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Fortuna Fire Command Vehicle

Community enterprises working together have given Bendigo fire services the final sum needed to purchase a new Forward Command Vehicle ahead of bushfire season.

Strathfieldsaye & Districts Community Enterprise and Bendigo Northern District Community Enterprise with the Community Enterprise Foundation have donated $6000 that comprises the final part of Fortuna Fire Brigades Group contribution to the total cost of the new vehicle.

The Fortuna group is the coordinating body for 10 fire brigades – Bendigo, District 2 HQ, Eaglehawk, Golden Square, Huntly, Kangaroo Flat, Lockwood, Maiden Gully, Marong, and Strathfieldsaye.

The group’s brigades protect much of the structural risk in the City of Greater Bendigo, the open grasslands in the west of the municipality and assist the Department of Sustainability and Environment in national and regional parks.

The community donation will assist in the fit out of the vehicle. The Fortuna group has chosen a Prado for its off-road performance. It will be used in a range of incident management roles. The enterprises who contributed funds appreciate the protective role fire brigades play in their respective communities.

SDCE and BNDCE partner with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and Bendigo Community Telco which allows them to improve existing infrastructure and build new community assets. Cheque handover took place: Thursday 13th October at the Maiden Gully Fire Station with Andrew Howlett (Maiden Gully Fire Brigade), Samantha McGregor (SDCE), Mike Lowther and Sandy Young (BNDCE) and members of the Eaglehawk Fire Brigade.

From left to right: Brian Perry (communications officer), Doug Murley (Eaglehawk Fire brigade), Sandy Young (BNDCE), Sam McGregor (SDCE), and Andrew Howlett(Fortuna Fire brigade)

Community Grants November 2011

The next round of Community Grants will open in November 2011. For further information please click here.

How Can We Help One Another?

To date BNDCE has distributed:

$580 Huntly Social Riding Club
$771 North Bendigo Landcare Group
$1000 Huntly Historical Society
$1000 Huntly Equine Recreation Reserve
$1000 Goornong Primary School
$1000 Epsom Pre School
$500 Epsom Church Fridge
$250 Mothers of Preschoolers
$600 Goornong Bazaar Banners
$1000 Huntly Tennis Club
$500 Huntly Hall Committee Curtain Tracks
$650 Huntly North Bendigo Cricket Club
$400 Huntly Kinder Chairs
$500 Huntly Parents Group
$500 Huntly Net Set Go
$2060 Strauch Reserve Social Rooms Furniture
$500 Huntly Primary School
$500 Goornong & District Reserve Landscaping
$1000 Huntly Memorial Hall Committee Landscaping

For further information contact Committee Members:

S. Young	5448 8577
M.Lowther	5448 8835
M.Smith	5448 8510