Member for Rodney, Paul Weller spoke compassionately in parliament last week about the sombre anniversary of the Black Saturday Bushfires.
Mr Weller paid tribute to those who lost their lives and livelihoods in Australia’s worst fire disaster and asked those present to remember the CFA volunteers who risked their lives on this tragic day and continue to do so, especially during the fire season.
“In our Rodney Electorate we were fortunate to avoid any major effects of this extreme bush-fire day, with the Redesdale fire the only one affecting us, blazing at the southern end of our electorate," Mr Weller said.
“On this third anniversary of the devastating fires it is timely to acknowledge and thank our CFA volunteers who were on constant stand-by on Black Saturday to assist in controlling these terrifying fires,” he said.
Mr Weller said the volunteers in every CFA group within our electorate are all members of our community and give up their precious time to protect both the people and properties of our towns and rural areas.
“All CFA volunteers are at-the-ready every day of the year to come to our aid in the event of a fire and regularly sacrifice important tasks in their homes, businesses or on their farms to ‘drop everything’ and come to our aid in the event of a fire,” he said.
CFA volunteers come from many walks of life in our community, including self-employed business people, mothers at home, students and retirees and all have a common goal – to serve the community in the event of a fire.
“We are thankful so far this bushfire season to not have had the extreme weather conditions of previous years and can feel secure in the fact that our many CFA volunteers are ready to fight fires and protect lives and properties at a minutes notice,” Mr Weller said.
Mr Weller said the anniversary is a timely opportunity to thank our CFA volunteers and to acknowledge that if a situation arose they wouldn’t hesitate to lend a hand to other volunteer fire fighters across Victoria, or indeed Australia - and for this, we should be thankful.
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