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Well our local fire season has kicked of with a small grass fire in Selby. Still smell the smoke about. On the news at the moment the Salvo`s are saying that for the moment they have enough donations of personal stuff. Just need more cash donations.
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our Prime Minister fighting the fires.
he's been an active volunteer for several years.
Yep, he's fair dinkum, I'm not on his side of politics , but I respect him, BobQuote:
Originally Posted by Eevo
I have noticed the PM has VF/AF and CL badges on his jacket....he must put in the time and not done for the cameras.
CFA members swell the fire fight in north | The Border Mail
Just spoke to our boys up there. They got up to Sydney at 1230am and got to bed at 1am for a 6am start. They have moved around a lot mentioning Springwood and Katoomba. They did some back burning today which started to crown apparently. They are amazed at the conditions and told me that we will never see anything like that around here. Different fuel loads, forests etc. They passed a school where the fire come up a gully and got to the front door of the school. Looking to fly home around Tuesday and possibly look for another crew to go and relieve.
Abbott has been a highly skilled member of the NSW Rural Fire Service for 13 years. He is a specialist breathing apparatus operator, chainsaw operator and tanker driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by 101 Ron
Until he became Liberal leader four years ago. he was also deputy captain of the Davidson brigade in Sydney's Warringah Pittwater Rural Fire District.
About a dozen or so Victorian fire trucks arrived in Lithgow yesterday afternoon.Very glad too see more help arriving.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gillie
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Originally Posted by Eevo
Top bloke :BigThumb:
For an interesting perspective on the fires and how much has been burnt out, see Australia Fires | Google Crisis Map
This consolidates information from all states (RFS in NSW) and you can see it in full screen (rather than having the rest of the RFS website around it)
Interesting images Martyn, where did you source them from?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushie
:( I was looking forward to a trip up there with the family in a few weeks...Quote:
Originally Posted by 303gunner
NSW bushfires: Blaze causes millions of damage to Lithgow's iconic Zig Zag Railway - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
I saw it from a fair distance about 2.30-3.00 on wednesday it didnt looked that big and looked liked it was controllable until the winds came on thursday.Quote:
Originally Posted by FeatherWeightDriver