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<blockquote data-quote="shakergt" data-source="post: 521487" data-attributes="member: 10374"><p>Very well said manpa. This fire season will be 20 years for me as a volunteer fire fighter so I have seen my fair share of fires and what can happen. I have been to many major fires in my time including the devastating Esperance fires of 2015 and the main thing I can say from my experience is if you are going to leave leave early. </p><p></p><p>Controlled burning in Australia is a must. I have seen how it can slow fires down and help firefighters out. In WA fire mitigation has come along way in the past few years and local shires will soon have to have Bush fire risk plans in place.</p><p></p><p>RM you are on the money with the fuel loadings. In the first year alone after a fir around 3 tons per hectare of fuel load will fall. Just to give you some idea of the significance of that 5 to 7 tons of loading is considered a manageable fuel loading if a fire was to happen. With my past job as a bushfire mitigation officer I found some areas in the Perth hills with loadings of 75 tones per hectare. That fighting to know that areas have loadings like that and unfortunately it was not uncommon to find loadings that high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shakergt, post: 521487, member: 10374"] Very well said manpa. This fire season will be 20 years for me as a volunteer fire fighter so I have seen my fair share of fires and what can happen. I have been to many major fires in my time including the devastating Esperance fires of 2015 and the main thing I can say from my experience is if you are going to leave leave early. Controlled burning in Australia is a must. I have seen how it can slow fires down and help firefighters out. In WA fire mitigation has come along way in the past few years and local shires will soon have to have Bush fire risk plans in place. RM you are on the money with the fuel loadings. In the first year alone after a fir around 3 tons per hectare of fuel load will fall. Just to give you some idea of the significance of that 5 to 7 tons of loading is considered a manageable fuel loading if a fire was to happen. With my past job as a bushfire mitigation officer I found some areas in the Perth hills with loadings of 75 tones per hectare. That fighting to know that areas have loadings like that and unfortunately it was not uncommon to find loadings that high. [/QUOTE]
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