MMMfiresafety

Community meeting Feb 5, 2012

2012-01-19T21:02:00.000+11:00

On Feb 5 there'll be a Macedon / Mt Macedon community meeting to discuss the Community Planning Group's activities for 2011 and priorities for 2012.
This will include the Fire Safety group.

Feb 5, 2012, 2pm, Jubilee Hall, Macedon.

We need your feedback.

Anyone interested?
Anyone coming?

see the CPG web site for more info; see the flyer

NSP for Macedon goes ahead

2011-10-15T21:02:00.002+11:00

The project to convert Tony Clarke stadium to a Neighbourhood Safer Place was approved unanimously at the council meeting on Oct 12. In theory, it will be complete in mid January 2012.

NSP rejected

2011-09-30T11:25:00.000+10:00

Apparently the plan to turn the Tony Clarke stadium into a "Neighbourhood Safer Place" was voted down 5 to 4 at a Macedon Ranges Shire Council meeting on Wednesday (Sept 28th), so it won't be going ahead without a lot more argument.
No details yet, but it doesn't sound good.

If you want the NSP, contact your local Macedon Ranges Shire councillor and express your support for it.

The minutes of the meeting should appear on the MRSC web site in a few days, so we might find out more then.

Macedon Bushfire Mitigation Plan

2011-06-27T22:18:00.002+10:00

Ron has drawn up a draft bushfire mitigation plan for the local area, on behalf of the Macedon Mount Macedon Fire Safety group. The final version of this plan will be incorporated into the Macedon Mount Macedon Draft Community Planning Report.
The Fire Safety group invites comment from anyone and everyone with a vested interest in the Macedon region. The group needs to gauge community opinion before going any further with this draft plan.

The details of the draft plan can be seen by clicking here, but the gist of it is:

Strategic fire breaks

facilitate harvest of the primary school pine plantation and convert to a community park
reduce the fuel load in the Macedon Regional Park
consult with owners of local commercial pine plantations about setting up fire breaks

Neighbourhood Safer Place

a building protection zone around Tony Clarke stadium
Middle Gully Ck undergrowth
Cable St access to TC Reserve

Fuel Management

the railway corridor
local township fuel reduction
promote appropriate fuel reduction on private properties

Priorities 2011

2011-03-22T10:51:00.001+11:00

What are the bushfire issues we should be thinking and doing something about in the area around Macedon and Mount Macedon?

vegetation management?
firebreaks?
bushfire early warning system?
communication?

What should our priorities be?

blog for fire safety group

2011-03-05T16:24:00.003+11:00

Hi there MMMfiresafety group -- I've started this blog so we can discuss ideas faster and more easily than having just an occassional face-to-face meeting (which we should have as well).

"Posts" will be from the fire safety group. "Comments" can be from anybody.
We can expect many to be anonymous.

Keith