Pics from Porongorups fire.

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:36 pm

Most of the pics were taken close to dusk.... apologies for the blurriness.

LA201 (Albany traffic)

South Stirling 3.4R (Albany City?)

Albany 40 (DEC - CALM)

Group of vehicles at the Command Post (Duke's Vineyard)

Napier 2.4B North, from Albany City.

Albany 20 (DEC - CALM) - 2700L tank on board. The rescue trailer belongs to Mount Barker VF&RS.

Somebody went a bit overboard with the foam.

Albany 41.

Donnelly 43 and Donnelly 33. Donnelly is near Manjimup, at least 150km away.

Another 2 DEC appliances.

Donnelly 45 (DEC) backing up.

LM201 (Mount Barker traffic) with 4 DEC appliances.

Mount Barker VF&RS 2.4U (UT-12) and LT.

ITC (Integrated Tree Cropping) 3.4 #2 - Plantation fire appliance.

A view of the fire towards dusk, with LA201 (Albany traffic) in view.

The DEC Command post - bus and trailer.

Turbo · Post by **Turbo** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:50 pm

Good shots mate. I miss-read the topic title the first time though...

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:58 pm

Cheers for the complement Turbo.

JG-103 · Post by **JG-103** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:23 pm

whats does the B stand for in 2.4B mate ?

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:57 pm

Broadacre (aka Basic)

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:21 pm

good job yet again mate
she under control yet?

chris

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:57 pm

Dunno... Our crews aren't out there as we're not specialised BFF crews (we're waiting for properties under threat, accidents etc.

Last I heard from FESA/DEC (CALM) was that it's still within containment lines.

Post by **Always RX** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:46 pm

Top stuff again Wes. I did an escort for the phosphate/water semi-trailer tanker late Sunday night that was heading down there. Driver told me the fire is in a high conservation value area so i guess its probably an old growth area with high fuel loads , is that the case? and are they still using aerial attacks down there?
Good onya for a job well done

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:32 pm

Yes it is in a high conservation area - they released some Noisy Scrub Birds (rare/endangered) into the Porongorups a few months ago. Now there's no habitat for them.

Aerial attacks, last I heard, were on standby while backburning was going on.

Post by **Always RX** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:26 pm

Cheers Wes , I remember the media surrounding the bird releases.. its a real shame its the same area, a lot of effort and time would have gone into that work. Thanks for the info.