Significant bush/scrub fires 2010/2011

[Helitak_670]

drove past on the way up, big fire, apparently a house is on fire, crowning and heading straight up the hill towards darlington. Mundaring is also on their way with the ICV

[Helitak_670]

dm darling range is the incident controller and ops to change to ch 29
Glen forrest Lt1 is mobile
Icv is set up at bilgoman pool

[HL 101]

3rd Alarm Ardross Munsey Street Wirless Hill Reserve

Control Ponit: Munsey Street

Murdoch. MP LT
Canningvale. HP LT
Fremantle 1st HP LT
Clarement. MP LT
Belomnt I.C.V

[gkoutlis]

3RD ALARM - SCRUB/BUSH - Albany Hwy, Bedfordale - cross is Springfield Rd.

Called in by Armadale 1st.

Armadale 2nd at scene.
Maddington Pump and LT at scene.

Bedfordale 3.4 enroute and Helitacs.

7.2 ? unsure of brigade - turning out, along with DM Beeliar.

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[gkoutlis]

3RD ALARM SCRUB/BUSH FIRE - called in by BUTLER Pump and LT. 14:32

Joondalup Pump and LT enroute
Quinns Rock units
Wanneroo units also

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[WPXZBP]

re: Butler fire

A number of sheds are involved.
Butler requesting water tankers.

Wanneroo LT3 & Wanneroo Deputy 1 turning out.

Wanneroo LT2 advises the control point for the Carabooda fire is on Carabooda fire.

[Jem]

Control point moved to Cutler and Old Yanchep road

[treeny]

Gosnells 7.2 was there. returning to station. 1550

Armadale LT3 en route to bedfordale incident 1551

[Helitak_670]

Joondalup Pump and 2.4 being released from Carabooda fire along with Wangarra.

Gosnells 2.4 now back at station.

[WPXZBP]

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[gkoutlis]

Brought from Other Incidents/Minor etc -

3RD ALARM SCRUB BUSHFIRE - Welshpool upgraded to THIRD ALARM from 2nd.

Channel 97 Command.

Fire has jumped Tonin - now burning in Airport Scrub area (closest to Runway 03) Airport Tenders in attendance with Belmont Pump.

Bassendean and Belmont ICV enroute.

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[Helitak_670]

Caningvale 2.4 arrived and making contact with Helitac's

[Helitak_670]

Kensington arrived however 6AR have directed them to another fire
Belmont
2 Airport appliances
Bassendean arrived

2 kids are apparently the culprits with one with a white hat running down abernethy road.

Helitacs required

Fire is jumping all over the place and has jumped leach hwy and is in the airport ground.

1606 Helitac 669 and 671 airborne getting water eta 10 mins ops on ch 23
Malaga 2.4 arrived
Kensington nil fire found returning back to Perth airport fire

1616 DM darling range responding to the incident
DM newburn is already there.

1622 Airport control requesting use of A class foam in the airport bushland.

1639 The Bulk water tanker can be stood down
1634 Tonkin control requesting a 25,000ltr Watercorp tanker.
1643 6AR requested that the airport fire fighters request the helitac's to drop water on the airport side and that no Class A foam is allowed to be used.

[BFB LT1]

Appliances in attendance at leach hwy x tonkin hwy
welshpool 1st
Kensington FRS
belmont FRS
2 x airport tenders
bassenden FRS
canningvale 2.4
malga 2.4 attending
helliatack 669 and 661 attending
belmont ICV

fire ground ch 97

possible second fire further along Great Eastern Hwy two kids seen running from first scene so possibly responsible for second fire. fire is uncontrollable and is jumping every where

[Zebedee]

Tonkin Highway northbound from Leach and southbound from Great Eastern have been closed. (Ref: The West Australian)