Letter to the Editor: Big thanks to fire volunteers

DEAR News Of The Area,

IT’S truly humbling that almost 50 people volunteered their time to undertake a hazard reduction burn that will help keep our property, the wildlife and nature that lives here, and our family safer this summer.

Volunteers like you all are the fabric that knits our community together.

I would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Seaham Rural Fire Brigade volunteers as well as the volunteers from other brigades: Raymond Terrace, Bowthorne, Clarence Town, Flat Tops, Duns Creek, Neath, East Maitland and Soldiers Point who performed the Hazard Reduction burn and our property and adjacent properties on Saturday 25 October.

We also thank the teams from Seaham and Raymond Terrace that came out Sunday and Monday to close off as an Extreme Fire day set in.

A special thank you to Bruce McGrath, the Burn Incident Commander/Deputy Group 1, and also George from the Tilligerry Brigade.

Thank you to Lower Hunter Catering, and also for the preparation undertaken by the Lower Hunter Mitigation Team.

We also acknowledge and thank the Lower Hunter Community Risk and Engagement Team.

Thank you!
Samantha MELLA,
East Seaham.