Camden West Rural Fire Brigade

During our AGM, several members where presented with the NSW Premier's Flood Emergency Citation. For their contribution and service during the 2022-2023 NSW flood emergencies.

Congratulations to the below members pictured here and those unable to make the meeting.

Rick Seretis, Martin Weber, Daniel Curle, Brenton Nicholson, Joshua Stratton, Joshua McLaughlin, Dean Lindsay, Gary Davenport, Nicholas Sheppard, Anthony Green, Mike Gomola, Jason Finlayson, Stephen Uquhart, Christopher Patterson, Lindsay Thomson, Edgar Gaunt OAM, Ryan Heathcoate, Joshua Riley, Brett Atkins, Kathleen Kennedy & Stephen Devine.

The Camden West team are at St Paul's Camden Fete today! We have a truck on display for everyone to check out and lots of information about fire safety and volunteering.

Some great pics by Brett Atkins of Camden West and local Community Engagement members at Paws in the Park on the weekend.

Busy Saturday for the brigade!
🔥 Congratulations to Chris for passing his village firefighter course. All the hard work and time has paid off.
🔥 Camden West and NSW RFS - Narellan Brigade units assisted in pile burns along side the Camden Bypass bridge.

Congratulations to our newest member Lily who passed her bush firefighter course!! See you on the truck! 🚒👩‍🚒

Smoke in the area as Macarthur crews continue burns this weekend.

Residents along the Georges River will continue to see and smell smoke as Firefighters undertake the Berties Hazard Reduction East of the Campbelltown area.
Crews will continue to be onsite for the next few days

If there is a hazard reduction burn planned for your area, take the following steps:

Keep doors and windows closed to prevent smoke entering homes
Keep outdoor furniture under cover to prevent ember burns
Retract pool covers to prevent ember damage
Remove washing from clotheslines
Ensure pets have a protected area
Vehicles must slow down, keep windows up, turn headlights on
Sightseers must keep away from burns for their own safety
If you have asthma or a lung condition, reduce outdoor activities if smoke levels are high and if shortness of breath or coughing develops, take your reliever medicine or seek medical advice
For health information relating to smoke from bush fires and hazard reduction burning, visit the NSW Health website or Asthma Australia.

Campbelltown City Council, NSW
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NSW RFS Greater Sydney Area Command

Members Kat & Josh are assisting at the RFS display at the Royal Easter Show today. There's activites for kids and fire safety info for keeping your home safe. One ember can end it!

Recently, our brigade received a delivery of new equipment to support our operations and community engagement.

This equipment will be used at community events, training activities, and on fireground responses.

We’d like to thank our community, this purchase was made possible through your generous donations.

Our new equipment includes a marquee, four branded chairs, two pull-up banners, and two branded table covers.

A big thank you to Extreme Marquee for supplying the marquee.

If you see us at an event, come say hello!

Take note for possible smoke in the area over next few days

With favourable weather conditions forecast over the coming days, hazard reduction burns will be conducted by firefighters across the state, including in the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Hornsby and The Hills areas.

The Massif Ridge HR in the Blue Mountains National Park, west of Wallacia, will continue from tomorrow, with smoke from this burn expected to impact parts of western and south-western Sydney over the coming days.

Please only call Triple Zero (000) if you see an unattended fire. For more information, visit the Hazards Near Me app or the website: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/hr

Big shoutout to our members who ran the car parking and horse gate at the Camden Show the last 2 days. Our brilliant volunteers also cooked the meals for the rest of the RFS brigades involved with the displays, keeping everyone fed and welfares checked.
Thankyou to our neighbouring brigades Cobbitty, Narellan & Douglas Park who had members assist our car parking crew. Always much appreciated!
We also have members who were involved with the Camden Show Society and helped set up/pack down the event and assist our team over the course of the weekend.
Thankyou to the Camden community, we hope you enjoyed the show!