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Army called in to fight fires
Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:05pm

3000 reservists called up, the first time in such numbers to fight fires.

Also of interest, Linda Reynolds says over 2000 reservists and regulars have been in the field for about two months.

Up to 3000 Army reservists will be called out and the HMAS Adelaide will also be deployed to assist in Australia’s bushfire crisis – which has seen more than 1500 homes destroyed and at least 23 confirmed deaths – as Scott Morrison ramps up the goverment’s response.

The government will also lease an extra four water bombers at a cost of $20m to help the seven large planes already available for firefighting efforts. Two water bombers are due to arrive in a week and two will arrive in a fortnight but it is not clear which countries they are coming from.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/bushfire-emergency-nsw-victoria-brace-fo...

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Reply #2 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:27pm

Bias_2012 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:19pm:

Bit late, the horse has bolted. Typical of the Libs and Labs to sit around while Australia burns

the same globalist climate change bullsh*tters who own and control all Australian politicians

are playing games

They wanted the fires to break Aussies who're opposed to bullsh*t fake climate change

they dusted the bush with accelerants

they were behind the arsonists and others responsible for around 90% of the fires

now they're putting pressure on Morrison to fight the fires for which they're responsible

he can't win

Albo is very glad he's only the opposition

and I believe Labor deliberately threw the last election because they'd been warned of what was to come

now they're going to oust Morrison

and Labor are positioned to take the reins (in name only because their owners are the same as LNP's owners) and run all the way with the climate change SCAM

what a script, huh

no one could see any of this coming …. much

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Re: Army called in to fight fires
Reply #3 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:31pm

The horse bolted years ago.

This was entirely expected.

National parks like the snowy s had 10's of 1000s of cattle and wild horses til about a decade ago when the greens kicked them out.

Cattle and horses, particularly in a drought will eat everything,
You basically would have no undergrowth.
That makes fire fighting a breeze.

So every farmer I know ( who burn off annually) knew this would happen

When ?

Well at the height of summer , at the end of a drought when northerly winds picked up.

Talk about naive.

You know there is one property near me of 200 acres with a proud sign saying " private land for revegetation. It is completely covered in 6 foot high grass and weeds and saplings and some greenie has built a log type cabin up the back of it
I must take a picture of it and post it here to reveal the true dickhead pig ignorance of the urban greenie cretins.

Those same cretins who think they can divert the blame onto Scott , who has been PM for less then 1 summer Roll Eyes

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Re: Army called in to fight fires
Reply #4 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:41pm

aquascoot wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:31pm:

The horse bolted years ago.

This was entirely expected.

National parks like the snowy s had 10's of 1000s of cattle and wild horses til about a decade ago when the greens kicked them out.

Cattle and horses, particularly in a drought will eat everything,
You basically would have no undergrowth.
That makes fire fighting a breeze.

So every farmer I know ( who burn off annually) knew this would happen

When ?

Well at the height of summer , at the end of a drought when northerly winds picked up.

Talk about naive.

You know there is one property near me of 200 acres with a proud sign saying " private land for revegetation. It is completely covered in 6 foot high grass and weeds and saplings and some greenie has built a log type cabin up the back of it
I must take a picture of it and post it here to reveal the true dickhead pig ignorance of the urban greenie cretins.

Those same cretins who think they can divert the blame onto Scott , who has been PM for less then 1 summer Roll Eyes

That's it! The farmers used to complain bitterly about cattle not being able to graze in the Snowies, and I loathed the horse culling that went on... finally stopped the bastards..

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Reply #5 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:43pm

Gordon wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:05pm:

3000 reservists called up, the first time in such numbers to fight fires.

Also of interest, Linda Reynolds says over 2000 reservists and regulars have been in the field for about two months.

Up to 3000 Army reservists will be called out and the HMAS Adelaide will also be deployed to assist in Australia’s bushfire crisis – which has seen more than 1500 homes destroyed and at least 23 confirmed deaths – as Scott Morrison ramps up the goverment’s response.

The government will also lease an extra four water bombers at a cost of $20m to help the seven large planes already available for firefighting efforts. Two water bombers are due to arrive in a week and two will arrive in a fortnight but it is not clear which countries they are coming from.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/bushfire-emergency-nsw-victoria-brace-fo...

We've had fires for four months... what's the rush now, Scotty?

FFS....

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Re: Army called in to fight fires
Reply #6 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:44pm

aquascoot wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:31pm:

The horse bolted years ago.

This was entirely expected.

National parks like the snowy s had 10's of 1000s of cattle and wild horses til about a decade ago when the greens kicked them out.

Cattle and horses, particularly in a drought will eat everything,
You basically would have no undergrowth.
That makes fire fighting a breeze.

So every farmer I know ( who burn off annually) knew this would happen

When ?

Well at the height of summer , at the end of a drought when northerly winds picked up.

Talk about naive.

You know there is one property near me of 200 acres with a proud sign saying " private land for revegetation. It is completely covered in 6 foot high grass and weeds and saplings and some greenie has built a log type cabin up the back of it
I must take a picture of it and post it here to reveal the true dickhead pig ignorance of the urban greenie cretins.

Those same cretins who think they can divert the blame onto Scott , who has been PM for less then 1 summer Roll Eyes

I empathise with your despair

but on the matter of those winds …..

I've been around for quite some time as have most of those with whom I associate. And we cannot remember hurricane level winds at this time of year. No, we're not senile. Winds which somehow come out of nowhere, like those in California, Brazil and se asia which also came out of nowhere, like nothing in living memory, to fan the flames of these weird fires

it's almost as if they were being generated by something, isn't it (like HAARP and other Geotech)

Australia was set up to burn ferociously this time. The temperature data has been outrageously manipulated and falsified

and you know the best part …. ?

Aussies, so often accused of apathy and I'm Alright Jack are far more informed than I could have hoped

a recent story (one of hundreds being fanned and capitalised upon for profit) in the media, re: the fires and temps and winds, etc.,

drew hundreds of responses from allegedly 'too lazy to care' Aussies

and almost to a man, they called out the fake temps, etc. and revealed a surprising awareness of geoengineering, fake climate change propaganda, etc. I was impressed and delighted by their responses

Aussies are proving a harder nut to crack than the globalists expected ! And they're hitting the keys with energy !

The media 'just happened' to be right there when the firie and woman refused to shake Scomo's hand? People all over the joint and they didn't hone in on those who did happily shake Scomo's hand

it's all set up

and a huge number of Aussies see through it

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Re: Army called in to fight fires
Reply #7 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:46pm

PZ547 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:27pm:

Bias_2012 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:19pm:

Bit late, the horse has bolted. Typical of the Libs and Labs to sit around while Australia burns

the same globalist climate change bullsh*tters who own and control all Australian politicians

are playing games

They wanted the fires to break Aussies who're opposed to bullsh*t fake climate change

they dusted the bush with accelerants

they were behind the arsonists and others responsible for around 90% of the fires

now they're putting pressure on Morrison to fight the fires for which they're responsible

he can't win

Albo is very glad he's only the opposition

and I believe Labor deliberately threw the last election because they'd been warned of what was to come

now they're going to oust Morrison

and Labor are positioned to take the reins (in name only because their owners are the same as LNP's owners) and run all the way with the climate change SCAM

what a script, huh

no one could see any of this coming …. much

You are a dickhead mate!!!

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Re: Army called in to fight fires
Reply #8 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:51pm

PZ547 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:44pm:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:31pm:

The horse bolted years ago.

This was entirely expected.

National parks like the snowy s had 10's of 1000s of cattle and wild horses til about a decade ago when the greens kicked them out.

Cattle and horses, particularly in a drought will eat everything,
You basically would have no undergrowth.
That makes fire fighting a breeze.

So every farmer I know ( who burn off annually) knew this would happen

When ?

Well at the height of summer , at the end of a drought when northerly winds picked up.

Talk about naive.

You know there is one property near me of 200 acres with a proud sign saying " private land for revegetation. It is completely covered in 6 foot high grass and weeds and saplings and some greenie has built a log type cabin up the back of it
I must take a picture of it and post it here to reveal the true dickhead pig ignorance of the urban greenie cretins.

Those same cretins who think they can divert the blame onto Scott , who has been PM for less then 1 summer Roll Eyes

I empathise with your despair

but on the matter of those winds …..

I've been around for quite some time as have most of those with whom I associate. And we cannot remember hurricane level winds at this time of year. No, we're not senile. Winds which somehow come out of nowhere, like those in California, Brazil and se asia which also came out of nowhere, like nothing in living memory, to fan the flames of these weird fires

it's almost as if they were being generated by something, isn't it (like HAARP and other Geotech)

Australia was set up to burn ferociously this time. The temperature data has been outrageously manipulated and falsified

and you know the best part …. ?

Aussies, so often accused of apathy and I'm Alright Jack are far more informed than I could have hoped

a recent story (one of hundreds being fanned and capitalised upon for profit) in the media, re: the fires and temps and winds, etc.,

drew hundreds of responses from allegedly 'too lazy to care' Aussies

and almost to a man, they called out the fake temps, etc. and revealed a surprising awareness of geoengineering, fake climate change propaganda, etc. I was impressed and delighted by their responses

Aussies are proving a harder nut to crack than the globalists expected ! And they're hitting the keys with energy !

The media 'just happened' to be right there when the firie and woman refused to shake Scomo's hand? People all over the joint and they didn't hone in on those who did happily shake Scomo's hand

it's all set up

and a huge number of Aussies see through it

pz, yopu are on the money re these winds.

expect to see box jellyfish in noosa very shortly

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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 42571	Re: Army called in to fight fires Reply #9 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 2:56pm Interesting. First time they have used the limited mobilisation legislation they passed over two decades ago after the brouhaha which accompanied the illegal call out of troops for security duties after the Hilton Hotel bombing way back in the 1970s...
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Reply #10 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:06pm

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the reservists would have four key responsibilities:

Provide isolated communities with life-saving supplies for immediate relief
Provide evacuation assistance to vulnerable people in isolated communities
Assist with assessment and reopening of vital roads
Assist fire services with preparation of fire breaks away from the fire fronts

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Thought so. Not much firefighting going to happen. Roll Eyes

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Reply #11 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:31pm

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:06pm:

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the reservists would have four key responsibilities:

Provide isolated communities with life-saving supplies for immediate relief
Provide evacuation assistance to vulnerable people in isolated communities
Assist with assessment and reopening of vital roads
Assist fire services with preparation of fire breaks away from the fire fronts

[Source]

Thought so. Not much firefighting going to happen. Roll Eyes

Me too mostly just logistical support.

Are you still a reservist Brian?

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Reply #12 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:31pm

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:06pm:

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the reservists would have four key responsibilities:

Provide isolated communities with life-saving supplies for immediate relief
Provide evacuation assistance to vulnerable people in isolated communities
Assist with assessment and reopening of vital roads
Assist fire services with preparation of fire breaks away from the fire fronts

[Source]

Thought so. Not much firefighting going to happen. Roll Eyes

It's a compulsory call-up as well, I wonder what the penalty will be for any reservist who can't make it? Forfeit two months pay and confined to a prison lock-up for the rest of Summer?

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Reply #13 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:34pm

Redmond Neck wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:31pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:06pm:

Quote:

the reservists would have four key responsibilities:

Provide isolated communities with life-saving supplies for immediate relief
Provide evacuation assistance to vulnerable people in isolated communities
Assist with assessment and reopening of vital roads
Assist fire services with preparation of fire breaks away from the fire fronts

[Source]

Thought so. Not much firefighting going to happen. Roll Eyes

Me too mostly just logistical support.

Are you still a reservist Brian?

Not for nigh on forty years, mate. I am overage and over the hill. It is a young persons' game nowadays.

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Reply #14 - Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:36pm

Bias_2012 wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:31pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Jan 4^th, 2020 at 3:06pm:

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the reservists would have four key responsibilities:

Provide isolated communities with life-saving supplies for immediate relief
Provide evacuation assistance to vulnerable people in isolated communities
Assist with assessment and reopening of vital roads
Assist fire services with preparation of fire breaks away from the fire fronts

[Source]

Thought so. Not much firefighting going to happen. Roll Eyes

It's a compulsory call-up as well, I wonder what the penalty will be for any reservist who can't make it? Forfeit two months pay and confined to a prison lock-up for the rest of Summer?

Libs are bastards aren't they?

They would be charged with being "Absent without leave from a parade or place of rendezvous" under the old Military Law manual. No idea what it would be now. Roll Eyes

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