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Bushwalkers in a fire
« on: September 02, 2006, 12:12:22 AM »
bushwalkers are reported to be trapped in a bushfire with a young child with the,  The weather is going to be 38degree's and a wind change is expected at about mid-day, it is currently 10:30am.  The area where the bushwalkers are is expected to become a fierce front in a few hours and you are not aware of their exact location.  Do you get the god dam bushwalkers out of the god dam forest?

(the title is a simple reference just like that movie about snakes on a plane  :-P, off topic, sorry toast, anyone seen snakes on a plane?)
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Manuel

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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2006, 12:18:24 AM »
get the rescue helicopter to find them and then air lift them out.
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2006, 12:38:31 AM »
Quote from: P F on September 02, 2006, 12:12:22 AM
(the title is a simple reference just like that movie about snakes on a plane  :-P, off topic, sorry toast, anyone seen snakes on a plane?)

... and so you should be. *shakes head* kids these days...
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2006, 01:04:41 AM »
its my thread though, cant I take it off topic  :-P
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2006, 08:30:53 AM »
Send in air support,and a couple of firekings to get them out.....
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2006, 12:36:24 PM »
Quote from: rescue5271 on September 02, 2006, 08:30:53 AM
Send in air support,and a couple of firekings to get them out.....

I agree with blinky send in a fire king or two as they are virtually fire proof as well as bombers to provide air attack 
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2006, 04:09:45 PM »
Quote from: P F on September 02, 2006, 01:04:41 AM
its my thread though, cant I take it off topic  :-P

It's my party and i'll cry if i want to :cry:..... :lol:
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2006, 03:08:15 PM »
Call in a few extra strike teams, put the fire out, mop up, and be home again by the time the wind changes...
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2006, 05:43:21 PM »
Out of curiosity, wouldn't it be the job of SAPol and the SES to evacuate the bushwalkers?
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2006, 06:05:08 PM »
Quote from: CFS_firey on September 05, 2006, 05:43:21 PM
Out of curiosity, wouldn't it be the job of SAPol and the SES to evacuate the bushwalkers?

Only if CFS deemed the area safe for crews to enter for a search & rescue !

SES sent a strike force to complete the search of the Wangary bushfire area so that CFS crews could concentrate on the mopping up.
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2006, 08:06:22 PM »
A certain number of Orange people went searching the surrounds on the site of a certain recent large munitions factory explosion, before the area was deemed safe...
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2006, 05:26:27 PM »
Quote from: Toast on September 05, 2006, 08:06:22 PM
A certain number of Orange people went searching the surrounds on the site of a certain recent large munitions factory explosion, before the area was deemed safe...

Some areas within the site were deemed safe and a lot of the area was not.

CFS Hazchem crews were working in the more hazardous areas and I understand SES crews worked in the safe area only after it was deemed safe to enter by the authorities.

I was not at the scene, so my information is third hand.
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2006, 06:59:46 PM »
Quote from: bajdas on September 06, 2006, 05:26:27 PM
Quote from: Toast on September 05, 2006, 08:06:22 PM
A certain number of Orange people went searching the surrounds on the site of a certain recent large munitions factory explosion, before the area was deemed safe...

Some areas within the site were deemed safe and a lot of the area was not.

CFS Hazchem crews were working in the more hazardous areas and I understand SES crews worked in the safe area only after it was deemed safe to enter by the authorities.

I was not at the scene, so my information is third hand.

This was the night before the Hazmat bus arrived.
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2006, 07:06:40 PM »
-=*BANG!*=-

What was that?

Nothing.... Just another SES volunteer finding a landmine...
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2006, 09:01:24 PM »
i wouldnt worry too much about that... from what i heard numerous CFS resources did exactly the same thing, including the HAZMAT teams sent from Adelaide.
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2006, 12:42:31 AM »
Quote from: medevac on September 06, 2006, 09:01:24 PM
i wouldnt worry too much about that... from what i heard numerous CFS resources did exactly the same thing, including the HAZMAT teams sent from Adelaide.
    :roll:

There *may* have been a large rusting cylindrical object in the ground next to where the Hazmat Brick was parked the first day it was up there...But we put a road cone on it, so all was safe :D
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2006, 12:47:26 AM »
HAHAHAHAHHA..... out of sight? out of mind.....  :mrgreen:
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2006, 12:09:34 PM »
OK, thanks for the better info on Gladstone.

NOW, would you send some CFS vehicles to search know roads & tracks which are away from the immediate fire front in this scenario ?? At least the CFS vehicles would have the resources to deal with spot fires.

Or is this taking too many resources from fighting the fire ?
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2006, 01:03:59 PM »
Life would be more important than the fire
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2006, 01:39:51 PM »
You all forget

The CFS Motto

Protect Life (Yours First, then others), Property, Environment

So really this is a hard call
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2006, 09:24:28 PM »
unless you know exactly where the hikers are, then it may be too dangerous to commit crews to search....

may just be a case of deal with the fire and get it 'controlled'  :wink: then call in the orange people to start searching deemed safe areas while CFS mops up...

it would all depend on the days conditions...
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #21 on: September 08, 2006, 01:48:01 PM »
Bombers for air attack due to inaccessible terrain to control the spread,and reduce the smoke so as air observer could get a clear view of the terrain looking for the hikers,and also send in ground crews to search and mopup. :wink:
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #22 on: September 08, 2006, 03:56:24 PM »
Sorry to be anal about it, but it's "Bushwalkers" not "Hikers"... We're Australians here...
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #23 on: September 08, 2006, 03:57:57 PM »
or are we?
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Re: Bushwalkers in a fire
« Reply #24 on: September 12, 2006, 08:56:58 AM »
hikers and bushwalkers would be the same thing
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