for their prompt response and also to Castlemaine SES for their assistance as well.
We wish the injured driver a speedy recovery.
January 2024
Newstead brigade supported Campbelltown at a grass fire opposite the Black Duck hotel.
The lesson to take away from this incident, is that although we have had a LOT of rain recently, and there is apparently more coming, there is still the potential for fire, especially in crop or pasture paddocks. The green grass growth is low but the tops are still dry and will burn. Combined with a bit of wind and you have potential for a serious fire.
Fortunately the fire today was contained mainly to one paddock and the roadside.
DECEMBER 2023
At about 8:30 Friday night the brigade was paged for our Big Fill to respond to support Woodstock West to a large grass fire at Shelbourne. Our Big Fill replaced Inglewood BF which was paged to another incident not far away. We supported Kangaroo Flat BF in supply water to over 20 tankers that were on scene of a fire that burnt out 150ha. Our BF delivering at least 15 loads of water, totally approximately 42,000L of water and that doesn’t include the amount Kangaroo Flat BF delivered or how much was dropped by helicopters. Suffice it to say, a lot of water.
The fire is believed to have started from a motorist who’s vehicle suffered a mechanical fault while driving.
DECEMBER 2023
The Newstead Fire Brigade conducted its monthly training session in December with a presentation from Forest fire management Victoria. followed by our Christmas lunch
