General fire discussions

[WPXZBP]

The Victorian government make decisions that they believe are right for their state. It is not our place to second guess those decisions and/or why the same type of aircraft is or isn't avialable in WA.

Our environmental conditions was one of the reasons to not choose the Skycrane (aka Elvis etc) helicopters and for choosing the Squirrels and Fire-Kings.

[written_ficton]

if it aint no good the dc 10 that is,why did the vic goverment bring it out here,the state is a lot smaller than wa and much more heavily populated than wa,my opinion just a point scoring exercise when it stuffed up the firefight last year,just a knee jerk reaction to keep the people in victoria happy.like some of us on here said it would have been a good exercise to trial it under bad fire conditions in wa over the last week if the 2 state governments had of come to some agreement but only up at lancelin and enneabba where there were big firefronts.if it aint going to be used then dont bring it out here,be very interesting to see what happens in victoria next summer

The DC-10 is good, it does a terrific job! Its a conversion was around thoughts to why it wouldnt be good here in WA.

[Bigfella78]

How many places in WA could you land A DC-10? I can't see one getting clearance to land at Jandakot, would they?

[written_ficton]

How many places in WA could you land A DC-10? I can't see one getting clearance to land at Jandakot, would they?

Perth & Pearce, possibly Kalgoorlie and definate Learmonth

[Helitak_670]

That's one Looooong drop.

[WadeH]

As a firefighter on the ground, has anyone thought of how all of us on the fireground are supposed to clear the drop zone when the DC - 10 is inbound? I'm told its bad enough being dumped on by a helitak!

[Nafenn]

How many places in WA could you land A DC-10? I can't see one getting clearance to land at Jandakot, would they?

Perth, Possibly Pearce (although they landed a B1 there a few years ago and it cracked a few taxiways), and Learmonth - the alternate airport for most international airliners

[written_ficton]

How many places in WA could you land A DC-10? I can't see one getting clearance to land at Jandakot, would they?

Perth, Possibly Pearce (although they landed a B1 there a few years ago and it cracked a few taxiways), and Learmonth - the alternate airport for most international airliners

Pearce is a yes, I'm led to believe that Pearce was set to do a new resurface of the runway not long after the B-1, this sealed its fate?

[Bigfella78]

As a firefighter on the ground, has anyone thought of how all of us on the fireground are supposed to clear the drop zone when the DC - 10 is inbound? I'm told its bad enough being dumped on by a helitak!

I would suggest they wouldn't used it with fire fighters on the ground in the drop zone..

If they did I would say, underneath your truck would be a good place to be..

[Tyranus]

As a firefighter on the ground, has anyone thought of how all of us on the fireground are supposed to clear the drop zone when the DC - 10 is inbound? I'm told its bad enough being dumped on by a helitak!

I would suggest they wouldn't used it with fire fighters on the ground in the drop zone..

If they did I would say, underneath your truck would be a good place to be..

even then you'd probably get washed out...

[HL 101]

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[yorky]

I hear them every day.

Try some other freq's like 164.000 (Canning Mills), 78.100 (Canning Mills), or if 78.125 used to be clear for you try 163.250 (Red Hill). Otherwise there is also 78.050 (Claremont) and 78.075 (Wanneroo).

Personally 78.125 was always the worst for me.

[LighteningCrashes]

How many places in WA could you land A DC-10? I can't see one getting clearance to land at Jandakot, would they?

Perth & Pearce, possibly Kalgoorlie and definate Learmonth

Curtin has the length also.

[melg]

Some footage on the earthquake in Kalgoorlie

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php ... 808&ref=mf

Found this footage on the Goldfields Facebook page, has Kalgoorlie Fire Brigade. Might be of interest to someone?

Sorry boys doesn't look like the skimpies will be on tonight at the Golden Eagle Hotel!

[Smokey]

Good too see the selcall working correctly