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14<br />
Tuesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
News<br />
Fire training exercise<br />
planned for Darfield<br />
DARFIELD residents shouldn’t<br />
be alarmed if they see fire trucks<br />
flocking to the township later<br />
this month.<br />
McHughs Forest Park will<br />
host a range of emergency response<br />
personnel on Wednesday<br />
next week as the district council<br />
prepares for the possibility of a<br />
major fire this summer.<br />
McHughs Forest Park is located<br />
about 1km west of Darfield.<br />
Rural fire brigades from across<br />
the district, New Zealand Fire<br />
Service personnel, district council<br />
emergency response teams<br />
and welfare and emergency<br />
management staff will take part<br />
in the training evening, which<br />
will start at about 7pm.<br />
The training, named Exercise<br />
Homebush, will focus on the<br />
command and control of a largescale<br />
fire incident and communications<br />
system at the event.<br />
District council emergency<br />
management officer Ryan<br />
O’Rourke said the training was<br />
happening because experience<br />
showed the district council<br />
tended to have at least one major<br />
fire per season.<br />
“We need to ensure we’re performing<br />
to a high level because<br />
BEING PREPARED: Volunteer rural fire brigades and district<br />
council staff will take part in a large-scale training exercise near<br />
Darfield next week. <br />
these incidents develop very<br />
quickly,” Mr O’Rourke said.<br />
“When a large incident, such<br />
as a forest fire occurs, there are<br />
a number of different agencies<br />
involved, so this training is a<br />
good opportunity for everyone<br />
to practice how we allocate roles<br />
and work together.”<br />
The aim was to ensure the district<br />
council’s emergency management<br />
team could efficiently<br />
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manage different equipment<br />
and resources, plan a strategy to<br />
control the fire and implement<br />
that strategy in a safe and effective<br />
way.<br />
About 50-60 people will be<br />
involved in the training, some<br />
located onsite at Darfield, and<br />
others at the district council<br />
headquarters in Rolleston. No<br />
fires will be lit as part of the<br />
training exercise.<br />
Support group for<br />
performance artists<br />
SELWYN residents interested<br />
in performing are being invited<br />
to join a new performing arts<br />
network.<br />
The network will be made up<br />
of community members who are<br />
passionate about the performing<br />
arts, whether<br />
it be singing,<br />
dancing, drama,<br />
comedy or<br />
other areas of<br />
performance art.<br />
The group<br />
will focus on<br />
creating more<br />
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performing arts<br />
opportunities<br />
and events for <strong>Selwyn</strong>.<br />
The district council recently<br />
carried out a survey to identify<br />
the community’s views and<br />
aspirations for the arts, how<br />
artists would like to be supported<br />
and areas where the arts<br />
could be improved and<br />
developed.<br />
Of the respondents, 81 per cent<br />
said they wanted to see more<br />
opportunities to participate and<br />
engage in the performing arts<br />
around <strong>Selwyn</strong>.<br />
District council arts adviser<br />
Rachael Inch said <strong>Selwyn</strong> was<br />
a growing, diverse community<br />
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and there was a strong need for<br />
the development of programmes<br />
and opportunities.<br />
“It was clear from the Arts in<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> survey that performing<br />
arts was high on the list of key<br />
focus areas for the community,”<br />
she said.<br />
“This network will<br />
allow community members<br />
who are passionate about the<br />
performing arts to come together<br />
and meet like-minded people<br />
from across <strong>Selwyn</strong> and be<br />
involved in the planning process<br />
for the district. We welcome<br />
people of all ages, genders and<br />
ethnicities.”<br />
The first network meeting will<br />
be held on December 5, 6.30pm,<br />
at the Rolleston Community<br />
Centre Lounge, with guest<br />
speaker Roanna Dalziel.<br />
Ms Dalziel has appeared on<br />
Shortland Street, written and<br />
self-produced a play called Lost<br />
in Thought, worked at Creative<br />
New Zealand for two years as<br />
the senior arts adviser for theatre<br />
and is now The Court Theatre’s<br />
literary manager.<br />
Anyone interested in attending<br />
the meeting should register by<br />
emailing arts@selwyn.govt.nz by<br />
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