Country Fire Authority: Somerville brigade
23-November-2011
Mr BURGESS (Hastings) -- On Sunday, 20 November, I attended the open day held by the Country Fire Authority Somerville brigade. The day was organised by Captain Allan Monti and Shane McKay, the community events manager with the Somerville volunteer fire brigade, firstly to promote the local CFA and its firefighting equipment and secondly to raise money for the burns unit at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.
It is impossible not to be filled with admiration for these incredible people. They have their own families and jobs and still volunteer to protect their communities. They then spend what little down time they have raising money for young burns victims. I commend the Somerville fire brigade for both the work it does all year round in protecting the community and the additional fundraising it undertakes.