On Thursday 17 October 2013 the ACT Rural Fire Service received a request for assistance from the NSW Rural Fire Service. 10 tankers and 4 command vehicles crewed by ACT RFS volunteers and Parks staff left Canberra for the Blue Mountains. Crews worked for 5 days undertaking a range of tasks before replacement crews arrived.
A great summary YouTube video by Martin Greenwood and Rob Gore is worth looking at here:
Photos below courtesy of Rob Gore, Dave Ingram, Chris Bowyer, Evaan Chadwick, Jamie Lankford, Terry
Falkingham, Susanne Schmidt, Lil Cortese, Cameron Blaseotto, Martin Greenwood,
Michael O'Neil and Fiona VanDeMade.
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| Crew Briefing |
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| View from Glenbrook RAAF Base accomodation |
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| NSW strike team commencing a back burn on bells line of road (Photo: Chris Bowyer) |
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| Rivers 19 Crew keeps water up to the Huey (Photo: Chris Bowyer) |
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| (Photo: Chris Bowyer) |
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| (Photo: Chris Bowyer) |
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| Cessnock Airbase (Photo: Dave Ingram) |
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| (Photo: Dave Ingram) |
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| Cessnock Airbase (Photo: Dave Ingram) |
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| (Photo: Dave Ingram) |
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| (Photo: Dave Ingram) |
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| (Photo: Dave Ingram) |
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| A Joe Blake (snake) slithering away from fire. |
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| Glenbrook RAAF Base Accomodation (Photo: Jamie Lankford) |
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| The view from Glenbrook RAAF Base Officers Mess (Photo: Evaan Chadwick). |
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| Staging area for Taskforce Charlie & Delta on a Bells Line of Road (Photo: Evaan Chadwick) |
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| Backburn at Mt Banks Sector (Photo: Evaan Chadwick). |
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| RAAF brought in their firefighting vehicles from Richmond (Photo: Evaan Chadwick) |
Helicopter waterbombing video from Chris Bowyer click here:
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