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roland985 wrote:No problems, It entertains me to see someone get all the gear, then just slap amber on them and not go anywhere in a hurry.
If this is a private outfit, they are seriously cashed up. Reckon they could buy their way into red and blue ;-)

It looked not unlike this, but white.
http://newsroom.airservicesaustralia.co ... s/img_8214

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Those things are awesome. Reminds me of thunderbirds.
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That's Wildfire. Arrived a few weeks ago. Fairly certain they're trialling what it can offer.
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Zebedee wrote:Hey Meg, was it this?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... permPage=1[
Similar, but the one I saw was more curved and definitely had FIRE emblazoned down the sides.


(ps sorry Doug for accidentally editing your message...)

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How about this thing Between Bullsbrooks 3.4 and the LT

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Pretty sure that the SES Comms Support Unit's OKA.

CSU were there and had set up a repeater to give better coverage over the fireground. That area is notorious for poor radio comms.
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Yep that's us!

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No fire reports from meteor touchdown?
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/meteo ... 3z1wu.html

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Yesterday, firefighters performed a Denial of Service attack on the mobile phone infrastructure in Gidgegannup ;)

A post on the Gidgegannup Volunteer Bushfire Brigades' Facebook page said:
If you were wondering while phone and internet coverage was extremely poor yesterday; 50+ fire trucks with mobile phones brought 100+ volunteers with mobile phones to Berry Road. Plus Police and Salvation Army. Some of us carry duty phones, laptops/tablets as part of our fire management kit. By my rough math that would take us well over 200 mobile devices all trying to grab some space on the Gidgegannup tower.
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Good thing we had our BGAN there.
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ATSB report for the Fire on board the livestock carrier Ocean Drover, Fremantle, WA on 9 October 2014:

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/inv ... -2014-012/
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Updated one stop shop Added SWORD VFES with 1 x 3.4 and 2 x LT
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Seems they might have gone over the top with the turnout at Champion Lakes :?:
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Does anyone know the new frequencies which are part of the new DFES 400 mhz project . I understand there's going to be 5 new BA Channels and FRS CH 1&2 are changing and also additional uhf simplex Channels.
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