Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Support Brigade
2016 Annual General Meeting Results
The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Annual General Meeting was held this evening. Over 40 brigade members attended.
The following field officers and office bearers were elected for 2015-16:
| Field Officers | Administration | |||
| Captain | Ben de Leon | President | Bill Scott | |
| Senior Deputy |
John Nelson | Vice President | Geoff Turnbull | |
| Deputy 2 | Geoff Percival | Secretary | Andrew Smith | |
| Deputy 3 | Alan Barnwell | Treasurer | Stephanie de Leon | |
| Deputy 4 | John A'Beckett | Training Officer |
Geoff Percival | |
| Deputy 5 | Phil Gallop | Assistant Training Officer |
Phil Gallop | |
| Deputy 6 | Chris Robison | Equipment Officer |
John Snook | |
| Deputy 7 | Peter Brogan | Station Officer |
Rex Callaghan | |
| Deputy 8 | Paul Browning | First Aid Officer |
Ian Griffith | |
| Deputy 9 | Rex Callaghan | RFSA Delegate |
Dave Cordery | |
| Social Convenor |
Janice Turnbull | |||
| Social Committee |
Sophie Hudecek, Keith Brown, Andrew Hordern | |||
The Captain, Ben de Leon, presented the Captain's Encouragement Award for 2015-16 to Rex Callaghan.
The evening finished with supper.
2016 Combined Fire Boat exercise
Saturday March 5th saw the annual regional fire boat exercise conducted on the Hawkesbury River. Around two dozen boats were involved, with crews from the Rural Fire Service, Marine Rescue, Roads & Maritime Service as well as private vessels and more being involved.
Support Brigade provided 21 members to assist with the running of the event, as well as assistance in the delivery of catering.
Events included a "Sinking Vessel", "Marina Fire", "Ferry Fire", a pumping exercise to an escaped "Pile Burn", as well as a rescue on booby trapped house.
The perfect weather meant a good time was had by all, and a lot was learned on the day.
Quiet Summer - locally
Over the past Summer our region was blessed to be spared any major fires. Indeed, conditions were such that several Hazard Reduction burns were able to be completed throughout the region, with Support Brigade involved in all of them to some extent, ranging from meal deliveries through to being a part of the Incident Management Team through the provision of Field Logistics.
Other areas were not so fortunate. The NSW RFS deployed many crews to fires in Western Australia and Tasmania over a two month period (still ongoing in Tasmania), with Support Brigade providing a large number of trips to and from the airport, delivering outgoing crews and picking up returning crews.
Work was also done over the Summer to improve the region's ability to support aerial firefighting capabilities.
Donation received from Berowra Lions
At our monthly meeting tonight, our brigade was delighted to receive a donation of $1000 from the Lions club of Berowra. Two Lions members presented the cheque to Brigade Captain Ben.
We are extremely grateful to the Lions club of Berowra for their very generous donation which will help us continue to provide services to our local region.
Events 2015
Around 30 Support Brigade members attended the annual Hornsby Shire Mayoral dinner on Friday July 31. All brigades from the region attended, which is held annually to thank brigades for their vountary service. Awards were presented to the brigades that had performed best in the annual brgade competitions held recently.
The night was enjoyed by all and our thanks go to Hornsby Shire Council for holding the dinner.
