early bushfire season.

doogues71 · Post by **doogues71** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:35 am

was watching the news last night and they recken it's going to be a bad year for bushfires.And they have already had a bad one over in the east.So it won't belong before our first bushfire happens here.And doesn't look like the hills area are prepared for it.

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:36 pm

hey doogues
they sed this last year though worst season ina while and it turned out to be the quietest
have heard quite a few brigades going out though all except us
darn esl boundarys
oh well

chris

brad_88 · Post by **brad_88** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:11 pm

lets just hope the pyros have no spare time

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:16 pm

chrissss wrote:hey doogues
they sed this last year though worst season ina while and it turned out to be the quietest

its always said that it will be bad.. best to prepare for the worst than be unprepared for it..

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:32 pm

so true fastlane

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:24 pm

chrissss wrote:so true fastlane

you alright chris?? we seem to be agreeing alot lately

Chicky · Post by **Chicky** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:38 pm

Fastlane wrote:you alright chris?? we seem to be agreeing alot lately

OMG Fastlane! Are we wearing you down? Is this a softer side of you we are seeing?

What's going on!

dazla · Post by **dazla** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:25 am

It was a fairly dry winter so that may have a bad effect on the fire season.

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:22 pm

dazla wrote:It was a fairly dry winter so that may have a bad effect on the fire season.

Just mean an earlier start. Lots of rain is bad too, because lots more growth..

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:51 pm

heard waneroo and quinns at a fire today on wattle ave or something
do u guys have dual turnout or something??
coz just about everytime i hea quinns i hear waneroo or vice versa

i dunno fastlane maybe im becoming more mature in a firefighter sort of way
seriously though i can now see where your coming from

chris

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:08 pm

chrissss wrote:heard waneroo and quinns at a fire today on wattle ave or something
do u guys have dual turnout or something??
coz just about everytime i hea quinns i hear waneroo or vice versa

i dunno fastlane maybe im becoming more mature in a firefighter sort of way
seriously though i can now see where your coming from

Yup, nearly everything is dual turnout up this way - our pagers are linked so anything that goes to one brigade will go to the other automatically.

Considering the northern-most boundary of our fire district is about 35km's away from where they are 'proposing' to build our station, its best to get stuff moving as quick as you can..

chrissss · Post by **chrissss** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:05 pm

Fastlane wrote:
Considering the northern-most boundary of our fire district is about 35km's away from where they are 'proposing' to build our station, its best to get stuff moving as quick as you can..

sheesh
i thought fesa esl boundarys etc and turnout rules wer ridiculos dwn here
but thats just insane lets just say in good traffic conditions u wer to turnout to a fire in a southern section of ur aea how long would it take????

fesa......heloooooooo

chris

JG-103 · Post by **JG-103** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:36 pm

doogues, thats because when calm back burns the hills, all the enviromentalists and asthmatics and some others get upset about the polution and all the rest. Thats pretty much the main reason the hills fire was so big, because it was fuel that hadnt been burnt for 10-15 years, burning the fuel is a big way to prevent big fires like that, and if we arent alowed to back burn (control burn- same thing) then you'll be seeing plenty more big fires like that of the one in the hills.

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:55 pm

chrissss wrote:
Fastlane wrote:
Considering the northern-most boundary of our fire district is about 35km's away from where they are 'proposing' to build our station, its best to get stuff moving as quick as you can..
sheesh
i thought fesa esl boundarys etc and turnout rules wer ridiculos dwn here
but thats just insane lets just say in good traffic conditions u wer to turnout to a fire in a southern section of ur aea how long would it take????

fesa......heloooooooo

chris

More North thats the problem.. thats right through to start of shire of Gingin. Council wants to set up a brigade in Two Rocks.. guess we'll see how they go getting money out of FESA to do so!

doogues71 · Post by **doogues71** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:35 pm

see I told you it was going to be an early fire season.There's a big blaze out at Carbooda now heaps of trucks in attence.Air support being set up as well.Sounds like our first major blaze for the season.