By Maddison Howell
FIRE recovery volunteers are moving to a new home at Creightons Creek ahead of the Euroa Show held at the showgrounds where the camp has been based since the Longwood fires.
Amid the devastating Longwood fires earlier this year, volunteer run charity BlazeAid has dedicated its fence rebuilding and community outreach services to all members of the community in need of the vital support.
With the upcoming Euroa Show set to inhabit the showgrounds, BlazeAid has made the move to a new location at Creightons Creek Hall where their services will continue for the next several months starting Monday, September 28.
BlazeAid’s Longwood camp coordinator Deborah Ong explains how imperative their work is to the community and the dire need for more help.
“BlazeAid is a charity that comes into rural communities after a natural disaster, whether that is a bushfire, floods or a cyclone and primarily repair and rebuild rural fencing and support the community until that need is gone” she explained.
“We’re the only major fencing charity that operates in Australia, and we currently operate in all states, aside from the Northern Territory, with a large workforce of volunteers ready to respond when a community needs us.”
Since 2009, BlazeAid has worked tirelessly to provide vital support to communities ravished by natural disasters, relying heavily on the generosity of the public to lend a helping hand.
“Our biggest challenge is having enough volunteers to respond to everyone,” she said. “People need our help and they need it now, and we’d like to get to everyone as quickly as possible.
“You’re coming into a community that truly appreciates the work that we provide, and by volunteering you’re doing good for a community that really needs it.”
With the impending El Nino set to worsen our already blistering summers, BlazeAid urges everyone to prepare now for fire season and have an action plan in place.
For more information on BlazeAid’s current camps or on how to volunteer, visit https://blazeaid.com.au/
