Flowerdale CFA

Flowerdale CFA are now the very happy owners of a new Ultralight tanker. The tanker will provide additional firefighting capability for cfa.

Kate and Tim went to Flowerdale on the morning of 12 February 2009. We had been told many times by people involved in the recovery effort that the Flowerdale community was being well looked after but we wanted to check for ourselves. Kate and Tim arrived at the Flowerdale CFA station and flushed some people's eyes and enquired whether anyone needed medical assistance.

Lyn Gunter has been involved in key roles in the functioning of the rural community of Victoria for over 30 years.

Through both voluntary and formal positions in Local and State Government, Lyn has developed a keen understanding of the legislation and regulations which govern the administrative environment, in the fields of land, natural resources and water management, and Local Government.

She was an Appeal Panel Member on the Fire Recovery Fund and has played important roles in the practical and psychological healing of the trauma created in February 2009.

Across that time she has been an active participant in the Rural Zone Working Group for Intergovernmental Co-ordination, the Planning and Environment Committee, Chair of the North East Local Government Network for three years and Chair of the Flood Management Committee.

During the years 1992 – 2000, between Councillor roles, Lyn maintained her close connect with community affairs in leading positions in State Emergency Services, Country Fire Authority, Road Safety Council, and Police and Community Consultative Councils.

In carrying out this wide range of responsibilities on behalf of the community, Lyn has demonstrated outstanding capabilities in:
• Communicating positively at all levels with public sector agencies and community groups,
• Assembling, interpreting and contextualising large quantities of both formal and informal information, and
• The integration at strategic, policy and operational levels of land use, natural resources and water management and the economic and social environment.