Water was an issue, the tanker was helpful....glad the grass behind the homes was well maintained nice and short still got a run up, nice job given the vegetation, water and access issues
People saying some of the older equipment would be retired by now.... Im RFS and living in a quite rural town. After Sydney or a big town is done using it for 10-15 years it get sent to us for us to use for another 10-15 ... Lol. We get hand me downs up here.
lol yeah lots of towns here in the US would kill for that equipment. Many rural volunteer departments here use army surplus equipment like humvees adapted for fire use. In my area almost all our initial attack aircraft are vietnam era hueys.
Learn something new everyday, Fire & Rescue have Composite 4x4 and K9 ...living in a rural remote area I never got to see these and the Older Pumper haven't seen one of those for years thought they'd be retired
No it wasn’t pretty less than ordinary job actually! I’ve seen volunteers do a LOT better! Considering they are paid staff they should understand flank attacks as well as black attacks on the fire… one of those trucks could have held a grass fire barrier, dug up the ground and taken out the spot fires if they did proper training for this type of fire!
i was working in Campbelltown this day and trying to get home via train was a nightmare but standing at the station looking back towards Ingleburn holy crap the smoke..But luckily a friend picked me up we were driving down Pemebroke road we could see everyone doing their role to put out that crazy fire, but can i say at 13:57 the skill of the pilot to come and turn on a dime like that with a full bucket load that is some skill
Anyone know why there’s a crew member wearing a BA set at the start of the video? Just seemed a bit odd to me. If anything a P3 mask when fighting a vegetation fire but wearing BA would be extreme taxing and cause fatigue quite quickly but in saying that none of the other crew are wearing one in the same level of smoke. Also not bowling that hose to connect to the dividing branch? Is having a member with BA on just a precautionary measure for asset protection?
@@hughman3241 just seems unnecessary and potentially dangerous. Bushfire fighting is very exhausting and fatiguing for very long periods of time. Carry an extra 15kg with 15-30 minutes of air while fighting a bushfire for hours makes no sense. I thought there might be a specific reason he’s wearing BA in this example.
@@mikemazaski5749 So the reason why we wear BA is due to smoke. Over long periods of time breathing smoke can cause a lot of health problems. So what we're slowly doing is trying to introduce BA more in the field to keep our members in the fight for longer but also to minimise health risks as well. So some brigades have BA if the members are qualified some don't, it varies from brigades and what areas they're in.
So they don’t expose themselves to carcinogens or long-term dangers on their bodies whilst doing extremely laborious and challenging volunteer work for an extended period of time. Safety is almost upmost priority and although bush firefighting scenarios don’t expose you to the same carcinogens or hazardous gases as structural firefighting/motor vehicle fires, the RFS is moving towards the idea of normalising CABA in these situations for the benefit of our volunteers. What I’m concerned about is that bloke hooking up the hydrant line while it’s still twisted like that… takes 2 seconds to straighten it with 2 people.
I don’t understand why they don’t have more special tractors and dozers to create firebreaks in the grass. Seems like it would be helpful and possibly save some water or at least give them more time to control.
that’s why they have drip touch’s, There use to make backburns without destroying the land, Even tho the fire prob destroyed it, and it would take a long time to get them out and off the trailers
@@GAGDR660 yeah I get that, but back burning often really depends on weather conditions. And I also get it all come down to the dollar. But with how many fires we face, you’d really think we’d have more specialist equipment for it. Stuff custom built for the local terrains.
Dozers cost money. Then you've got to have a truck to transport the dozer. We live in a big country, you couldn't afford to have one on standby in each catchment.
@ see I don’t think you are right. We wouldn’t necessarily need them everywhere, and maybe if our politicians weren’t stealing from us we could afford them. But seriously, a truck and low load trailer could possibly be better than having to send out half a dozen fully crewed fire trucks. Especially in rural and remote areas where assistance can often be hours away and water in short supply. Our country wastes so much money on crap, we should start actually using it to do some good.
Wildfires go back thousands of years. People largely didn't fight wildfires back then, they let then burn. If they needed to they would bother gather a lot of people and use wet sacks and branches to neat the fire or back burn. They would also use prevention, by doing what we call prescribed burning before a wildfire started.
Mucho de esto y mucho de aquello pero cero tacticas de combate muchachos?! me parece perfecto que dispongan de recursos casi ilimitados pero aqui en argentina, mas precisamente en la region del norte, con mucho menos de los que ustedes emplearon para un solo incedio, nosotros les plantamos cara al gigante rojo y duramos mas. Un equipo de respiracion? Para que y tu entrenamineto hermano? Desgastas el cuerpo mucho antes de los necesario, por eso, mas tecnicas y menos despliegue de equipo, osea, esta bien tener mucho de todo pero llega un mometo en donde no sabes que usar ni en que momento hacerlo, pero bueno esta fue solo mi humilde opinion.
What a shit show!! FRS out of their depth again - especially at the start. Water supply issues but they are spraying it everywhere instead of working with the fire. Try conserving water and ditch the high volume branches. Operating in a high carbon smoke plume under high voltage powerlines, sitting on their arses, etc. The list goes on and on. FRS are very good at spraying large volumes of water on the hot stuff but seldom know how to manage a bushfire effectively. They are great at sitting around on asset protection though....so work with their strengths. Thank god the RFS volunteers turned up to sort the FRS mess out. And yes I am a firefighter.
Reticulated supply means water isn't an issue. 38mm hose is standard for property protection. Standard practice to let the fire burn to a controlled APZ and protect properties as it arrives. Seems like they worked safely under the powerlines without issue. Another keyboard warrior without a clue.
When it comes to grass and bush fires rfs do a lot more of them. That whole front pretty much was put out by 1 cat1 from behind, when it comes to MVAs and structure F&R know what they are doing. like the fire up near Newcastle 8 fire&rescue tankers and 2RFS cat1s and a 9, 85%+ was extinguished by the cat 1s and that was the number in their report they worked out using their cool new drone. @@hughman3241
Where's our prime minister ... People lost their shit when Morrison was away the last time , in fact he was away before those fires even started but people wanted to blame him for everything. Albo's away and nobody's saying a thing.
It's no way near the scale of the previous fires that why. Remember back then, Scomo was in Hawaii on holiday, Albo's currently working on a diplomatic mission to China to ensure Australia is able to export goods to China. Other things not being reported is the massive revitalisation of emergency services coordination and increase in water bombing aircraft. Things the libs basically ignored.
Water was an issue, the tanker was helpful....glad the grass behind the homes was well maintained nice and short still got a run up, nice job given the vegetation, water and access issues
Thank you to all from the buttom of my heart 🙏
You go to the buttom of the class for spelling!
People saying some of the older equipment would be retired by now.... Im RFS and living in a quite rural town. After Sydney or a big town is done using it for 10-15 years it get sent to us for us to use for another 10-15 ... Lol. We get hand me downs up here.
lol yeah lots of towns here in the US would kill for that equipment. Many rural volunteer departments here use army surplus equipment like humvees adapted for fire use. In my area almost all our initial attack aircraft are vietnam era hueys.
Of that statement, Image you lot getting some FIREPAC Pumpers after FRNSW is done using em as SEV’s.
Why waste water on the challenge grass fire when it's coming to short green grass??
spot fires mate, they're a huge problem. so it's safer to attack the fire than let it burn
Stay safe out there mate ! 🙏🏻
Good filming mate
Great footage stay safe everyone
Learn something new everyday, Fire & Rescue have Composite 4x4 and K9 ...living in a rural remote area I never got to see these and the Older Pumper haven't seen one of those for years thought they'd be retired
Also have cat 7’s and cat 6’s with CAFS
Crickey she going, Stay safe out there mate
Shout out to chopper pilot awesome bucket work...
Helicopter : Eurocopter AS350B Squirrel, registration VH-ENC.
wonderful job guys
No it wasn’t pretty less than ordinary job actually! I’ve seen volunteers do a LOT better! Considering they are paid staff they should understand flank attacks as well as black attacks on the fire… one of those trucks could have held a grass fire barrier, dug up the ground and taken out the spot fires if they did proper training for this type of fire!
That water-dropping helicopter did amazing work!
i was working in Campbelltown this day and trying to get home via train was a nightmare but standing at the station looking back towards Ingleburn holy crap the smoke..But luckily a friend picked me up we were driving down Pemebroke road we could see everyone doing their role to put out that crazy fire, but can i say at 13:57 the skill of the pilot to come and turn on a dime like that with a full bucket load that is some skill
4:36 found a little rabbit
Anyone know why there’s a crew member wearing a BA set at the start of the video? Just seemed a bit odd to me. If anything a P3 mask when fighting a vegetation fire but wearing BA would be extreme taxing and cause fatigue quite quickly but in saying that none of the other crew are wearing one in the same level of smoke. Also not bowling that hose to connect to the dividing branch? Is having a member with BA on just a precautionary measure for asset protection?
Modern BA is fairly lightweight and not an issue. Provides a level of flexibility in a wind change or if conditions deteriorate.
@@hughman3241 just seems unnecessary and potentially dangerous. Bushfire fighting is very exhausting and fatiguing for very long periods of time. Carry an extra 15kg with 15-30 minutes of air while fighting a bushfire for hours makes no sense. I thought there might be a specific reason he’s wearing BA in this example.
They are 60 minute cylinders in this clip and the specific reason would be severe smoke impact during property protection.
@@mikemazaski5749 So the reason why we wear BA is due to smoke. Over long periods of time breathing smoke can cause a lot of health problems. So what we're slowly doing is trying to introduce BA more in the field to keep our members in the fight for longer but also to minimise health risks as well. So some brigades have BA if the members are qualified some don't, it varies from brigades and what areas they're in.
Why is the RFS bloke constantly walking around with a SCBA on?
So they don’t expose themselves to carcinogens or long-term dangers on their bodies whilst doing extremely laborious and challenging volunteer work for an extended period of time. Safety is almost upmost priority and although bush firefighting scenarios don’t expose you to the same carcinogens or hazardous gases as structural firefighting/motor vehicle fires, the RFS is moving towards the idea of normalising CABA in these situations for the benefit of our volunteers.
What I’m concerned about is that bloke hooking up the hydrant line while it’s still twisted like that… takes 2 seconds to straighten it with 2 people.
Wait are you a firefighter? Anyways great vid! Stay safe
No
I don’t understand why they don’t have more special tractors and dozers to create firebreaks in the grass. Seems like it would be helpful and possibly save some water or at least give them more time to control.
that’s why they have drip touch’s, There use to make backburns without destroying the land, Even tho the fire prob destroyed it, and it would take a long time to get them out and off the trailers
@@GAGDR660 yeah I get that, but back burning often really depends on weather conditions. And I also get it all come down to the dollar.
But with how many fires we face, you’d really think we’d have more specialist equipment for it. Stuff custom built for the local terrains.
Dozers cost money. Then you've got to have a truck to transport the dozer. We live in a big country, you couldn't afford to have one on standby in each catchment.
@ see I don’t think you are right.
We wouldn’t necessarily need them everywhere, and maybe if our politicians weren’t stealing from us we could afford them.
But seriously, a truck and low load trailer could possibly be better than having to send out half a dozen fully crewed fire trucks. Especially in rural and remote areas where assistance can often be hours away and water in short supply. Our country wastes so much money on crap, we should start actually using it to do some good.
you know watching this made me realize something. were wildfires a thing 200 years ago and if so how tf did they fight them
Wildfires go back thousands of years. People largely didn't fight wildfires back then, they let then burn. If they needed to they would bother gather a lot of people and use wet sacks and branches to neat the fire or back burn. They would also use prevention, by doing what we call prescribed burning before a wildfire started.
the aboriginal australians had land management practices such as controlled burnings, that new settlers adopted when they arrived
Why do you guys not back burn? (Fight fire with fire) from where im from, we back burn all the time. saves a lot of water and time
Back burning will kill people in those conditions.
In the conditions they are working in they can’t risk back burns. Safety issue.
That was some of the most retreaded firefighting i have ever seen!
Thank God Fire And Rescue NSW is there. Good to see professionals at work 👍
Just because you're paid, doesn't make you a professional.
Thankfully the unpaid, volunteers of the RFS turned up and again saved the day.
@@Danjs112 what are you saying, of course fire and rescue NSW are professional
American fire man's not working just walking and talking
Get in front of the fire not behind it
In front of a fast moving grass fire?
Mucho de esto y mucho de aquello pero cero tacticas de combate muchachos?! me parece perfecto que dispongan de recursos casi ilimitados pero aqui en argentina, mas precisamente en la region del norte, con mucho menos de los que ustedes emplearon para un solo incedio, nosotros les plantamos cara al gigante rojo y duramos mas. Un equipo de respiracion? Para que y tu entrenamineto hermano? Desgastas el cuerpo mucho antes de los necesario, por eso, mas tecnicas y menos despliegue de equipo, osea, esta bien tener mucho de todo pero llega un mometo en donde no sabes que usar ni en que momento hacerlo, pero bueno esta fue solo mi humilde opinion.
Sorry to make a comment but is a positive one, in grass fires of this type is better to pump and roll than wasting time with hoses in the ground.
What a shit show!! FRS out of their depth again - especially at the start. Water supply issues but they are spraying it everywhere instead of working with the fire. Try conserving water and ditch the high volume branches. Operating in a high carbon smoke plume under high voltage powerlines, sitting on their arses, etc. The list goes on and on. FRS are very good at spraying large volumes of water on the hot stuff but seldom know how to manage a bushfire effectively. They are great at sitting around on asset protection though....so work with their strengths. Thank god the RFS volunteers turned up to sort the FRS mess out. And yes I am a firefighter.
Reticulated supply means water isn't an issue. 38mm hose is standard for property protection. Standard practice to let the fire burn to a controlled APZ and protect properties as it arrives. Seems like they worked safely under the powerlines without issue. Another keyboard warrior without a clue.
When it comes to grass and bush fires rfs do a lot more of them. That whole front pretty much was put out by 1 cat1 from behind, when it comes to MVAs and structure F&R know what they are doing. like the fire up near Newcastle 8 fire&rescue tankers and 2RFS cat1s and a 9, 85%+ was extinguished by the cat 1s and that was the number in their report they worked out using their cool new drone. @@hughman3241
Where's our prime minister ...
People lost their shit when Morrison was away the last time , in fact he was away before those fires even started but people wanted to blame him for everything.
Albo's away and nobody's saying a thing.
It's no way near the scale of the previous fires that why. Remember back then, Scomo was in Hawaii on holiday, Albo's currently working on a diplomatic mission to China to ensure Australia is able to export goods to China. Other things not being reported is the massive revitalisation of emergency services coordination and increase in water bombing aircraft. Things the libs basically ignored.
Because Albo is on an official visit to meet the Chinese leader. ScoMo went on holiday to Hawaii.
I've never heard of a prime minister going on holidays. Let alone one refusing to cut it short while half the country is on fire.
Because this isn't 70% of the country on fire? 😂😂 this is a small grass fire in the ghetto what's albo gunna do.. lol
Why do most real life fireman never look like the heroes in the movies? What an embarrassment.