Be Ready Warrandyte Heatwave Project
NOT EVERYONE CAN TAKE THE HEAT WHO ARE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR? An important focus of the BeReady Warrandyte Committee is our Heatwave Project. It examines the dual risks of bushfire and heatwave, paying particular attention to the potential contradiction between...
Certificates of Appreciation to Be Ready Warrandyte Contributors
A big thank you to some amazing contributors to the Be Ready Warrandyte project, all your hard work and efforts are very much appreciated. From left, Sarah Wrigley, Jason Patton, Lew Wilson, Kerrie Boyle and Jodi Clark.
Calling All Volunteers for Community Working Bee!
Calling all volunteers! Feel free to share! Warrandyte Community Bank, in partnership with Manningham Council and Conservation Volunteers Australia, has organised three working bees on the Warrandyte properties affected by the bushfire on 9 February 2014. Many of the...
Nillumbik residents – Travelling on roads during a fire
Nillumbik Council is seeking feedback for their next Networked Nillumbik Residents Group (NNRG) meeting. The topic of their next NNRG feedback request is focused around ‘Travelling on Nillumbik roads during a fire’. “Attempting to escape from a fire, by road, is an...
Goodbye from Jodi
Working on the Be Ready Warrandyte project has been the best role I have ever had the pleasure to undertake. I have had the opportunity to meet so many amazingly talented and inspiring people along the way and do things that I have never done before. It is my hope...
Fact Sheets for Nillumbik residents
Nillumbik Shire Council now has a range of fact sheets available for download to help you get ready for the bushfire season. Fact Sheets Burning Off (1.71MB) Clearing Vegetation (1.74MB) Removing Vegetation From Roadsides (2.83MB) Classification of Roadside Vegetation...
North Warrandyte Residents – Perceptions of Fire Readiness Research Survey
Do you live in North Warrandyte? Then we need you. An opportunity exists to help a local VCE student, Miss Molly Lavery, by taking part in a research project 'Perceptions of fire readiness' in the North Warrandyte area. The project is being conducted as part of...
It’s A Great Place To Live
Sylvester and Sylvie the Silverfish are staunch Warrandyte residents who have bravely shared their fire plan with us. Watch their story here.
Heatwave
On Black Saturday, 9 Feb 2009 there were 173 bushfire deaths but 374 deaths due to heatwave conditions in the previous 5 days. In Victoria this year there has been 1 bushfire death compared to 139 contributed to heatwave, a 2.8 fold increase in cardiac arrest was...
Warrandyte Fire Community Survey Results
Warrandyte: What Did You Do On The 9th February 2014? That was the question that was asked of the Greater Warrandyte community by the Community Capability team of CFA’s Eastern Metropolitan Region. Over 890 responses were received and analysis has identified a number...