CPR Training at Barjarg

A CPR course was conducted at Barjarg Fire shed on the 8th of March .There was a good attendance with 25 community and brigade members receiving training . The were 3 mannequins and so every body had a good go. The Group AED was also demonstrated . Probably the take away message is as follows .
Undertake chest compressions ,rate 100 per minute , for 2 minutes prior to expired air breathing ( mouth to mouth )  then progress to 2 breaths to every 30 chest compressions . Remember before starting resuscitation make sure some one phones for an ambulance .

CPR training at BARJARG

The Barjarg Rural Fire Brigade are hosting a training session for CPR and demonstrating the use of an AED .  The training has been opened up to the community as a way of the brigade engaging more widely with the community . So far there are just over 20 who are interested .

From Group Training Officer

Following on from the report at the last group meeting I have secured the Wang. training ground for Sunday 15th of April from 8.00 to 15.30 hr.The only problem is that they can only cater for 16 people so at this stage I`m looking at two nominations from each brigade. The day will be aimed at Crew leaders and new members. I will be contacting brigade captains next week but if you read this please email me your nominations as it will save a phone call and give your brigade a better chance of getting a place in case there are to many nominations.

I will be in touch

John Valcich

email [ johnvalcich1@bigpond.com ]

Setting Changes

The settings to access the mansfieldgroupcfa blog have been changed so that it can now be found by a search engine . There has been criticism regarding the difficulty in logging on to see the site . The confidentiality which was there has now gone as a consequence of the change . If you don't agree with the change please say so .

District 23 Ops Manager Report and Update

For easy access to what is happening in our district and for the You Tube report by Stewart Kreltsheim log onto his site . No pass words required .

Grassland Curing

This as you can see is a map of grassland curing . It gives an idea of how dry the grass is and therefore how well it will burn .As you can see with the exception of some of the high country and Gippsland the fuel i.e. grass is ready to go! What is also important is that there is a lot of grass and it is quite high .

Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)

Last year the Group decided to purchase an AED with funds made available by the State government . The AED  is now in the Mansfield Fire Station on the wall just near the Group Command Vehicle . If the Command Vehicle is going to an incident please take the AED with you . If you are unsure how it works attend a training session however you don't have to be trained to use it in an emergency but you will do a better job faster if you are trained .You can get an idea of what is involved by going to You Tube and viewing some of the clips . The clip above gives some idea of what you will encounter when and if you open the AED . It is  a Phillips FRx AED with Voice Prompts.ve .CPR must be commenced immediately if a sudden cardiac arrest occurs . A 000 call must also be made . Continue CPR while setting up the AED . The AED will not discharge a shock unless it is required . If help is not given to a cardiac arrest victim the mortality approaches 100 %