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A K41-1 at the Port Hills fire after chopper crash.
Condolences to all down there

Very sad, wish that shit didn't happen

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Taking 12 of my rural fire crew to the CHCH Port Hills fires for the next few days as relief crews.
Keen to get them up there for the experience, but not looking forward to what we might find on such a vast and complicated fire ground.
Certainly know I will need a beer afterwards.
Its been fairly windy in Akaroa today so I expect they won't have got it that much more under control.

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Taking 12 of my rural fire crew to the CHCH Port Hills fires for the next few days as relief crews.
Keen to get them up there for the experience, but not looking forward to what we might find on such a vast and complicated fire ground.
Certainly know I will need a beer afterwards.
Its been fairly windy in Akaroa today so I expect they won't have got it that much more under control.

Baptism by fire

Hard in small brigades to get experience with decreasing fires. Don't like to say it but a good fire shows what all the training can do when it comes to working as a crew

Wind was so strong here that the fire passed the fire truck while driving along the road.......
That's some scary shit



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Originally Posted by BRADS

Wind was so strong here that the fire passed the fire truck while driving along the road.......
That's some scary shit



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Far out I can only believe it.
Looking at the fence the fire ripped over it pretty quick!

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Didn't see much for the smoke haze when flying into chch at midnight.
Didn't see any flames so I am hoping that is a good thing. We landed on 04

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First day off today from the Port Hills fire. She was a ripper.

One of our crews arrives today for the Port Hills and our crew cover their station with crew and our appliance whilst they are down. last week I sent away all of my grade A retardant to Canterbury. It's not always about the coal face, there's a lot behind the scene as well. Got called out to a tipped over and on fire Digger yesterday, driver was lucky he wasn't injured.

They would be on a whole different level as far as explosive fireball type action.
Drove through an area that was wiped out a while back over there. No wonder they lose so many houses when they build them in amongst the trees

It looked as though they'd just clear felled the footprint of the house and that was it. In places you wouldn't be able to walk around the house with your arms out. Nice and cool in the summer though, until.........

There was one up our way in the mid 90s when I joined. Kept us busy and I learned the trade thanks to him. They got him and he did time in Paremoremo. He fessed up on a few fires and they let some go including when he was in the SI on a IFBA Conference
He got caught by chance on camera light a fire on Piha Road

Originally Posted by sako75

There was one up our way in the mid 90s when I joined. Kept us busy and I learned the trade thanks to him. They got him and he did time in Paremoremo. He fessed up on a few fires and they let some go including when he was in the SI on a IFBA Conference
He got caught by chance on camera light a fire on Piha Road

Keith Raymond...Laingholm VFB. Really let the brigade down


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There's currently one that has been charged and of course, innocent until proven guilty

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Fire guts former psychiatric hospital in south Auckland | Newshub

Got called out to this in the early hours of the morning. Surround and drown pretty much.
Lots of 100 gallon drums around the place with 'flammable' liquids on them. Turned out to be Asylum Paintball.

Also, very interesting to see what the 3rd alarm response is like compared to a 5th alarm further down the line... We have a whole heap more resources at our expenditure up here.