Hats off to Firefighters

Ditto both sentiments!!! [thumbsupanim]

As for firefighters, yep I fully agree; after working with one of Victoria’s fire services I know first hand the dedication and hard work these men and women put in, in the hope of saving life and property, and at the risk of their own lives!!! [angel]

Cheers,

Jo

Ah Wayne, you must be close.

We’re in the hills too but further away and just been watching, waiting and had written a list of what to grab if we needed to.

I hope they catch the culprits, for those that hadn’t heard, the fire was deliberately lit and has been burning for 5 days now. The heat and wind have not helped. Firefighters have come from all over the state to help because it’s been so big and out of control.

Hope it stays contained and the winds are favourable tomorrow. Good Luck.

PK

Well, fire still contained, although Firefighters are concerned about the weekend as temps as expected to be hot and winds are expected to pick up, they are worried about fire jumping the containment lines as the front is 150km long. (I can’t even picture that!)

Yes, the smoke is unbelievable, we’ve been raining ash here at various times over the last few days.

THe firefighters have had a massive job, good on them.

PK

Hi Wayne,

We got called up from Albany on Monday afternoon and have spent the last four days either driving to Perth and back and/or spending two long days out on the fire ground.

The crews from others areas (like us) generally get the ‘grunt’ work so the locals can be released from mop up duties so their local knowledge of the area is put to better use.

Having spent a couple of days in the area I can say there were some extremely hot fires burning through the area. Some residents should consider themselves very lucky.

One house we ‘tidied up’ around was in a slight depression at the end of a track that wound in amongst some tall timber. All of the surrounding trees were burnt out but the house and surrounding 10m was untouched. No doubt some serious resources have been successfully thrown at the house in an effort to protect it.

This weekend (22 & 23 Jan) may become ‘interesting’ if the weather warms up with some wind behind it as predicted.

The people who aslo deserve some recognition are organisations such as The Salvos and the SES – who maintained a number of kitchens and driver services in the area over the duration of the fires. We were able to drop in at any time to get refreshed before heading back out to work.

Derek
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Derek,

Thanks for being up here helping and for pointing out the groups involved as often we don’t realise what it takes to man a effort like this has been.

Well done to everyone involved.

PK

Wayne,

How’s it going, we havne’t been raining ash for the last two days so hope that means things are settling and hopefully you can unpack the car soon.

Regards
PK