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Offline Bagyassfirey

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Scrub Fire Clarendon
« on: February 02, 2009, 10:58:41 AM »
Looks like a goer at Clarendon...Looks like pretty ugly country on google earth..any one with more info??
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2009, 11:04:06 AM »
Sounds like its under control now, bombers have done a few drops now. Bombers standing down.
« Last Edit: February 02, 2009, 11:06:39 AM by safireservice »
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2009, 12:24:49 PM »
lucky it wasn later in afternoon with strong SE winds
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2009, 03:54:54 PM »
Quote from: mac13 on February 02, 2009, 10:58:41 AM
Looks like a goer at Clarendon...Looks like pretty ugly country on google earth..any one with more info??

only 3ha in the end i believe. but yeah terrible country, really steep inaccessable terrain and the bombers would've likely had to contend with high tension lines, due to the substation there. lucky they knocked it on the head early
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2009, 04:09:24 PM »
Was a little of a over kill but hey you have to be safe dont you and i can tell you Mawson DGO one wont live this one down :roll:
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2009, 04:17:46 PM »
Overkill.. - You ever been in that area Bill ?.. Some/most of the states largest Rural risks are in that area, and/or border on it..
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2009, 05:02:36 PM »
thats pretty much dead exact terrain Mt Bold had in 06/07...and that went to multiple strike teams ey?
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2009, 05:14:01 PM »
I have been in that area it was a little funny listening to the scanner,My comment comes after the  DGO who I work with said what he said....
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2009, 04:33:49 AM »
Quote from: Zippy on February 02, 2009, 05:02:36 PM
thats pretty much dead exact terrain Mt Bold had in 06/07...and that went to multiple strike teams ey?

Not really....
South of Mt Bold is easy country compared with the scubby gully this one was lit in.
Lucky the wind was down, and the bombers dropped early.  Gut feel is someone has read
about the transmission line issues in Gippsland & thought they'd have a crack at
replicating them here.   Not happy.  :x
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2009, 08:01:43 AM »
Fortunately wind was in our favour, and 3 drops from the bombers and quick work by the first arrival crews stopped it dead in its tracks.

Sturt Strike Team stop called.

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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2009, 08:06:17 AM »
Quote from: Bill Corcoran on February 02, 2009, 04:09:24 PM
Was a little of a over kill but hey you have to be safe dont you and i can tell you Mawson DGO one wont live this one down :roll:


Do tell and which one was it!
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2009, 12:07:36 PM »
You can include Morphett Vale 14 as well Jeff.
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2009, 06:17:07 AM »
It was maybe 500 SQM, more trucks than you can poke a stick at, such a traffic jam that we had to drive the long way home, couldn't get through....and for some reason we couldn't get the radios to work... :-P
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Re: Scrub Fire Clarendon
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2009, 08:41:33 AM »
Quote from: Darren on February 05, 2009, 06:17:07 AM
It was maybe 500 SQM, more trucks than you can poke a stick at, such a traffic jam that we had to drive the long way home, couldn't get through....and for some reason we couldn't get the radios to work... :-P

Also helps when IC has their VHF's ON :-P
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