Newstead Fire Brigade
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Medical physicist grateful to help
As a medical physicist, specialising in radiotherapy cancer care, Newstead Fire Brigade member Anne Perkins decided she wanted to help her community further when she joined the CFA in 2009. Anne and her husband George first joined Newstead Fire Brigade more than 17 years ago in response to the February 2009 bushfires, having just moved…
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Appeal close to Newstead’s heart
Newstead and District Fire Brigade members Christopher and Cheryl Simmins have a deep connection to the The Royal Children’s Hospital’s annual Good Friday Appeal, and one that sadly comes with a great deal of grief. When their seven-month-old son James died in 1977, the support from staff at The Royal Children’s Hospital left a profound…
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Flare-up reignites grassland blaze
Eve Lamb A flare-up from a previous fire has been blamed for igniting a grassfire that saw residents in the Newstead and Sandon area issued with a watch and act alert last week. The CFA issued the watch and act shortly after 2pm for communities of Joyces Creek, Newstead, Sandon, Strangways and Strathlea after the…