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Aged Care

Residents of the following aged care facilities have been relocated for their own safety:
• Principal Endeavour (Springwood)
• Buckland Nursing Home (Springwood)
• Uniting Care Springwood Village (Springwood)
• Kurrajong Nursing Home (Kurrajong).

Family members are advised to contact the relevant facility for more information.

We have had people message in asking what they should pack. Packing your bags is one of the hardest things to do in this circumstance. You want clothes and toiletries, pillows and maybe some blankets or sleeping bags. And just think, if you were only able to grab a couple of items out of your house. What would they be, and why. Stay safe.

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Extreme Fire Weather Today

The NSWRFS is predicting deteriorating weather today that will be worse than previously advised. A Total Fire Ban remains in force as hot gusty NW winds gusting to 70kph ahead of a SW change later in the day. This will be accompanied by high temperatures and very low humidity, all the ingredients for a further major fire event. Rain yesterday and overnight have hampered back burning efforts.

Residents of the Blue Mountains are advised to prepare for the worst and LEAVING EARLY is your best option under the conditions likely to occur today.

Community meetings were held at Warrimoo and Blaxland last night where this advice was delivered to over 2,000 residents.

Some statistics that brings this situation into perspective. There is over 1600 kms of fire perimeter ( the distance from Sydney to Broken Hill is 1100 kms) The Winmalee Springwood fires have burnt out more than 3000 ha, the Mt Victoria fire and the Lithgow fires have now joined up and together have burnt close to 45000 ha.

If you decide to STAY today, then enact your Bushfire Survival Plan. If you decide to LEAVE then you need to do so well before midday.

Advice on both options is available on the RFS website www.rfs.nsw.gov.au or by calling 1800 NSW RFS (1800 679 737) Listen to ABC 702 AM radio or watch ABC TV News 24. Other information is available on RFS Facebook and Twitter as well as the Fires Near Me app on iPhone & Androids.

Finally, if you see flame or any unattended fires call 000. Please STAY SAFE everyone. We are planning for the worst but hoping for the best. Do not be complacent.

A quick statistic for you – this page has been seen by just over 360000 people, in the last 5 days.

NSW Bushfire Assistance – Assistance offer (Small Animals).

Epping Vetfriends, Sydney. Our clinic along with our sister clinic Parramatta Vetfriends is offering free boarding for up to 2 weeks for dogs cats and small pets to help during the bushfires. We will need proof of address to ensure people are legitimately needing the boarding service. Address:- Epping vet 76 Carlingford Road Epping 2121. Phone (02) 9869 2771/0402 599 077 ( Casey) All enquiries through Casey at Epping Vet.
We are also possibly able to organise transport if people cant get the pets to us. Please feel free to share. Dogs and cats need to be up to date with vaccines – proof via certificate or phone call confirmation to the regular vet is sufficient.

At this stage no more donations are needed at this stage. THANKYOU very much for all your support.

Donations that are required at Faulconbridge Rural Fire Brigade Station ASAP –
We have moved welfare of firefighters to Faulconbridge RFB. PLEASE SHARE –

Rump steak
Hamburger rolls
Bacon
Eggs
Shredded lettuce
Sliced tomatoes
Cheese slices
Thin sausages
Hot dog rolls
Tea bags/instant coffee
Tomato sauce
BBQ sauce
Disposable dinner plates
Serviettes
Foam cups
Powerade
Gatorade
Chopper onion
Hamburger patties
Sugar
Milk

Joining Winmalee RFB or other Brigades. Unfortunately Winmalee Rural Fire Brigade is not excepting any new membership as we are currently operational but if you are interested Pls Private Message us, and we will put your name on a list for when we reopen the books. Thanks.