D Boy, I'll have a press release tomorrow and it'll be 90% finished, we'll have a chat over a steak tomorrow night and I'll let you know what's needed for the other 10%
Channel 9 News just ran a story about animals affected by the bushfires, there's a shelter in Warrnambool that's looking after Koala's and they're hoping to save 3/4 of them
Looks like the Bushfires are about to flare up again too
kronz, I'll send you the details of the contact from Wildlife Vic', if you would like to liaise with them between now & the event that'd be awesome
SO the CFA have siad that most of there areas are recieving good funding at the moment, not in desperate need of cash. One area that does need cash is their education unit, which travels around to small towns and teaches kids and families about what to do in cause of fire and preperation etc.
This is not what we originally intended money to go to really, but sounds like a good program.
On the other hand, with the Safeway charity day and all the support CFA seem to be getting are we better off just hleping out wildlife vicotria, who are struggling big time?
the program sounds like a great idea! though i like it mostly because they are actually doing it. help prevent people losing their homes with better education. good stuff.
..especially after seeing one farmer using only a tea-towel to get out flames the other day when the fire got close. i thought that wasn't very prepared.
DBoy wrote:SO the CFA have siad that most of there areas are recieving good funding at the moment, not in desperate need of cash. One area that does need cash is their education unit, which travels around to small towns and teaches kids and families about what to do in cause of fire and preperation etc.
This is not what we originally intended money to go to really, but sounds like a good program.
On the other hand, with the Safeway charity day and all the support CFA seem to be getting are we better off just hleping out wildlife vicotria, who are struggling big time?
yes, animals or stfu
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind - Dr. Seuss
DBoy wrote:SO the CFA have siad that most of there areas are recieving good funding at the moment, not in desperate need of cash. One area that does need cash is their education unit, which travels around to small towns and teaches kids and families about what to do in cause of fire and preperation etc.
This is not what we originally intended money to go to really, but sounds like a good program.
On the other hand, with the Safeway charity day and all the support CFA seem to be getting are we better off just hleping out wildlife vicotria, who are struggling big time?
I read an article on the education unit last week in the paper and it seemed like a really good idea. If people know about fires and how to save their properties and life, that's got to be a good program. Nothing is more heartbreaking than reading new stories of people who flee at the wrong time and get trapped and die in their cars
Regarding Safeway, their appeal day was for DROUGHT RELIEF, with most of the money going to the Country Women Association (CWA, not CFA) and some towards research.
Just because I rock, doesn't mean I'm made of stone.
DBoy wrote:SO the CFA have siad that most of there areas are recieving good funding at the moment, not in desperate need of cash. One area that does need cash is their education unit, which travels around to small towns and teaches kids and families about what to do in cause of fire and preperation etc.
This is not what we originally intended money to go to really, but sounds like a good program.
On the other hand, with the Safeway charity day and all the support CFA seem to be getting are we better off just hleping out wildlife vicotria, who are struggling big time?
I think educating the public, and getting rid of this "Fire; enemy of man" and "houses exploding! Fireballs!" bullshit that the media spits out or quotes from the mouths of the traumatised public is much more effective way of stoping fires from causeing property damage and injuring people than driving around squirting water at them. At least that's the very strong idea I got from the experts who research this kinda stuff when I did bushfire managment and ecology in undergrad.