Liverpool Range RFS assists in animal welfare emergency in Murrurundi

Brigades from Wingen, Kingdon Ponds, Bunnan, and Gundy were alerted on Monday and all worked together to help 800 head of stock that were in crisis due to a lack of water.

The RFS said, with the assistance of the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and the Upper Hunter Shire Council, almost 44,000L of water was delivered to the property and cattle in need using local RFS tankers.

Liverpool Range RFS spokesperson Myles O’Reilly said the brigades had ferried the water to and from the property using Cat 1 tankers.

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“We have four [Cat 1] appliances out there ferrying water there and back,” Mr O’Reilly said.

“It was good we could send [them] to do some ferrying between a local dam and the property.”

Mr O’Reilly said the cattle were in a “pretty bad place”, but they were on the mend.

“The cattle are looked after, each head requires 50L a day usually,” he said.

“But they’ll be fine with an ongoing, continuous supply of water.”

Mr O’Reilly said this was a prime example of how the RFS’ responsibility isn’t solely fighting fires, it was to service the community as well.

“[It shows the] diversity of service the RFS provides,” he said.

“Sometimes our business as usual, is a bit unusual.”

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