WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

Most of the pics were taken close to dusk.... apologies for the blurriness.

LA201 (Albany traffic)

South Stirling 3.4R (Albany City?)

Albany 40 (DEC - CALM)

Group of vehicles at the Command Post (Duke's Vineyard)

Napier 2.4B North, from Albany City.

Albany 20 (DEC - CALM) - 2700L tank on board. The rescue trailer belongs to Mount Barker VF&RS.

Somebody went a bit overboard with the foam. Albany 41.

Donnelly 43 and Donnelly 33. Donnelly is near Manjimup, at least 150km away.

Another 2 DEC appliances.

Donnelly 45 (DEC) backing up.

LM201 (Mount Barker traffic) with 4 DEC appliances.

Mount Barker VF&RS 2.4U (UT-12) and LT.

ITC (Integrated Tree Cropping) 3.4 #2 - Plantation fire appliance.

A view of the fire towards dusk, with LA201 (Albany traffic) in view.

The DEC Command post - bus and trailer.

Good shots mate. I miss-read the topic title the first time though...

Cheers for the complement Turbo.

whats does the B stand for in 2.4B mate ?

Broadacre (aka Basic)

good job yet again mate
she under control yet?

chris

Dunno... Our crews aren't out there as we're not specialised BFF crews (we're waiting for properties under threat, accidents etc.

Last I heard from FESA/DEC (CALM) was that it's still within containment lines.

Top stuff again Wes. I did an escort for the phosphate/water semi-trailer tanker late Sunday night that was heading down there. Driver told me the fire is in a high conservation value area so i guess its probably an old growth area with high fuel loads , is that the case? and are they still using aerial attacks down there?
Good onya for a job well done

Yes it is in a high conservation area - they released some Noisy Scrub Birds (rare/endangered) into the Porongorups a few months ago. Now there's no habitat for them.

Aerial attacks, last I heard, were on standby while backburning was going on.

Cheers Wes , I remember the media surrounding the bird releases.. its a real shame its the same area, a lot of effort and time would have gone into that work. Thanks for the info.