2018 Charity Partner Announced
Rhythm n Rail Festival president, Nicholas Pyers, said “The Volunteer Rescue Association have provided so much logistical support to the Festival over many years, so it is with great pleasure that we announce the Festival will be actively supporting the local Junee Rescue Squad fundraising efforts.”
Mr Pyers continued “The VRA do such a wonderful job supporting our local community in times of need. We encourage all visitors to the Junee Rhythm n Rail Festival to support our local VRA Squad by purchasing a couple of raffle tickets each. There are some great prizes to be won!”
VRA Fundraiser — Easter Raffle
2018 Easter Raffle
Tickets will be on sale over the Festival weekend at following locations;
- Junee Bush Dance & BBQ Dinner, held on Friday, March 9, 2018 from 6pm in the Athenium Theatre on Broadway, Junee
- VRA Mock Emergency Demonstration, Saturday, March 10, 2018 from 12:00pm in the rear carpark of Junee the Ex-Services Memorial Club, Broadway
- Festival Markets in Memorial Park, Saturday, March 10, 2018 from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
- Poet’s Breakfast, Broadway Museum, Junee; Sunday, March 11, 2018 from 8:00am to 10:00am
VRA’s strong ties to the Riverina
[2017 Junee Rhythm n Rail Festival]
Shortly afterwards Wagga Wagga Rescue Squad also became involved in general land rescues. In 1969, Wagga Wagga, along with several other Riverina Squads, met and formed the Volunteer Rescue Association. Since then, VRA Rescue Squads have been established in over 50 communities across New South Wales, including Junee.
Services provided by the Volunteer Rescue Association
Mock Emergency Scenario
November 2017 saw the VRA and other emergency services conduct a Mock Emergency Scenario in Junee.
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The NSW Volunteer Rescue Association provide support to the population of NSW twenty four hours per day, seven days per week.
The VRA are often the first responders to vehicular incidents in regional NSW. They assist the other NSW Emergency Services like NSW Rural Fire Service; NSW State Emergency Service; NSW Police Service; NSW Ambulance Service and Fire & Rescue NSW. Through task related standardisation of equipment, communications, training and command structure, VRA Squads are readily combined to form larger units during major incidents.
The NSW VRA can be called out by any person in NSW but the primary call out source is the NSW Police Service.
In the reporting period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 the NSW VRA attended:
- 7,499 incidents which involved 76,932 operational hours
- Assisted 6,588 persons
- Extricated 274 persons
- Removed 88 deceased persons
Over & above this, their members spent 107,534 hours in training, meetings, regional exercises, fundraising & equipment maintenance.
About the Junee Rhythm n Rail Festival
For more information about the Junee Rhythm n Rail Festival please visit our website www.RhythmNRail.com
The Second Weekend in March each year sees the township of Junee, NSW transform into a hive of activity with thousands of visitors and local residents joining the celebrations of Junee’s unique rail heritage and to dance to the rhythm of the tracks. In 2014 the Junee Rhythm n Rail Festival was the winner of the NSW Inland Tourism “Community Festivals and Events” Award.
The Junee Rhythm and Rail Festival is a community-organised major event. March 9-11 2018 will be the Festival’s Tenth Anniversary.
Additional Images
Caption for use with additional images: VRA Junee Rescue Branch volunteers, along with other local emergency services, participate in a Mock Emergency Scenario. November 2017, Junee.