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Volume 7, Wednesday July 21, 2010
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New Asset President for Olympic Dam S
tefan Buys is the new Asset President of Olympic Dam. our local and regional communities.”
With broad international experience, Stefan Buys joins BHP Billiton from Xstrata Copper, where he was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of the North Chile division, leading the company’s copper business there. “My family – my wife Marinda and my children Frans and Christiaan – and I have relocated to Roxby Downs and we are excited about experiencing life in South Australia,” Stefan says. “After two years in South America, Roxby Downs is a great change for us and we look forward to exploring this amazing part of Australia. “I am also looking forward to getting to know and working with
Stefan’s experience includes a variety of senior operational and commercial leadership roles in the ferro-alloy, platinum and copper businesses of Xstrata. “The opportunity to lead the Olympic Dam team at one of the world’s most renowned Copper/Uranium resources was the key reason I joined BHP Billiton,” Stefan says. “With the EIS process well underway for the proposed expansion, I know I have come here at a really important time. “In terms of our day to day operation, my absolute priority is ensuring everyone works safely so they can return home to their loved ones at the end of their shift or roster cycle.”
Five saved from fire By Celeste Lustosa
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family of five went through a nightmare last week in Roxby Downs that could have ended really badly, if it wasn’t for the effort of one local, that they like to call hero. Tanya Field, her partner Kym Braver, his grandmother Robyn and two children Jordan and Nikkita Hanner had their house on fire last July 8. Roxby Downs CFS (Country Fire Services) responded two appliances to the fire, on arrival they found the family outside and the house was full of smoke with the smoke detectors activated. The family was taken across the road to wait for the Ambulance. “Power and gas were isolated in the house, and two of our personnel donned breathing apparatus and entered the laundry, they found the dryer on the wall on fire, and clothing under the dryer also smouldering, the fire was put out, clothing and the dryer where removed from the laundry,” Brett Atkins, captain of Roxby Downs CFS said. The damage to the house was estimated to be $25,000 and the cause of the fire was found to be the dryer. The family was taken to the hospital suffering from smoke inhalation because Kym had tried to put out the fire prior to the fire service arriving. “It is an important message not to leave appliances like dryers operating without supervision. “If you find a fire in your house, please evacuate and wait for the fire service, trying to put it out yourself could be a costly mistake,
Tanya and Kym went back to save Mr Atkins added. “What happened was a warning the family’s dogs. to all my mates because all of them While Tanya believes there aren’t said they put washing or dryers on many people like Tim these days, and go to bed,” Kym said. the local hero thinks anyone would When the fire started they were have done the same as him. all sleeping and according to Tanya “Anyone would have done the would not have woken in time if it same. I was just lucky enough to wasn’t for a local called Tim Fel- be passing by at the right time,” he tus. said. “It was a Thursday night so we Tanya’s family is nominating told nanna Robyn not to worry Tim Feltus for an Australian Bravabout noises at night because of ery Decoration, which recognises people coming back from a Thirsty acts of bravery by members of the Thursday,” Tanya said. community. They selflessly put Little did they know by then themselves in jeopardy to protect that a noise from someone com- the lives or property of others. ing home that night would save Bravery or courage differs from their lives. fortitude in a crisis situation. “I was walking back home that Bravery is a deliberate choice to night and when I passed by their go from a place of safety to danger house, which is not far from mine, or remain in a perilous position to I saw all the smoke coming out of provide help. the window. I decided to check it “We can’t thank him enough and out and started knocking to wake I think he deserves this recognithem up,” Tim said. tion,” Tanya concluded. He had to be insistent as the The family also wanted to thank family wasn’t responding. And so the CFS and the Ambulance teams he kept knocking harder and hard- for their hard work in making sure Lucky to be alive and pictured in the burnt out laundry last week are Nanna Robyn Brauer, Tanya Field, Kym Brauer with Jardan and Nikkita Hanner. er until someone opened the door they were safe and well. and the family acknowledged the danger they were in. Tanya said that “if it wasn’t for Tim our family would be sleeping angels today.” Tim was also the person that called the local CFS. “What we appreciate most about in what he did is that he would not give up. He kept knocking until he got our attention. “He also made sure we were all alright the whole time. He stayed with us even after the Make this a date and enjoy a full card of horse racing at CFS, the ambulance and the police arrived,” Tanya added. the Far North’s only fully licensed meeting. She said that everyone was freaking out and when she took the children outside Tim once again stepped up to Proudly supported by The Monitor again in 2010 look after the children while
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