Jordan CRUGNALE (Bass) (09:52): More than 200 fires in the landscape, communities threatened, homes and structures burnt, precious life taken and livestock gone – the hottest day on record was so marked. In our Bass electorate, CFA brigades from Pearcedale to Pound Creek formed strike teams deployed across the state. This is the second iteration for the public record: Pearcedale – Kevin Sullivan, Adam Carrig, David Stewart, Ethan Stewart, Ashley Ellis, Andy Grey, Jack Harkness, Don Gibbon, Robin Murphy, Jack McClelland, Alastair Airey, Jeff Carter, Jason Jones, Stephen Jones, Terry Prentice, Maddox Gibbs, Devon Meadows, Tim Friend, John Sanderson, Richard Watson, Jeff Knight, John Wainwright, Peter Van De Laarschot, Brody White, Justin Stackpole; Warneet–Blind Bight – Mark Konetzni, Melanie Harris, Ken Eakins, Chris Hayes, Luke Bowman, Heath Hill Jonathan, Clayton Chauvin, Hayley Chauvin, Curnock Granville, Andrew Blakeney, Daniel Blakeney, Sean Currie, Russell Day, Michelle Venton, George Bloom and Greg Jennings; and Dalyston – Stephen Ross-Bryant, Jared Minihan, Carolyn Milnes, Roger O’Brien. I also thank the collective at San Remo and Wonthaggi brigades. To all our extraordinary volunteers across districts 8 and 9, who are called out locally on standby, undertaking training, deployed afar; to their partners, families and employers, who get their spirited essence to help, protect and serve; and to our SES units and lifesaving clubs, who also had a busy summer: thank you for your exemplary service, commitment and camaraderie. You are valued and appreciated and the best of us.