We'll get you "thinking" like a US Firefighter yet.....hopefully not for the wrong reasons.....we certainly have our issues don't we...stay safe my brother

hey man hope all is well. im still praying for all of you in austrailia. were the fires bad near where you were.

Yes, I closed it cause I got the answers I needed, and also it got a lil more attention that I expected. I work with Forestry fairly often, a few guy on my dept work on our Forestry Commision. and thanks for the Input

We saw the strike force of 4-5 urban pumpers at Healsville parked outside the Community centre. The tassie force was made up of 90-odd, consisting of 30 forestry/parks, 40 tasmania fire service volunteers and the rest were career fireys like myself who had been gathered from around the state. Career brigades in tassie are located in the four main population areas of Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie.We were only able to send limited numbers of career guys due to it still being high fire danger in tassie at the moment and the career fireys only number 330 or so state wide. The union can get a bit narrow minded sometimes and lose focus on the big picture

We were a Healsville for 2 nights and then in the Yarra ranges backburning around the water catchments. Long nights and then day sleeping in tents 1 k from the staging point at Wesburn where 3 erikson skycranes takeing off and landing all day. Shagged comes close to describing how we felt when we got home but there are those worse off than us of course.

thanks for the comment intoaccount it takes, just get there and hope to meet that goal that I am proposing to work in what I like are emergencies .. I hope some day when I get to know your beautiful country

Thanks mate. Nice to meet you too, pity it's not under better circumstances.

Oh. Hello to you too ..

Two strike teams Tony, you have been busy. I sat on my arse and tuned into the ABC radio. My brigade feels useless. but such is life.

Thanks, Tony! Really appreciate the input. Working on getting in here at home... but work is work.

Plus it would break my heart to have to work where I might get to surf ..I'm not even mentioning the places... stuff dreams'r' made of ! LOL!
Ya'll stay safe. yeh. Wildland, Structural 1 and Red Card Certified... not a total yobbo

Love the work you guys have done/are doing w/ urban interface, brush clearing, and possible shelter-in place tactics for potential candidates. Prepping areas and helping folks who might get trapped in those areas... Planning is a beautiful thing. best to you and yours,

Patricia

Thanks tony for keeping the thread going. Did you read the comment under yours on my page. It's mike commenting on the full 40min canberra fires DVD I sent him :)

Hello Tony, Kung Hei Fat Choi ! Happy Chinese New Year ! G'day, mike

Thanks for understanding were I was going with my discussion.

Tony, no hard feelings brother, When I first read your comment; I was under the impression that you were the guy who left me all kinds of shitty comments on my page. After reading further, I realized it was the "DCFireman" that was being a complete asshole LOL. Anyway, sorry man, didnt mean to sound like a jerk. I understand why you would want to "stir" people up. I do the same thing. Thats why I left the comment on your page in the first page. Unfortunatly, I thought I was leaving it for the guy that is really the DCFireman. Anyway, Stay safe and have a merry christmas brother

Terry, (you couldnt spell my name right either), Why would you want to say things just to piss people off??? Doesnt make much since.

Money. CFA spends $300,000 on a new truck then tells region how to equip it. region won't spend the money. We have a lookout called boroka lookout, we have car fires up their from time to time and it takes 30 minutes to get up there. We were hoping to get a 6 speed auto to make it easier as they showed us with the 2 prototypes, but no such luck, anyway she is a good rig maybe to big for some tracks but we still have not had her long enough to find out. Still better than old one we think. all crew inside, more class A,
3 pumpstations, spray protection,and door from crew to back.

no way i will change my helmet i love it lol that guy is crazy!!

but it's ok...change helmets no but if you want change some ideas, and some t-shirts or something i agree with that!!

i will preserve your comments dont worry

Sorry tony still learning. A fixed monitor to go on the 3.4. I am ringing the DMO today and not all 3.4 comes with them, we have to buy our own.
all the 3.4 has is the pipe to put it on. Thanks Randall

that part of the " helmet "and " helment " the story is my story as I want okay? lol

P.S: Just kidding, I appreciate that