![ORANGE ANGELS: BlazeAid volunteers Stephen Hancock, Wayne Sanders, John Foreman and Wally King, helping farmer Troy Fischer pull out burnt fencing at Wasleys. ORANGE ANGELS: BlazeAid volunteers Stephen Hancock, Wayne Sanders, John Foreman and Wally King, helping farmer Troy Fischer pull out burnt fencing at Wasleys.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/yr8V78Ywr3nxnvznZ7ptfY/f26adfbc-26e6-429c-ba5e-d0a2db621039.jpg/r0_1205_3264_3912_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
AN increasing number of farmers are registering for assistance from volunteer organisation BlazeAid, despite an initial slow uptake.
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BlazeAid provides free labour to rural landholders to help rebuild fencelines after natural disasters.
Farmers pay for their own fencing materials, and BlazeAid provides the labour to help erect them.
BlazeAid do receive some fence material donations, which is then distributed to those most in need.
BlazeAid SA coordinator Wendy Cope said 32 properties had registered for help at the Roseworthy base camp, with more registered at the Hamley Bridge base.
“There will be a lot more, we just have to get them through the application process,” she said.
So far about 70 people have volunteered to help at Roseworthy, with a further 80 at Hamley Bridge, but more will be needed.
“We ask people not to forget us,” Ms Cope said.
“We have plenty of volunteers at the moment, but if you are not available now to help, please keep us in mind further down the track once the hype has gone away, because we are going to be here for months and months, well into next year.”
So far, the Pinery Bushfire Appeal has received 2553 donations of about $1.76 million. This will be distributed by the board of the State Emergency Relief Fund.
For those who can not afford materials, there is a recovery centre set-up at Gawler Tafe with information about services and support. There is also an assistance hotline.
- Details: 1800 302 787