I think we should have a sticky for major fires such as 3rd and 4th alarms and fires with bombers and helitacs.
So let me start with the fire currently in Jandakot, Worton rd, properties under threat
Jandikot and Success first turn out
Cockburn CFM
Cockburn cfm has asked for south coogee lt and 2.4 and Canningvale 2.4
Fire ground channel 49
They assigned a channel before even giving a classification
Caused by lightning
6IP asking if cfm wants a icv- doesnt want it
CFM says there is peat and paper barks and need bulk water
Major fires 2006/07
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Does that stuff actually ever go out?Fastlane wrote:peat. bwahahaha suck.
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The problem is that is burns underground, possibly up to a couple of metres as the combustible material is not densely packed. As a consequence it can seem all blacked out yet be burning underground and pop up elsewhere. Some peat areas depending on time of year are soft so cant be driven on making extinguishment very difficult. You might have a good control line blacked out yet the peat burning underground many metres away can burn under this control line and cause ignition outside of the control lineFastlane wrote:Perhaps you can teach the experts something about putting out peat fires, 'coz no-one else can do it?JG-103 wrote:Yeah, if u mop it out properly that is, need a fair bit of water tho
I remember watching something on the History channel about something similar in the states with coal seams. The seam can burn underground for centuries, rendering the towns above the seam uninhabitable due to the exhaust gasses seeping up from under the earth. Nasty!firefly.000 wrote: The problem is that is burns underground, possibly up to a couple of metres as the combustible material is not densely packed. As a consequence it can seem all blacked out yet be burning underground and pop up elsewhere.
not all peats are the same, and what some of us call peat down here, yous might not up there, we dont have any real swaps or anything like you do fastlane so what we call peat probably really isnt actual peat.
I know with our "peat", a stack of water, use of jets and monitors pretty much does the trick (but then again not always)
Anyways can we get back on topic and settle anything disagreements out by pm or in another topic.
I know with our "peat", a stack of water, use of jets and monitors pretty much does the trick (but then again not always)
Anyways can we get back on topic and settle anything disagreements out by pm or in another topic.
wanker!JG-103 wrote:not all peats are the same, and what some of us call peat down here, yous might not up there, we dont have any real swaps or anything like you do fastlane so what we call peat probably really isnt actual peat.
I know with our "peat", a stack of water, use of jets and monitors pretty much does the trick (but then again not always)
Anyways can we get back on topic and settle anything disagreements out by pm or in another topic.
if you cop a jet in the back of the head tomorrow JG, its me!
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Now, now. Play niceJG-103 wrote:Is that a threat fastlane???
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Re: Major fires
Good idea - sticky'd...JG-103 wrote:I think we should have a sticky for major fires such as 3rd and 4th alarms and fires with bombers and helitacs.
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