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General fire discussions

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A request came though from one of our members to form a thread for discussions about fires. Please put general discussions in here and not in the incident threads. The latter should be used for facts/information relevant to the specific incident. Cheers!


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Re: General fire discussions

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We have a Zone 2 Fire in Forrestfield? - Holmes Rd. - What is a Zone 2?
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Zone 2 = Darling Escarpment. 2 station turnout plus 2 x Helitac's.
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Ahh ok - thanks for that.

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Re: General fire discussions

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I think the theory is that with certain areas around the metro area its much better to mobilise more resources and stand them down rather then get there and have to wait for them.
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Smithy wrote:I think the theory is that with certain areas around the area its much better to mobilise more resources and stand them down rather then get there and have to wait for them.

Yes smithy that is the logic for it and a good one 2 do you not have Zone2 responses at all down on the coastal plains ?

i would have thought it was standard across most of the greater metro areas

and it works well, i no of 2 occasions in our area were and early aggressive attack prevented it esculating .
it certanly helps to have those extra appliances there right from the start.
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Re: General fire discussions

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yeh we have zone 2 response areas around here. not 100% sure of where but i would guess the swamps maybe a good guess.
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Smithy wrote:yeh we have zone 2 response areas around here. not 100% sure of where but i would guess the swamps maybe a good guess.
Zone 2/2A is specific to the Darling Scarp (its in the SOPs).

Anything else is a pre-plan. Smithy, search for it on the Volunteer Portal, there should be a map.. !
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yeah thats correct fastlane, apart from whats in the pre plans there are no zone 2 response areas in the city of rockingham
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Smithy wrote:yeh we have zone 2 response areas around here. not 100% sure of where but i would guess the swamps maybe a good guess.
The Swamps are not officially zone 2 response but expect your pager to go off if there is one in the swamps, even tho the 2 big ones are not in your area, you will be there smithy. You better be anyway lol. Will no doubt be dual turnout if they go up, and expect helitacks there too as I ain't going in.
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Re: General fire discussions

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Jonesy wrote:Will no doubt be dual turnout if they go up, and expect helitacks there too as I ain't going in.
I wouldn't either - swamps have tiger snakes in 'em!

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Jonesy wrote:
Smithy wrote:yeh we have zone 2 response areas around here. not 100% sure of where but i would guess the swamps maybe a good guess.
The Swamps are not officially zone 2 response but expect your pager to go off if there is one in the swamps, even tho the 2 big ones are not in your area, you will be there smithy. You better be anyway lol. Will no doubt be dual turnout if they go up, and expect helitacks there too as I ain't going in.
Millsy and i have decided we will sit on the road and wait :D :P
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Re: General fire discussions

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Up here from Upper Swan to Bullsbrook, Zone 2A is everything east of the Great Northern Hwy. Automatic bomber turnout!
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the snakes will only bite u once
im sure they wont hurt much
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Re: General fire discussions

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WadeH wrote:Up here from Upper Swan to Bullsbrook, Zone 2A is everything east of the Great Northern Hwy. Automatic bomber turnout!
Much the same as here - I think anything east of Darlington is zone 2. Not so many tiger snakes up here at least - all I ever see is dugites and they will generally get out of your way!

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