well done Treads....top job
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well done Treads....top job
Hi Treads , Just wondering how long a peat ( spelling ;) ) fire can last under the ground ?
Strike Team 12 Bravo
well done guys and girls
and to any of you guys/girls that came from other States
:clap2: THANKS :clap2:
Good on you and the rest of your team for going down there to help Treads.
You and all the rest (both locals and from further afield) who have given up your own time and risked your own lives to help out make the rest of us so bloody proud, and lucky, to be able to say that we're Australian.
Well done Treads
Another TFB here today and 5 new fires have started, your fire is still "going" and only getting bigger.
The Yea-Murrundindi East complex fire is only approx 30k from home now
Not good. Keep safe down there.
I know you asked Treads but i thought i could help out. Peat fires can burn underground for very long times, weeks even months or more. You woulld need unreasonably high amounts of rain to put out a peat fire, and they will flare up and start full bush fires. Thats why in some areas when you are camping all cooking has to be done on stoves, no fires on the ground. They are very similar to coal fires because they are one of the first stages of coal production with much more water, and lesser carbon content than coal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fusion
ONYA Treads and all your team.
Great Pics!!!
Andrew
Thanks everyone for their support :BigThumb:
Heading back down again on Sunday as a crew leader for Strike Team 12 Foxtrot. It shall be interesting to see where they have us deployed by then. Tomorrow is looking like another bad day :(
My thoughts are with the guys and girls on the ground there now.
Treads and ST12B,
Thank you for coming down at our time of need.
How lucky we are that you and your mates as well as our CFA people are all doing this a volunteers.
Thanks for a great job.