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Canbera fire
« on: March 14, 2007, 11:33:03 PM »
if any one is on channel7 has a special on the canberra fires

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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2007, 11:00:18 AM »
channel 2  four corners also had a "mega fires" topic....which incidently heavily focused on the canberra fires....

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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2007, 03:50:19 PM »
mmmmmm the ABC sure had the right people to talk to in that program.....
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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2007, 08:14:43 AM »
Was at an AFAC Developing Future Leaders course in Sydney last year and Stuart Ellis showed some unedited channel 9 footage of the fires hitting the Canberra suburbs. Quite disturbing actually....you have to see it to believe it.....

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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2007, 12:39:05 PM »
I have a copy adam if you wont to see it will be up there next week...mind you it would make a good training session watching that video.....
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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2007, 03:28:08 PM »
Thanks Bill, i already have a copy. I did show it at our social night. No one moved or said a word the entire movie. Very dramatic and compelling.  When i spoke to the lady at the station i got it from she said she started dubbing it and ended up watching the whole thing!

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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2007, 09:42:07 PM »
I have a copy adam if you wont to see it will be up there next week...mind you it would make a good training session watching that video.....

Where can you get a copy from?

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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2007, 08:54:42 AM »
Well I got my copy from a mate in CFA and its been view a few times by people and brigade's..I don't think it was ment to get out as much as it has.Its very hard hitting and you can pick the faults all they way through the video,I will say this those that think urban pumpers can do it all your wrong as this video shows the break downs of PTO pumps and hydraulic problems......
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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2007, 09:29:58 AM »
right i apologise, it was abc but my tv said 7, i would be very interested if any one has a copy i could look at as well as the canberra fires, if at all posible

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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2007, 09:49:12 AM »
Even the multi million dollar formula one cars can break down , so any fire truck is vulnerable to failure under extreme conditions.

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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2007, 09:56:36 AM »
Canberra Firestorm Video can be bought through the ABC shop

http://www.abc.net.au/programsales/s1122533.htm
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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2007, 10:01:56 AM »
Even the multi million dollar formula one cars can break down , so any fire truck is vulnerable to failure under extreme conditions.

The Scania appliances were disabled by a design fault which administration and the manufacturer knew about for quite a while.
Christie Downs 431 also sufferd the same fault at a grass fire at Lonsdale and had to be towed away, but not to the extent of burning the appliance out.

Air filter intake was the cause of the appliances being disabled and catching alight due to embers being sucked straight in.
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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2007, 12:37:34 PM »
Even the multi million dollar formula one cars can break down , so any fire truck is vulnerable to failure under extreme conditions.

You wouldnt be watching the Grand Prix by any chance?
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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2007, 09:36:14 AM »
Canberra Firestorm Video can be bought through the ABC shop

http://www.abc.net.au/programsales/s1122533.htm

That one is a story (doco) in the firestorm. An insight into the one we are talkng about can be viewed here http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=63384. It's only a snippet of the whole thing but gives you an idea.
There are not many copies out there and it took me ages to convince channel nine to get one. It can only be shown "in house" and has a built in time code for copy right reasons.

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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2007, 08:29:30 PM »
That video would be a good one to show for leadership????
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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2007, 08:30:11 AM »
That video would be a good one to show for leadership????

Yeah....how NOT to do it

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Re: Canbera fire
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2007, 06:41:54 AM »
Thats it mate and that is why its hard to get a copy as that footage was used in the court case and once you sit down and watch it you really have a insight into  the whole thing....
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