This Saturday September 30, a public meeting is being held at the Paluma Community Centre (10am) for all ratepayers to discuss the setting of the 2024 fire levy.
Come along and find out what the brigade is up to over a cuppa and piece of cake.
If there are any queries in the lead up to the meeting, please contact:
Sonya Bryce – Treasurer / Secretary of Paluma RFB
On email sonyab360@gmail.com
Meet at the Rotunda next to the Community Hall at 2PM where Wilfred will let us know what the plans for the afternoon are.
Attention: Paluma Residents, Visitors & Users of Mount Spec Road
QPWS are conducting controlled burning on Mt Spec Road this week.
QPWS wish to advise that they will be conducting a prescribed burn on Mt Spec Road on Wednesday March 30, 2022 (weather permitting). Approximate hours of operation are from 1500 to 1800. Please be aware that smoke may impact Mt Spec Road. Traffic control will be in place for the duration.
ATTENTION ALL PALUMA RESIDENTS
A new Defibrillator is now installed at the Community Hall.
The unit is in a cabinet which is mounted on the outside wall of the Community Hall, next to the main entry door to the Hall. Please take a look at the photographs below to familiarise yourself with the location of the unit.
New signage indicating that the unit is available at the Community Hall will be installed at the front and side of the Hall.
The cabinet is unlocked and it is alarmed (with a siren). The siren will go off as soon as the cabinet is opened, but it stops again when the door is shut. We are hoping that the siren/alarm will deter any would-be vandals from interfering with the unit.
May we please request that if any nearby residents hear the alarm going off that they investigate to either provide assistance in a genuine emergency, or chase away any idiots or vandals who might be interfering with the unit.
We are hoping that the current arrangement will work and that vandals will refrain from interfering with the Defibrillator. The preference is that we do not lock the cabinet, as this would mean that in an emergency people would have to seek out the key or the security code to get access to the unit. This delay could potentially mean the difference between saving a life, or having the worst happen.
We are relying on the eyes and ears of the Paluma community to be watchful and vigilant in protecting this unit.
The best outcome is that the Defibrillator sits idle, mounted on the wall for many years to come and that we never have to use it!
Over to you Paluma community!
Thank you Wilfred for providing the photographs and information for this post.
Calling all enthusiastic volunteers who love to do a bit of spring cleaning!!
The Paluma Community Hall is in dire need of a ‘spit and polish’ in preparation for all the upcoming social events and bookings over the next few months.
We are calling for keen volunteers to help clean the Community Hall on Sunday 23rd May at 9 AM.
If you can swing a broom or mop, wash a window or wield a duster – WE NEED YOU!
Many hands make light work, so if you can spare an hour or two on Sunday morning the 23rd May, please come and join the cleaning crew. A free cuppa is on offer for all cleaners! See you there!
A reminder to all Paluma residents that the Rural Fire Brigade (RFB) will be holding a Public Meeting, Lunchtime BBQ and Recruitment Drive at the Community Hall this coming Saturday 1st May at 11 am.
Please come along to support your local RFB and please consider signing up to join the Paluma RFB so that we can retain this vital service in our community.
Without your support this service may be lost from the Paluma Community.
For further information please contact local RFB representative Ross Hyne on mobile: 0427 447 415.
See you there!
ATTENTION PALUMA RESIDENTS
The Paluma Rural Fire Brigade (RFB) is formed of residents from the Paluma community and it cannot function without members and their involvement. With the recent resignation of several senior members of the brigade we are presented with the challenge of trying to keep the brigade functioning and to maintain its assets within the community. If the brigade is unable to recruit new members, the Rural Fire Service may need to close the Paluma brigade and move the fire truck to another community. If this occurs, the only guaranteed response if there is a fire in the Paluma area will be a Fire and Rescue (red) truck from Townsville, Ingham or the Waterfall Creek RFB – and these services are not always available.
This notice is to advise Paluma residents that we are planning to undertake a recruitment drive with a lunchtime BBQ on Saturday 1st May 2021.
You are invited to attend:
A Public Meeting/Recruitment Drive, Saturday 1st May 2021 at 11 AM.
To be held at the Paluma RFB Station (Community Hall).
Without your support this vital community service may be lost from the Paluma community. Staff from the Rural Fire Service Townsville Area Office will be in attendance to discuss the future of the brigade with the community, including explaining what it means to be a rural fire brigade member.
If you have any questions and to RSVP to attend this meeting, please contact the Rural Fire Service Area Office on (07) 4796 9082.
You can also ring the local contact person and serving Paluma RFB member Ross Hyne on 0427 447 415.
We look forward to seeing you at this meeting.
Good afternoon,
Thank you everyone for your patience whilst we work quickly towards the Mt Spec Road weekend closure next weekend from 7pm Friday 27 November to 6am Monday 30 November 2020.
We appreciate all of your feedback on what would be the most suitable one hour opening time on the Saturday and Sunday for the community.
As a result of this feedback, the one hour road opening times throughout the weekend closure will be:
10am – 11am, Saturday 28 November 2020
1pm – 2pm, Sunday 29 November 2020
I have already personally phoned those that requested specific times and explained why the time was chosen and they were kindly understanding of this if it wasn’t the time they had chosen.
Please note: If this weekend closure cannot occur due to wet weather, it will need to be pushed to the following weekend. We will advise you as soon as possible if this occurs. If you have any concerns regarding a potential closure on the following weekend please let us know as soon as you can so we can get an early understanding of any implications if this occurs.
Our next steps will be to inform the general public of the weekend road closure of Mt Spec Road. As a one hour road closure will not allow day trippers to get up and back in one day, and we don’t want them getting stuck overnight, all of our messaging to the general public will be that Mt Spec Road is closed for the entire weekend. This will include messaging on roadside VMS boards, QLDTraffic, radio announcements, media statements and so on. So please don’t be alarmed when you see this. The one hour openings will be happening as per the attached flyer, they are just primarily for yourselves as the community and your guests to take advantage of.
For those of you with guests staying at your accommodations/camping grounds can you please ensure you share this message with them.
Once again, please, if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to reply email or give anyone of us in the Customer and Stakeholder Management team a call on 1800 625 648 and we’d be happy to help.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Kind Regards,
Jane Illin
Customer and Stakeholder Management
Northern District | Department of Transport and Main Roads
Floor 6 | Townsville Government Office Building | 445 Flinders Street | Townsville Qld 4810
PO Box 1089 | Townsville Qld 4810
P: 1800 625 648 | F: (07) 4421 8711
E: engagement.northern@tmr.qld.gov.au
W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au
Good afternoon,
The Mt Spec Road reconstruction works are progressing well, however due to the nature of the work and with varying ground conditions, the volume of work required is substantial. The continuous supply of materials during night shifts is also proving a challenge. On top of this, we are aware of the current predictions for the commencement of the 2020/21 wet season from mid-December 2020. The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) and the contractor are working hard to get these works completed as quickly as possible to avoid the works being prolonged into the new year and wet season.
Considering all of this, and our commitment to work hard to get these works completed before the wet season commences, the contractor will require a full weekend road closure of Mt Spec Road next weekend.
The proposed closure will be:
From 7pm Friday 27 November to 6am Monday 30 November 2020
We understand that any closure has impacts on the community and we are working with the contractor to minimise any impacts. Drawing on your feedback previously provided, the contractor is able to arrange the weekend works to include a one hour road opening each day. There will be a one hour window of opportunity on Saturday morning and again on Sunday afternoon for the community or guests of accommodation services and camping grounds at Paluma to travel through the works.
We are seeking your feedback on the most preferred time slot for the one hour road opening on the Saturday and Sunday. The available options are:
Saturday
8am to 9am
9am to 10am
10am to 11am
11am to 12noon
Sunday
1pm to 2pm
2pm to 3pm
3pm to 4pm
4pm to 5pm
As we are running under tight timeframes we will need your response by 10am this Friday 20 November 2020 at the latest via email to engagement.northern@tmr.qld.gov.au (please note, there is no guarantee it will be the hour you have chosen as we will need to go with the majority preference).
As soon as the timeframes for the one hour opening on the Saturday and Sunday are known, we will communicate this with you this Friday afternoon (one week prior to the closure) so you can make any suitable arrangements you may need for yourself or your guests. TMR has already started speaking to some Paluma businesses on this matter and this email is to ensure we can seek a broad range of feedback before setting the road opening times.
The reason we can only allow a one hour closure each day is primarily due to the concrete pump that is required for the works. To allow for the road opening, the concrete pump must be shut down. An hour is the maximum amount of time the concrete pump can be shut down before the concrete hardens. If this happens it takes hours to get it ready for use again, essentially defeating the purpose to make some really good progress on the works over the weekend.
Whilst we understand some of you may be have to make some alternative arrangements for the weekend, we hope you can see the benefit the weekend closure will provide the community to get these works completed prior to Christmas.
Please, if you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact Meghan or Kelly in the Customer and Stakeholder Management team on 1800 625 648 or by email at engagement.northern@tmr.qld.gov.au.
We thank you for your ongoing patience during these works.
Kind regards,
Meghan Peters
Customer and Stakeholder Management
Northern District | Department of Transport and Main Roads
Floor 6 | Townsville Government Office Building | 445 Flinders Street | Townsville Qld 4810
PO Box 1089 | Townsville Qld 4810
P: 1800 625 648 | F: (07) 4421 8711
engagement.northern@tmr.qld.gov.au
www.tmr.qld.gov.au