tastrax wrote:Do we have any real evidence yet that there was slow detection of the fire or a slow response to attacking the fire?
tastrax wrote:I am sure it will be examined in detail - the 28th was Friday and the (initial or both?) fires were detected according to TFS at 2.02pm.
stepbystep wrote:They knew it was alight on the 28th so detection was there. PWS chose not to hit it hard early because they thought it would be extinguished hence reopening the track.
tastrax wrote:Lets take any discussion of prevention/cultural burning etc to another thread to keep it separated from this event
Maybe take it back to this thread - http://www.bushwalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=27660
Son of a Beach wrote:Can't argue with that. If it was all concrete, it wouldn't burn.
Son of a Beach wrote:Can't argue with that. If it was all concrete, it wouldn't burn.
iaindtiler wrote:.... so what happened to the (airborne) resources that hit that fire fairly hard !! Very sad
wander wrote:As for who could have done what when better, none of it as is simple as armchair typists suggest, except for funding
Son of a Beach wrote:That's an excellent visualisation Phil. Thanks.
stepbystep wrote:Latest mapping shows the fire working west along the Gordon Gorge and over Dome Hill.
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