Bushfire at CURRAMULKA

[strikeathird]

At 1255 hours, on the 20/12/05 a BUSHFIRE Warning Message was issued for a Fire burning in the CURRAMULKA area, on the YORKE PENINSULA .

WEETULTA/ NALYAPPA have been responded as a Strike team to the fire.

[24P]

Para group got responded to Freeling for a strike team but i believe a stop was placed prior to arrival.

[rescue5271]

Naracoorte group where paged for a strike team to bordertown to a large crop fire but where stopped called on route. guys where only home a few minutes and paged for a strike team to western flat only two appliances where left in the group and so a few appliances came up from wattle range. busy day one would hope that summer may slow down a little but I dont think so......

[strikeathird]

All the stats on the sizes of fires were in Todays paper (21/12/05) - Ranged from a few hectares, to 180 or so hectares being the largest...

[rescue5271]

The bordertown fire was the largest in the state and did not make it on the news the size was  615hct  and was contained with only 9 appliances and no air support......

[oz fire]

Sounds like a good effort by the Bordertown and Coonalpyn CFS Groups to contain it to that size :-D

As for no media coverage - probally a good thing, allows us to get on with our jobs without watching over our sholders to see who's watching us  :evil: