Air quality is one of the issues that we cover in this weeks News Roundup. It caused 4 times more deaths than the fires last summer. Lots more stores from around the state …
News Roundup 7th November
Cross Border Firefighting – the Templeton’s Story
The difficulties of cross border firefighting and communications are well illustrated by the story of the Templeton’s and other residents of Bunbalong. Its just off the Monaro Highway and is in NSW. Read the full story of what happenned on February 1st including Helen Templeton’s own submission to the NSW enquiry and the ABC’s report on the story.
News Roundup 31st October
A mega bundle of news this week with the out of control burn at North Head and the Bushfire Royal Commission both being featured. Read more ….
Early warning: human detectors, drones and the race to control Australia’s extreme bushfires
An excellent piece in the Guardian introduces us to Nick Dutton perched high in the ACT RFS watchtowers. The article goes on to discuss newer methods of fire detection and makes the case for the human eye.
Potential ways we can increase annual cool hazard reduction burning area, effectiveness and safety in NSW?
John O’Donnell has contributed this excellent article on hazard reduction. He makes a number of important points …
News Roundup 17th October
Horsley Park Rural Fire Service volunteers Geoffrey Keaton and Andrew O’Dwyer were two of the eight brave emergency services personnel added to the Emergency Services Volunteer Memorial at a ceremony at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair on Sunday.
This is one of our many stories from around the state in this week’s News Roundup.
News Roundup October 6th
Fire permits have been suspended by a bushfire at Telegraph Point and many regions have reported an official start to the bushfire season. Lithgow and Dungog receive recovery and resilience funding. These are some of the stories from this weeks News Roundup.
Optus & ANU Announce Exciting Partnership
Today Optus and the ANU jointly announced a new partnership to detect bushfires as soon as they start and put then out in minutes. We publish the announcements from both the ANU and Optus and you can download the partnership brochure.
Resource Guide to the NSW Independent Bushfire Inquiry Published Submissions 2020
Mike Gorman has completed his incredible work of reviewing and categorising all the submissions to the NSW Enquiry! Read his introduction and download your copy here.
Report released for fatal crash of C-130 air tanker in Australia
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released their interim report on the C130 crash last summer. Wildfire Today publish a very good overview.