by John Robertson At 0800 on Thursday 28th August a team led by Roger (TM5) comprising Rory, Neville, Geoff and Robbo set off in 52 and 51 for a burn of two timber stacks at Keith Dipplesmann’s property on Esme…
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Month: August 2008
Magnetic Burnoff & Power Parade Possum
by John Robertson On Sunday 24th August Brigade members assembled for a hazard reduction burn in an area of about 300 metres by 100 just to the north of Magnetic Drive. All three trucks and crews assembled for a briefing…
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Hoon Fires
by John Robertson At 15:45 on Friday, 15th August the Brigade was paged to a fire at the green waste dump on Knoll Road; there was nothing spontaneous about the combustion this time! The fire was in the large, un-mulched…
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Wongawallan Fire
by John Robertson Paul has an uncanny knack of organising practical training which foreshadows what we will soon have to do for real. Thus filling the Rosser Park tank from Holt Road on Wednesday evening foreshadowed what we were paged…
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Pine Forest Fire
by John Robertson Rory, new member Peter Wilson and Robbo went in TM52 to the Tamborine Pine Forest burn at midday on Saturday 9th August. There were 11 trucks and about 25 firefighters from various brigades, all rural, present. Wayne…
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Refill Exercise
by John Robertson The main event on our training evening on 6th August was to replenish the water in the Rosser Park static tank. We had to do this in a limited period because we spent considerable time discussing recent…
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Fires in the SE Sector
by John Robertson The weekend of 2/3rd August brought fires at Kaiser and Mystery Roads which are in adjoining valleys on the south-east of the Mountain. The Kaiser Road wildfire started on Saturday 2nd and was towards the upper part…
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