Foreign firies arrive as state heats up

There was quite a bit of coverage of the group heading out from B.C. on the CBC last week.

I'm glad that somebody had resources that would be useful/helpful.

Dammit DP...the rain did no good?



Thank you Canada.

I wonder what bbq'd Canadian tastes like.

We need more fire management people with actual fire experience as well as on ground suppression. DSE have advertised for another 200 project firefighters (on the ground fire supression)

It will be interesting to see how conifer experience stacks up to exploding eucalypts.

The kiwi contingent that was fried said they had never experienced anything like it.

Thanks also to the Nzers who have thrown their hats in the ring.

Deb, the fire we have locally is largely "controlled" at this stage. Once the moisture dries out again the embers from thousands of slow burning "candles" (burning trees that are still standing) will become a problem. there are portions of this fire still uncontrolled such as LICOLA, DONDONGADALE and COOPERS CREEK
New fires are going at orbost.
Its important to remeber that most of these firs wont threaten private property so you wont read about it in the newspaper however the will damage the states timber industry costing millions and flowon effects.

Additionally any new lightning strikes need to be properly managed.

Our management people are stretched dealing with what we have already.

Rainfall total for 2006 was 325mm (average 750mm) which is the lowest ever recorded so you can see how desperate we are.

Understood.


I can't help thinking we are next.


Two forties days predicted for tomorrow and Friday.


Good luck to you folk.