Fire's greatest threat is to summer tourists. Alert: Wye River's CFA captain Roy Moriarty says tourists, not locals, are at the greatest risk.
Picture: Joe Sabljak Source: Herald Sun EVERY summer for the past 30 or so years, Roy Moriarty has been on tenterhooks when the temperature soars and the blustering winds whip through Wye River. As captain of the local fire brigade, the 53-year-old school bus driver is alert to the devastation caused by a major burn. On Black Saturday he and his team were on standby around the clock. "Up until lunch time it didn't look as if anything was going to happen," he reflected yesterday. Fortunately, Wye River dodged the bushfire bullet. Yesterday, Mr Moriarty told of how the coastal township wants to use the local surf lifesaving club as a fire refuge where people can congregate. So far, the request has been knocked back, but they haven't given up hope. Victoria's bushfires. Grandview Court where the Kinglake community lost many lives and homes in the Black Saturday fires.
Photo: PENNY STEPHENS Eighteen days after the Black Saturday bushfires claimed at least 210 lives, Victorian police are uncertain how many people remain missing. Bushfire Appeal: 1800 811 700Updates from the CFA More coverage Australia's worst bushfire disaster Many names are still unaccounted for, Victoria Police Superintendent Rod Collins said. "In amongst that number there will be people that have left for reasons, or have been reported as missing, that may not have even been in that fire area,'' Supt Collins said today.
Preparations for summer - Out of the ashes - ABC Online. Posted October 1, 2009 , 18:15 Residents of Kinglake and Flowerdale are busy preparing for the summer.
The Government has offered a grant of four thousand dollars to assist with the removal of dangerous trees from the properties affected by the fires. As you drive around Kinglake more and more houses that were once obscured by a thick stand of bush are now clearly visible from the road. Nobody cares much for pine trees, so they are disappearing at a furious rate. Kinglake relives no-warning horror. IN KINGLAKE, where 42 people died on Black Saturday, the verdict is clear - there was no warning.
Bushfire safety lessons to be taught at school. BUSHFIRE safety could soon be a part of every child's education.
The State Government is believed to back the Bushfires Royal Commission's call for school fire-safety lessons, and will draw up a plan it hopes will form part of the national curriculum. Many more families are living in bushfire-prone areas, and the risk of fires is likely to increase. Therefore, the commission says: "Teaching bushfire history and safety in schools is important for maintaining community memory and awareness. "Engendering in school children an understanding of bushfire and the attendant risks should be seen to be as important as ensuring that all Australian children learn to swim. " The commission wants state and federal ministers to ensure lessons on bushfires are in the national curriculum, in subjects such as history, geography, science and environmental studies. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Going underground: State Government responds to Black Saturday powerlines recommendations - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The Victorian State Government's $1 billion plan to bury powerlines undergound to minimise bushfire risks has been met with support in the long-term, but concerns have been raised about short-term plans to turn off electricity in rural areas during designated 'code red' bushfire weather days.
The State Government yesterday released a report in response to the Royal Commission into the Black Saturday bushfires which found that five of the 11 bushfires started in February 2009 were due to faulty powerlines, and comes in the wake of a $40m payout to 67 landowners in Horsham following a class action against electricity distributor Powercor as a result of damages to property during the February 2009 bushfires. Deputy Premier and Emergency Services Minister Peter Ryan says the plan to move powerlines underground will take a decade, with the costs to Victorian consumers starting at an additional.
Kinglake relives no-warning horror. Kinglake National Park. The national park includes Masons Falls, a picnic area with falls and natural flora.
Layered sediment forms the valley, containing fossils from when the area was once covered by the sea. Natural fauna includes wallaby, kangaroo, wombat, possum and echidna. It also includes varieties of birds including cockatoos (Sulphur-crested, black and red-headed), king parrots, the rosella and the lyrebird. Kinglake, Victoria. Aerial view from the north, a year after the 2009 bushfire The town was one of the worst affected areas during the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009.[2] Location[edit] Kinglake, comprising forest, farmland, a national park and a township, is located 45 km north east of Melbourne, in the Kinglake Ranges, part of the Great Dividing Range.
Black Saturday bushfires. As many as 400 individual fires were recorded on 7 February.
Following the events of 7 February 2009 and its aftermath, that day has become widely referred to as Black Saturday. Overview[edit] Black Saturday. Black Saturday may refer to:
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