21 October 2010

Welcome


Welcome to the new Blog for the NSW RFS Community Engagement team!



This blog does replace the previous 'Behind the Fire Line' blog which was not utilised as well as it could have been so we have renamed and are starting out again with a new fresh look!

We are working to improve our communication with our volunteers and staff, while also trying to make the Community Engagement team more accessible to you.


This blog will be used to update you on our projects, what we are doing around the state and to share ideas.

We hope it will become a valuable on line community where we share lots of information.


It is a busy time for us at the moment. Tomorrow we have the Community Engagement Consultative Committee meeting, Saturday and Sunday we have the Region North Community Engagement forum at Tamworth and the following weekend (30 & 31 October) we have the Region East Community Engagement forum at Jamberoo.


The revamping and revising of the Bush Fire Survival Plan is well underway but not moving as quickly as we had hoped and is now due out in November. It has some new additions that we hope you will like!


New fact sheets are also still being developed and progressively released as well as many other projects that we will progressively share with you.



Working to help make our communities safer
Your feedback and questions are important so we encourage your comments and to also help spread the word about this blog with other volunteers, staff and people interested in community engagement.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

... Great idea guys. Can't wait to read some of the feedback and the projects that different groups are working on.

In particular, what works and what doesn't. We have different communities that drive out different outcomes, but we have one objective. I'd like to know what I should be focusing on that has engaged coastal communities, or weekenders who travel to fire prone holiday areas.

With bated breath,
Shoalhaven Scott.

Peter -Camden Haven said...

Sounds like a great way to keep us up to date.

Colonel said...

Excellent idea, and I look forward to lots of feedback and ideas
Colonel

Hazo Sue said...

How to engage the visitors to bush walking, cycling and camping areas like the Blue Mountains is really difficult - any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Gary Walker said...

Speaking of blogs. What ever happened to behind the fireline Blog that Community Engagement used to run?

Community Engagement Team said...

Hi Gary
The Behind the Fireline Blog had not been active for over 12 months and had not been maintained by it's originator. Building Community Resilience now replaces that blog. Good question though!