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General Discussion => Incident Operations => Topic started by: Bagyassfirey on February 03, 2009, 05:57:07 PM

Title: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: Bagyassfirey on February 03, 2009, 05:57:07 PM

I dont know the southern Parts of MLR but were the fire at clarendon and one at willunga any where near each other...obviously two dodgy sets of circumstances

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: SA Firey on February 04, 2009, 07:55:55 AM

Quote from: mac13 on February 03, 2009, 05:57:07 PM

I dont know the southern Parts of MLR but were the fire at Clarendon and one at Willunga any where near each other...obviously two dodgy sets of circumstances

20 kms apart mac, but I would be more worried about the time delay to get crews to it, considering they had lost it 10 minutes after the call, and almost half an hour to ask for additional resources including the bombers where the pilots had to be recalled, and then the Air Attack Supervisor screaming when are the bombers going to get airborne leaves a lot of questions.

Then a mad scramble to send every aircraft in Mt Lofty Ranges to the incident and get stop called enroute.See yesterdays paging gives you the gist of it. :-o

End result 5 hectares.

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: Bagyassfirey on February 04, 2009, 08:14:36 AM

yea i saw all that and put two n two togethor that it was a bit of a mess...was kinda also thinkin hmmm only 20km apart...do we have a problem arising down that way...wiuth fri/sat forecast i hope not

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: Zippy on February 04, 2009, 08:16:21 AM

Was yesterdays predicted FDI's above 20???  im puzzled they werent on active standby....

Itll be good if Region 1 could do a similar daily forecast report that Region 5 does during the fire season.  helpful information of weather or not Bombers are on active standby or not would be handy to those running jobs who dont check FDI's etc...

It might pre-empt incident controllers when bombers are 45 minutes away, to use strike teams instead.

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: Bagyassfirey on February 04, 2009, 08:27:32 AM

they were probably stood down at 1700 and on their way home

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: Zippy on February 04, 2009, 08:36:52 AM

ahhh my bad, thats understandable.

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: Bagyassfirey on February 04, 2009, 08:43:12 AM

i mite be wrong zip but does anyone else think there could be a problem down that way with soe one that enjoys the sound of a match striking???

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: Alan (Big Al) on February 04, 2009, 09:02:53 AM

Possibly the one at Kuitpo the other weekend when the onka gorge one was going was suspected to be deliberate.

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: RescueHazmat on February 04, 2009, 03:47:33 PM

Quite clearly mac, if their aren't established causes, it looks like their is an arsonist getting about.. Thats a bit of a NB..

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: Bagyassfirey on February 04, 2009, 04:24:08 PM

yea i didn wanna be the one pointin the finger as i obvioulsy donknow everything about the fires

Title: Re: Fire @ Willunga
Post by: misterteddy on February 04, 2009, 11:06:26 PM

Quote from: mac13 on February 04, 2009, 04:24:08 PM

yea i didn wanna be the one pointin the finger as i obvioulsy donknow everything about the fires

doesnt stop anyone else round here Mac....lol...jump right in  :lol: