Northam Volunteer Fire and Rescue in Northam, Western Australia | Emergency rescue service

Northam Volunteer Fire and Rescue

Locality: Northam, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9622 1071

Address: 43 Wellington Street 6401 Northam, WA, Australia

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25.01.2022 Well said Falcon VFR. Thanks to all the Emergency Services volunteers.

25.01.2022 Big shout out to Olly's Car & Furniture upholster. He did a small love job for us recently that could go a long way to helping save someone's life in a car accident. It wasn't much but it means a lot. Thanks Olly

25.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who has supported us by buying raffle tickets so far, we will be here until 1pm, raffle closes Saturday 1st of May. Prizes kindly donated by Bunnings Northam, all proceeds to our brigade

24.01.2022 Due to the potential for strong winds through the Wheatbelt from tropical cyclone Seroja there is a total fire ban until 1800hrs Monday 12th April Keep up to date through the Shire of Northam website or call them to subscribe to their free burning period text message updates.

24.01.2022 Its the 1st of April which marks the date to change your smoke alarm battery and test your smoke alarm!

24.01.2022 Pursuant to Reg 24C, Bush Fires Regulations 1954, The Shire of Northam has declares a Harvest, Vehicle Movement & Hotworks Ban effective as off 1400hrs until 1900hrs tonight. This is additional to the Total Fire Ban declared for the entire Northam district. Please review and action your bushfire survival plan, and stay up to date with emergency information on https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/# Please report all signs of fire to 000

24.01.2022 In attending incidents, particularly vehicle fires, firefighters are exposed to a number of carcinogens and there is a significant link between firefighting and the increased risk of specific cancers, such as prostate and Lympho-haematopoetic cancer. To support our fellow emergency services volunteers who are diagnosed with cancer and to increase research into cancer prevention, detection and treatments, Northam VFRS is participating in the Cancer Council WA Relay For Life. Any donation to our team is greatly appreciated and goes directly to Cancer Council Western Australia. https://secure.fundraising.cancer.org.au//RelayforLi/CCWA

24.01.2022 This is how quickly a bushfire can overrun you. Within three minutes, fire crews in NSW go from setting up for property protection to fleeing for their lives due to a change of wind. Always have your bushfire survival plan ready. To help make your plan see https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/firechat/Pages/default.htm

24.01.2022 This weekend some more of our volunteers completed a number of intensive live fire drills at the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA Firefighting Academy to gain competency in entering and extinguishing structure fires. Internal Structural Firefighting is one of a number of training courses provided to VFRS volunteers.

22.01.2022 Wheatbelt district police held a remembrance service this morning. Thank you to all the officers, both past and present that keep our communities safe. Wheatbelt District - WA Police Force

22.01.2022 A Total Fire Ban has been declared for 24 November 2020 for the local government areas below. Midwest Gascoyne Region: - Carnamah... - Chapman Valley - Coorow - Dandaragan - Greater Geraldton - Mingenew - Moora - Morawa - Northampton - Perenjori - Three Springs - Victoria Plains Goldfields Midlands Region: - Beverley - Bruce Rock - Cunderdin - Dalwallinu - Dowerin - Goomalling - Kellerberrin - Koorda - Merredin - Narembeen - Northam - Nungarin - Quairading - Tammin - Trayning - Westonia - Wongan Ballidu - Wyalkatchem - Yilgarn - York Great Southern Region: - Boddington - Brookton - Corrigin - Cuballing - Dumbleyung - Kent - Kondinin - Kulin - Lake Grace - Narrogin - Pingelly - Ravensthorpe - Wandering - Wickepin - Williams View the Total Fire Bans for today and tomorrow at: www.emergency.wa.gov.au

22.01.2022 Please note total fire ban for this weekend

22.01.2022 Social distancing might be a relatively new concept, but keeping everything a metre from your heater isn't! Thanks to working smoke alarms the occupants of this... home made it out, after a heater that was too close to the bed sparked a fire Temperatures are going down so make sure you brush up on Home Fire Safety: https://bit.ly/2ZF4IJY

21.01.2022 Do you have kids aged between 11 and 17. If you think they would like to give junior fire and rescue running team a go come on down to our Henry Street oval running track this Sunday from 9am and have a go

21.01.2022 Northam VFRS will be conducting planned burns at various locations around Northam on Saturdays and some weekdays as per approved Shire of Northam permits until early November. As always we will door knock and notify residents nearby and our appliances will always be at the property Planned burning is the deliberate burning of a specific area, under carefully managed conditions, to reduce fuel such as dead wood and leaf litter thus potentially reducing the impact of fire. Wh...en a fire enters an area of reduced fuel, the rate of bushfire spread slows and the intensity at which it burns is reduced. This means landholders and firefighters have a better chance of containing the fire and it is less likely to cause damage to property. If you are in an area of smoke: Stay indoors and close all windows and doors. Bring your pets and any laundry inside. If your air conditioner is on, switch it to ‘recycle’ or ‘recirculate’ to reduce smoke coming inside your home. Thank you for your understanding

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Hayley of Northam for winning the wood raffle. Thanks to everyone who bought tickets or donated and a big thanks to Lloyds Earthmoving for donating the wood!

20.01.2022 Santa gave us an early Christmas present! Isuzu 3.4 designed to provide a rural fire fighting capacity along with basic urban and structural firefighting capability. 3000L of water, Breathing Apparatus, crew protection system, 6 person cab, automatic gear box and able to pump at approximately 1800 L/min @ 7 bar

19.01.2022 May 4th is International Firefighter's Day. It was instituted after a proposal was emailed out across the world on January 4, 1999 due to the deaths of five firefighters under tragic circumstances on December 2 1998 in a bushfire in Linton, Victoria. https://www.facebook.com/317652454984862/posts/2844461105637305/

18.01.2022 Looks like we may have some bad weather coming our way

18.01.2022 Congratulations to the winner of our wood raffle and thanks to everyone for supporting us

18.01.2022 Looking for something to do during isolation? Clean your gutters of leaf litter Gardening to remove dead branches and reduce potential fuel load Take all garden refuse to the tip or dispose of in a manner other than burning. Replace the battery in your smoke alarm... Make sure your fireplace flue is cleaned before winter hits Remembering that we are in a Restricted Burning Period

17.01.2022 Our road crash rescue display for Northam high school students as part of RAC’s Project Roadsmart. In collaboration with St. John’s, Northam Police and the RAC Rescue Helicopter paramedic team.

15.01.2022 Northam Detectives urge anyone who can identify the person pictured, or who has any information regarding this car fire in Northam on Sunday, 22 November 2020, to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestopperswa.com.au. People providing information to Crime Stoppers may remain anonymous if they wish. Rewards of up to $50,000 are available for information that leads to the identification and conviction of an arsonist.

15.01.2022 Road crash rescue training, practicing removal of car doors and lifting the dashboard using the jaws of life - hydraulic cutter, spreader and ram. Thank you to Steve from Northam Towing & Tilt Tray Service for the vehicle. Always drive safely.

15.01.2022 Sorry for the delay with the video, technical glitch but here is the raffle draw from this afternoon. Once again huge thanks to Bunnings Northam and the suppliers for the prizes. All the winners have been contacted and I hope you all enjoy them

15.01.2022 UN-RESTRICTED BURNING PERIOD The Shire of Northam advises that the un-restricted burning period opened Monday 19th April 2021. This can be changed at any time so always check the Shire of Northam website before conducting a burn, also: - Ensure all equipment is available and in good working order. Include a metal rake, shovel, hose or another source of water.... - Notify all neighbours prior to burning. This includes neighbours separated by a road, lane or waterway. For more information on how you can conduct your burn safely, please visit the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA, website where you will find all the informatrion you need on safe burning https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/plannedburning/ You can also download yourself a copy of the the Burn Smart guide for more tips on how you can continue to prepare your property over the winter burning season. https://dfes.wa.gov.au/Docume/bcoe/BurnSmart_Guide_2021.pdf

14.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4316675625041399&id=1017436634965331 This may be from career fire-fighters but it echo's through the volunteer land as well

14.01.2022 Woolworths has opened their 0700-0800 community hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays to health care and emergency service workers and volunteers . VFRS volunteers can show their volunteer IDs for entry. The Monday, Wednesday, and Friday community hour is exclusively for those with disabilities and the elderly .

13.01.2022 The Shire of Northam advises that all current permits to set fire to the bush are hereby SUSPENDED from 2359 Thursday 9th April 2020 until 2359 Monday 13th April 2020 inclusive for the Easter Long Weekend. 1m3 refuse pile burning is strictly prohibited during the Restricted Burning Period. Please report all signs of fire to 000 Thank you.

13.01.2022 Hungry? Need something for home? Come down to Bunnings Northam and get both sorted!

11.01.2022 Lest We Forget. https://www.facebook.com/224847061296544/posts/931854120595831/

11.01.2022 We are selling raffle tickets tomorrow from 10am at Coles Northam! Four amazing prizes, not all pictured, generously donated by Bunnings Northam (Firefighter not included) $2 per ticket or $5 for 3 tickets. Raffle closes on the 1st of May! All money goes to our brigade

11.01.2022 Good work to our volunteers for extinguishing the fire at Northam Senior High School today.

10.01.2022 Junior running team training positions available for the Northam 2020 team: - Fun hands on fitness activity - Learn team building skills - Confidence booster ... - Free membership - Must be 11 to 17 years old Training every Sunday 9am 16 East Street, Northam Rec Centre, look for the Comment below or contact Cameron on 0476 034 903 for more information.

08.01.2022 Come on down to the rec centre and cheer on the teams doing relay for life

07.01.2022 Pursuant to Reg 24C Bush Fires Regulations 1954, a Harvest, Vehicle Movement & Hot Works Ban has been imposed for the Shire of Northam for Tuesday 24th Nov 2020 from 1000hrs with a review at 1800hrs This is additional to the DFES Total Fire Ban Report all sign of fire to 000

07.01.2022 Currently burns are allowed without a permit until October 1st . Before burning off please check the Shire of Northam website for regulations, ensure the weather is appropriate, register your burn with the DFES Communications Centre on 08 9395 9209, notify your neighbours and ensure you have access to a hose . See https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/plannedburning/ for more.

07.01.2022 Please read before you burn off and contact DFES communication centre on 1800198140 before you start. It will help reduce unnecessary call outs and volunteers can stay at home with family

07.01.2022 Just because it's cooled, don't be fooled. It's still dry out there and a fire can get away if you're not careful. We did a controlled burn yesterday and here are some pics to show just how dry it still is.

06.01.2022 Two of our volunteers have recently returned from separate deployments with other career and volunteer firefighters at fires around Cooma, NSW and Balladonia, WA. Deployments are essential in helping contain and manage larger fires that need many hands on the ground, and our volunteers often come back having learnt something valuable from the experience.

06.01.2022 We are down at the Northam farmers show today for a few hours with our Country Pump if you would like to come see what we do or enquire about joining or juniors

06.01.2022 All VFRS brigades are taking additional precautions to help stop the spread of COVID-19

06.01.2022 Severe Weather Warning for DAMAGING, LOCALLY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS issues at 4:34 am Tuesday, 5 May 2020 for people in Lower West, South West, South Coastal and parts of Great Southern and Central Wheat Belt districts from the Bureau of Meteorology.

05.01.2022 Please be safe during this busy time of year! Ensure you can confidently operate your farm firefighting units and consider wearing full coverage cotton clothing while harvesting or firefighting equipment that can be operated from the cab. Below is an article about a header fire in Williams, also this is another story from Victoria: https://groundcover.grdc.com.au//timely-safety-lessons-eme

04.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who supported our brigade through our raffle and congratulations to those who won a prize today and have been contacted. We could not have done this raffle without the generous support of Bunnings Northam.

04.01.2022 Looking good Captain!

02.01.2022 We didn't get dressed up to go shopping. We did training on the new chemical splash suit that crews may be required to use when turning out to a hazardous materials incident

02.01.2022 Today is International Firefighter's Day and we reflect on the 6 Australian and 3 US firefighters who lost their lives in the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire season. Over 1600 career and volunteer firefighters fought these blazes that burned over 17 million hectares, including firefighters from Canada, New Zealand, Malaysia and the US. Photo source: https://frsvols.asn.au/gallery/

02.01.2022 Its that time of year again when Northam VFRS junior running team begin training again for the 2020 season, and we would be excited to have some new members join us this year! If you are aged between 11 and 17 it would be great to hear from you, if you are almost 11 and interested please still enquire. Please give Cameron a call on 0476034903 if you are interested. Cheers legends ... All photos by Duck Snaps Photography.

02.01.2022 Make sure you check out todays West Australian. Our very own Toodyay VFRS mums made the headlines!

01.01.2022 WE ARE RECRUITING Being a volunteer firefighter is a rewarding experience. It’s a chance to give back to your local community by looking after their safety and wellbeing during fire or road crash emergencies. In addition through training and experience you can learn life skills including teamwork, first aid and machine handling. We are a volunteer-based organisation, and we rely on our volunteers’ commitment to attend regular trainings, equipment checks, fundraising even...ts and meetings. If you would like to apply to be a volunteer with us, email [email protected] Image courtesy of Volunteer Fire & Rescue Services Association of WA Inc

01.01.2022 PLEASE DO NOT BURN OFF!! Read this information from the shire of Northam Pursuant to the powers contained in Section 24G (2) of the Bush Fires Act 1954, the Shire of Northam PROHIBITS the burning of all 1m3 piles of garden refuse/rubbish on the ground or in an incinerator that would otherwise be permitted under Section 24F within its district during this Restricted Period. All garden refuse/rubbish should be taken to the tip or disposed of in a manner other than burning.... All burning is restricted to agricultural purposes and only for PRIMARY PRODUCERS. - Permits are restricted to a total land size min of 40ha and above to be eligible to apply. - All burning must be for the purpose of essential crop preparation only, all other burning is strictly prohibited.