Victorian Bushfires

Rally said:
The CFA in one LGA asked council on 11 different occassions for hazard reductions- all refused. Now everything gone. Will have to call the Greens the Blacks. One farmer did his own hazard reduction and was fined $100,000. Not surprisingly, the fires did not claim his home.
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nipper said:
i find it criminal that common wild fire prevention tools were considered illegal. What the hell were these people thinking? Its been proven that good simple buffer zones can make a differnce in saving lives, and even porperty.
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Don't get me wrong, I love the bush & the forrests, but common sense should & must prevaile.
I live within 18-20 mts of bushland (N.P directly across the road) At least I have a buffer zone (2 lane road) between myself & the edge of the bushland. But as for the houses just up the road, this bushland is actually touching the back fences of their properties. And these residents have been pleading for years to have a buffer zone (hazard reduction) put in.
But they (council etc) keep rejecting their requests.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
carljwnc said:
My news feed has somewhat diminished, are all the fires out or at least under control now?
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Unfortunatly NO they're not. There are still 6 main fires that are still burning uncontrolled (as at 02:30 AEST Sat)

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
The weekend has been and gone. Another two tours of the Bunyip Ridge fire, including a 28-30 hour day. One around Labertouche, and the other at Nayook (Nerrim Junction).
Mostly blacking out around the perimeter of the fire before the next lot of hot days and strong winds. A few hours in the middle of the night doing asset protection when the wind changed on us.

The media says that communities are no longer under immediate threat, but there are still individual houses that are very close, and not completely safe if the hot weather returns soon.

As well as fighting the fires directly on weekends and my days off, at work (currently employed short term), my job involves about half of my day helping support the victims in the two nearest large blazes, via the comunnity welfare centres, and the local shire.

Beigewagon.
 
Well done.

So, the east coast is in a fair bit of strife. Floods in Queensland, bushfires in Victoria, and now floods in NSW.
 
Thanks must go to the help received from New Zealand, Canada, the UK and the US for the firefighters who have come and helped.
 
Rally said:
Thanks must go to the help received from New Zealand, Canada, the UK and the US for the firefighters who have come and helped.
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It most certainly does, as we couldn't have done it without you. :)

Once again, thanks guys (& gals) for all your help. :)

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
Just back from doing 2 stints in Victoria myself on nightshifts with the ACT RFS task forces (we sent 5 over the past few weeks). I fought the 2003 fires here in Canberra, but the utter devastation in Victoria is far far worse. I thought when I went down there in 2006 to the fires then that the place looked a bit crook from the drought - but I didn't expect to see anything on this scale a few years down the track. Our last location earlier this week was up in the mountains behind Marysville, where unfortunately one of our firefighters in our group was killed by a falling tree branch. :sad:

It will be a long road to recovery for everyone affected down there. Due back there next week, but crossing fingers for some nice, steady rain.
 
Tragically sad news.

On a diffferent note, I see that 150 NSW police have volunteered to serve in Victoria and were temporarily sworn in as Victorian police. That is not something you see very often, and only goes to re-inforce how huge this has become.
 
Hilly said:
Our last location earlier this week was up in the mountains behind Marysville, where unfortunately one of our firefighters in our group was killed by a falling tree branch. :sad:
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That is a tragedy & very sad news indeed. :cry:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
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