Thread: Harvey Fires back on.

I'd bet my nuts that you haven't closed down or requisitioned an international airport (eg Adelaide) though, because basically other than military thats the only place you're going to land a DC10.
Additionally airports that size are usually commonwealth land, and state laws are subservient to commonwealth.


Martyn

Originally Posted by Eevo

i dont care about private operators. i care about town burning and lives.
i dont know about the laws where you are, here we'll close the airport or requisition the airport if needed. its happened before.

Hey Eevo.
Did you get your licence to drive a fire truck yet???
Andrew

Originally Posted by Bushie

I'd bet my nuts that you haven't closed down or requisitioned an international airport (eg Adelaide) though, because basically other than military thats the only place you're going to land a DC10.
Additionally airports that size are usually commonwealth land, and state laws are subservient to commonwealth.


Martyn

it would be a last resort and not me personally.
in SA, the emergency services act allows an incident controller to do almost anything.

if a fire is bad enough to requisitioned an airport, you know its done for a good reason and **** has really hit the fan.

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Hey Eevo.
Did you get your licence to drive a fire truck yet???
Andrew

not yet. ive got the guys number but his mobile has been switched off all this week.

Category: | The Mercury

Yet another fire there today,sounds like there is an arsonist that needs catching ASAP
Andrew

Originally Posted by superquag

One wonders if the Powers That Be have the foresight...after the hindsight from the Yarloop debacle... to 'invite' that DC-10 tanker to take a trip over here... You know, the one 'they' rejected because 'they' did'nt think... that it would have been as effective or spectacular as a handful of little aircraft buzzing around.

My experiences are the small air attack units are more effective. A fire line is never straight so does not conform to the flight line of a large transport aircraft so a lot of the drop can be ineffective plus large volumes of of water or retardant are dangerous for ground crews. Our appliances are fitted with sky facing strobe flashers so that air tankers know which ground controller they are dealing with. A controller forms part of the ground crew and has to be close to the drop zone to be effective.

The reason for air support is to knock down the intensity of the fire so ground crews can get in to knock the fire out completely.
Cheers

Graz

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

One very good reason,there are limited places it can operate out of and those limited places simply havent got a water supply to fill it.
You cant beat the 2 helitacs we have,should have a heap more.Ive been at fires where they are only traveling a few hundred meters to a km from the fire front to fill out of farmers dams.They are bloody effective.AWESOME to watch in action too.






Andrew

As Andrew stated, helicopters give quick turnaround after a drop. A large transport aircraft is limited to primary airports and would be subject to the holding pattern over airports such as Perth.