VIC Bushfires

[Bagyassfirey]

another fire broken out at belgrave...multiple strike teams being responded for asset protection...

[Zippy]

5 strike teams, heading northwest towards Kallista.  Monbulk Road Closed. Suspicious Cause.

[Bagyassfirey]

HbBELG4 STRUC1 HOUSE FIRE 3 COLE AV BELGRAVE /MONBULK RD M 75 G8 (556037) F090208584 KALL UPWE


here we go again  :-(

[Zippy]

mmmm my thoughts too :(

[Zippy]

Stop for cole avenue, false alarm, good intent call for that home. 

thats on the southern end of the fire.  fire travelling North westerly

[bittenyakka]

Hey did anyone watch abc news? i saw some American who had arrived to help say we do some things "a bit old fashioned" did anyone else hear that?

[Zippy]

haha...its interesting to note that american's do some very old fashion things tooo.

[misterteddy]

hmm...Belgrave...serious firefighting country there....lets hope it is snuffed out quick

[Zippy]

Region 13   
BELGRAVE   
PETERS RD    
15/02/2009 19:37:00   
Grass & Scrub   
Controlled - Small
12 appliances

[rescue5271]

Yes I did hear the Yank's say that did they bring there big bulky truck or the roll out TNT truck where they run down the side of a hill and blow up what is inline of the fire front......

The Belgrave fire is still burning this morning the area it is in is in one of the high risk area's that the group has on its risk plan,bombers did slow it down and crews have worked over night.... Well done to the crews and the locals ...

[misterteddy]

want to see the goodwill that the CFA and CFS (and all the other Volunteer Fire Services) have built up over the last 20 years disappear in a heartbeat......

from the Australian Newspaper website

Bushfire accused was volunteer firefighter

THE man accused of starting one of the deadly Victorian bushfires was a member of a country fire brigade whose members cheated death fighting the blaze.

The 39-year-old Churchill man, who was charged on Friday with arson causing death, joined the local Country Fire Authority brigade in the 1980s, The Australian reports.

The man is due to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court today. He faces one charge of arson causing death, one charge of intentionally lighting a bushfire and one charge of possessing child pornography.


sad to see this as an outcome, I guess we are going to become like Scout Leaders who are all assumed to be pedophiles....guilty by association and public paranoia

[Pipster]

But in that portion of the article doesn't indicate that the accused is still a member or not.....

I'm guessing he probably isn't......brigade might have thought him a bit odd, and got rid of him some time ago....!!

Pip

[Alan J]

other sources & articles have been careful to state that he
is not a CFA member, & has been rejected from membership of
at least one if not several brigades.

[Zippy]

The news that we never ever want to hear in the fire service has happened :(

An ACT Firefighter has lost his life in the victorian fires tonight, after a tree fell on a Fire Appliance. 

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25069702-661,00.html

Keep your thoughts..and prayers with the firefighters family and crew, and the rest of Victoria.

[misterteddy]

But in that portion of the article doesn't indicate that the accused is still a member or not.....

I'm guessing he probably isn't......brigade might have thought him a bit odd, and got rid of him some time ago....!!

Pip

agree entirely Pip, but it is the headline that does the damage in this instance.

In fact The Australian was still leading with that headline and by-line when other Melb papers were following up with the fact that he had been applying to join since the 80's and kept getting knocked back. Responsible jounalism at its best

[Bagyassfirey]

PMGCC: FYI: Pt Mac QRV being deployed today to Vic Fires untill further notice, Max Carrison is part of this deployment untill wednesday. Cheers PMC CFS Pt MacDonnell Info

(1/1) 21/02/2009 6:58:16 AM Paracombe QRV Leaving SAT am for VIC Fires. Paracombe Captain Paracombe: CFS Paracombe Info

[rescue5271]

Bute and freeling QRV have also been sent this morning....

[Bagyassfirey]

yup tru bill

im leaving on monday

[rescue5271]

Sounds like a few will be flying out Monday I am part of our crew that is going from the Naracoorte group as yet we dont know times are where we are going....

[Robert-Robert34]

Hopefully i get my chance late this week coming to be deployed although i havent heard anything as yet  :|

[Bagyassfirey]

Sounds like a few will be flying out Monday I am part of our crew that is going from the Naracoorte group as yet we dont know times are where we are going....

Same same mate i dare say will find out 2 mora...mite see ya over there  :wink:

[rescue5271]

Naracoorte and wattle range groups are flying out Monday from mount gambier at 1630hrs at this point in time we still dont know where we are going..

[Bagyassfirey]

we are flyin out from adelaide at 1530hrs thats all info to bill

[SA Firey]

Fleet of QAV's going over as well

[rescue5271]

Jeff the QRV(QAV) are already there they got there saturday night my family was saying they are/where at kangaroo ground waiting to be sent out on Sunday...