How to get Fencing Help | BlazeAid is a volunteer-based organization. We assist Farmers and Property Owners to become productive again by helping clear, repair or replace fences that have been lost as a result of natural disasters such as bushfires, floods or cyclones. If you have lost boundary or internal fencing after the 2012 Floods, BlazeAid might be able to help you. We currently have basecamps in Dunkeld, Qld, and in NSW at Ungarie, Wagga Wagga, Narrandera and Bribbaree. Contact details for the basecamps are at the bottom of this page. If you are in another area and would like information about fencing help, please contact Kevin Butler on 0418 530 471, or email blazeaid@gmail.com
Fully-insured BlazeAid volunteers are ready to roll up their sleeves and work alongside farmers in genuine need of assistance. We have already worked on hundreds of properties across Victoria, NSW, Queensland and Western Australia after the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires and the 2011 Floods and Cyclone Yasi. A lot of farms have grass, hay bales, silt and logs washed onto fences, fences on the ground, and wires and posts washed into waterways and wrapped around trees. BlazeAid volunteers go out in fencing teams, with at least one experienced fencer in each team, to work under your guidance and directions. Working together, we can clear your fence lines and re-stand, rebuild or replace your fences in a fraction of the time that it would take you to do on your own. Many friendships are formed among volunteers and farmers as they work together on the fence lines. We have a combination of new volunteers and experienced fencing volunteers who have worked on many different types of fences, including putting in corner posts, strainer assemblies, posts and pickets, running, straining and tying off fencing wire, etc. BlazeAid Founder, Kevin Butler lost about 3km of fences on Black Saturday. It was cleared and rebuilt over 7 days by him and 25 volunteers… “It would have taken me about three months by myself” he says.
Registration is easy, and you will be glad you did it. We will have a few quick questions for you - your name, phone numbers, the address where the fencing needs to be done, an approx idea of distances of work - clearing, rebuilding and new fences - the type of fencing and how soon you can start. If you have livestock issues, let us know and we can prioritize your job. If you would like BlazeAid volunteers to work with you, please have a read of the Farmers Workplace Agreement which outlines the guidelines to help with the smooth running of BlazeAid. Then simply phone or visit your nearest BlazeAid basecamp to register for assistance. BlazeAid works with Property Owners who are in genuine need of volunteer assistance. This includes property owners who are not insured or are under-insured for the cost of rebuilding their fences, or where the personal, physical or financial circumstances of the Property Owners are such that they are in genuine need of BlazeAid’s assistance. Bona Fide is the word.
Fencing supplies for flood-affected farmers. Fencing to Farmers offers discounted fencing supplies to farmers affected by natural disasters.
We will be updating this page as more information comes to hand, so please keep an eye out for updates. Thank you |
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