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strikeathird

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Bushfire at CURRAMULKA
« on: December 20, 2005, 11:56:36 AM »
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.
« Last Edit: December 20, 2005, 12:08:22 PM by strikeathird »

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Re: Bushfire at CURRAMULKA
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2005, 01:49:24 PM »
Para group got responded to Freeling for a strike team but i believe a stop was placed prior to arrival.
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rescue5271

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Re: Bushfire at CURRAMULKA
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2005, 03:15:10 PM »
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......

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Re: Bushfire at CURRAMULKA
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2005, 10:10:18 PM »
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...

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Re: Bushfire at CURRAMULKA
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2005, 05:34:17 AM »
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......

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Re: Bushfire at CURRAMULKA
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2005, 09:37:03 AM »
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:
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