Upper Murray Community Recovery Weekly Recovery Update - 26 November 2020

Fire Training for Non-Firefighters Fire training for non-firefighters starts this week in Nariel (Saturday), Tintaldra and Walwa (Sunday), and and Cudgewa (Sunday December 6). The idea came from a group called Firefoxes, established in Kinglake after the Black Saturday fires in 2009. Training includes: your family emergency kit, preparing your property, the seasonal outlook and understanding fire, communications with UHF radios and phone trees, water sources and mechanical equipment. The 2.5 hours sessions are supported by the CFA and the Red Cross. Register at http://recoveryhub.eventbrite.com or call the Recovery Hub on 1800 518 222. Roadside Grass Maintenance and Grazing Permits

Council’s rolling program of local-laws-permit- Council on 1300 365 222. guidelines two weeks ago and roadside grass maintenance, applications.asp. Visit the If your concerns relate to roadside burns are currently and local laws permits for Council office or email , being planned. landowners to graze animals, locallawpermit@towong. Road, Benambra Council is meeting with Vic Roads works in conjunction with Vic vic.gov.au if you have specific Corryong Road, Road, this week to discuss roadside Roads roadside maintenance queries. Dartmouth Road, Omeo grass maintenance. program. In rural areas, Council is Highway or Shelley Road Recovery Calendar There is no cost for permits to permitted to slash road please contact Vic Roads on graze on road reserves though shoulders for safety purposes 13 11 71. Community Recovery stock must be supervised, or only, such as ensuring white The CFA usually conduct Meetings temporary fencing installed. posts are visible at night. In planned burns in Autumn and • Tintaldra - Thursday 26 Permits are usually granted towns, only town entrances can Spring. November, 7.30pm at Tintaldra be slashed by Council. within five days, providing that The planned burns for Hotel all necessary information is See maps showing Council’s Autumn were postponed due • Cudgewa - Tuesday 1 provided. This includes a roadside grass maintenance to uncertainty at the December, 7.00pm at Cudgewa certificate of currency for program at www. beginning of COVID-19. Football Club public liability insurance. towong.vic.gov.au/facilities- Priority was given to • Corryong - Tuesday 1 Information on local laws is services/environment-waste/ maintaining a functioning December, 5.30pm at the Upper available at www.towong. town-maintenance.asp. brigade before winter with vic.gov.au/planning-rules- If you have concerns about the risk of house fires. Murray Community Recovery Hub payments/local-laws-permits/ local roads, please contact The CFA received COVID-19

Upper Murray Community Recovery Hub Bushfire Recovery Call: 1800 518 222 Call: 1800 560 760 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Visit: Cnr Donaldson Street and Towong Road, Corryong

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