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		<title>Winter safety tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mount Barker VFRS was turned out to a chimney fire last night.  Due to this incident it&#8217;s a good time to remind people of a few winter safety tips.

Make sure your chimney is clean.
Don&#8217;t burn green wood.  (Cleaner and better for the environment.)
Make sure your smoke alarm is correctly installed (NOT sitting on top [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=505</link>
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		<title>AGM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our AGM occurs tonight after the General Meeting.  7pm at the Station.
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		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=489</link>
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		<title>Smoke around Mount Barker &#8211; 28/4/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is currently a smoke haze around Mount Barker.  The cause of the smoke haze is the light winds dragging smoke in from a number of DEC burns in the local area.
For more information about DEC burns have a look at http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/
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		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=487</link>
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		<title>FIRE PERMITS REQUIRED</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of Tuesday, April 27, 2010, permits will be required before a fire is lit within the Shire of Plantagenet.
This change was done due to the prolonged dry period.
Please contact the Shire of Plantagenet if you have any queries.
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		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=485</link>
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		<title>Smoke around Mount Barker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been fielding a number of calls and queries as to the smoke around town.  Currently DEC are conducting a prescribed burn south west of Narrikup.  Prevailing winds are carrying the smoke to Mount Barker.  If you have a problem with smoke due to a respiratory problem it is advised you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=482</link>
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		<title>AREA MANAGER VISIT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reminder to all Members that Area Manager John Tonkin will be on Station for his regular visits.
6:30pm at the Station on March 22.
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		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=470</link>
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		<title>FIRE WEATHER WARNING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Meteorology:
FIRE WEATHER WARNING
Issued at 3:50 am WST on Wednesday, 6 January 2010
For Wednesday
A CATASTROPHIC Fire Danger [GFDI 100+] is forecast for the Central Wheat Belt, Great Southern, South Coastal and Southeast Coastal districts.
A SEVERE Fire Danger [GFDI 50-74] is forecast for the Central West Inland, Lower West Inland and Southwest Inland [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=429</link>
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		<title>Motor vehicle accident &#8211; 10/12/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mount Barker VFRS were called to an MVA on Chester Pass Road on December 12.  Albany Fire &#38; Rescue and Mount Barker St Johns Ambulance were also present.
Mount Barker VFRS would like to remind drivers to take care on the roads.  Speed, alcohol and fatigue are three of the biggest killers of people in cars.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=421</link>
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		<title>Vehicle crash – 23/11/2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, November 23, 2009 Mount Barker VFRS were turned out to a reported motor vehicle accident with persons trapped.  The Urban Tanker, Light Tanker and Rescue Trailer were mobilised.  On scene they found a small four wheel drive on its side against a tree.  All trapped persons were out upon arrival and were being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=408</link>
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		<title>2 incidents &#8211; 7/11/2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mount Barker VFRS answered a radio call from the Plantagenet Shire Chief Bushfire Control Officer in the afternoon of November 7.  It was a report of a scrub fire burning near the tip on O&#8217;Neill Road.  As there was a crew present doing a HAZMAT course, they were mobilised.  On arrival crews started to contain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mountbarkervfrs.info/wp/?p=402</link>
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