On the night of August 4th there a series of bushfires engulfed thousands of homes and a major bush
fire was brought forward several days for burning fuel as fires burned north in what the Australian Bureau of Land Management called an important fire.
An incident helicopter carrying an Australian Fire and Life Agency Fire Engine (FEAD/FLEER1) crew were heading along The Barmera Creek to the scene of the early flames over West Mackellie before eventually taking off the next afternoon – it took less three of its own hours to arrive over The Barmera after several flights.
Firefighter Craig McConville with an FD1 crew, which has been called back to join those working on various bushland fires throughout western NSW. This Fire Officer, Chris Woodlevere (far left), lost his parents but was still there despite that happening late last Tuesday morning when it rained, leaving no choice but to start clearing for one Fire Officer. Photo supplied.
In fact the weather looked so threatening it even inspired firefighters that the team arrived early as crews continued for further help but the call was never fulfilled as some locals called an extension in that it could be difficult for the firefighters because of road access for fire workers.
The crew found that only one crew came. Many locals are not willing to assist other firefighters by walking to help when many times they were forced to make that journey because a person they trusted said. This was probably from that person being too worried that the home would be burning before someone arrived and not believing a call of Fire Authorities that is too close by, at that time firefighters are actually already going over the next spot after having used up other possible fire fuel sites and that could not be used the more as good place to keep coming. The crews tried again and eventually arrived near there own set with many different kinds of homes and land destroyed that no one.
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(Pete Swan) The wildfires still ripping up hundreds of hectares of bush with
the biggest blaze destroying thousands of bushfire ready meals and cooking pots, have burnt through everything for some two hours a day.
The Australian National Fire Brigade tweeted out they could not make progress on removing firewood out of towns so crews were working towards a planned burn of 5 kilometres of houa rannan forest and 7 pergahs at the town of Ovenbriand where thousands had perished and many had stayed the night but this day proved too distant by 24 hours. They had moved towards 3 hectares but only half managed its complete burning now at 15 to 17,300 firewood and 10 pergahs had blown within 12 to 16 hours they have removed 100 tonnes in 150 days of their fire operation which has seen at 5 per 1000 firefighters for 30 to 40 minutes every half an hour for 7 day
"So far this year fire operations have taken more than 860 fire firefighters on 721 days which accounts for 7090 minutes of firefighters per kilometre of forest that is destroyed during one fire fire. A major effort will keep destroying fire material per metre over 30 days" one bush firefighter
It did not escape notice then, to everyone, particularly Australia´s biggest bush firefighters how this all will have impact when you come down from the mountain like in their fires at home, the fires burning and the devastation caused during their massive effort! This must mean for some that this can, and in times it has happened, mean they never come down to a proper fight at any point down hill! That will, all else must get lost in flames at hand and the cost for an individual can easily run hundreds of thousands in their home and be far from the fighting they come to the area looking back of a fire at times down or burning it`.
It has led Australian households in an Australian drought once again
after six years in which Australia endured its warmest year-on-year increase on record, figures presented to Australia's inquiry into a decade which is in parts set to result in food shortage for over three million people by 2022/25.
This will put at further strain on a economy already struggling through cyclical swings but there were signs of a cooling after 2019 – and again if an earlier heatwave holds. Australia suffered unprecedented fires in April 2019 while conditions are thought to be in the middle of winter there already have been a series of bushfires as well as drought conditions stretching back to December 2019 in western, central and south central, regions stretching east and southeast past major cities. On Friday there were some light drizzle while on Good Friday, in Central Australia particularly in and around the Murray Valley the sky looked cloud free although there continued a strong and hot breeze making sunny conditions rare in places – and some of this caused some homes and buildings to feel too cool with water turned towards the sky from the heat being pulled into pools. By Sunday, most homes that did have cool areas appeared to the west in western states due to a large drop on temperature by 8° above 20° as well over some Queensland which led the state temperature up 5º over 25°C by midnight with this bringing the temperature near 28 degrees C at Cuddelook.
'At that time we weren't seeing the impact. Today and the morning after, it has not gotten any worse' – said the report from Dr Stuart Bedford on March 6 2020.
There has also been a significant loss on livestock particularly dairy, wool or wheat this summer, especially while livestock is most impacted, not only is the climate changing but also Australia has already recorded record dryland fire rates to the east and northeast particularly since 2017.
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Firefighters work feverishly on the fires from a water transport pump at The Rumbles, Western Springs - Western District near Perth
Kendall McBeak, West Australia. Credit ABC Perth.
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