Bushfire Update

[Bus 400]

As a member of the ACT Rural Fire Service I'll give you an update on the smoke aorund the ACT.

Batemans Bay Fire (Budawang National Park)-This fire is currently heading west & is about 50k's from the nearest road. I was told that if a strong north wester comes through, Kings Highway will be shut & Batemans Bay will be on the brink of evacuation.
However during the next few days some smaller places will be evacuated. With some getting prepared.

Merimbula/Pambula Fire-This fire is also out of control & will be declared a section 44 fire, which means that it is one of the worst with help being asked from anywhere. I am not 100% sure on the direction of this fire. However it also getting the easterly's.
Crews will be sent from the ACT to this fire on Saturday for 3 days.

The smoke that is currently in Canberra is mainly from the Merimbula Fire, with some smoke also coming over from Batemans Bay.

[Sir Pompously]

Yes well seeing as though the ACT Fire Brigade website is so craptastic, I took a look at the NSW RFS Site and found some good information on the fires around this region. http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/

Good work to the Fire Crews dealing with these fires, they do a bang up job

[Buzz Killington]

they do good work.

hopefully with another hot week ahead the fires stay the hell away from us.

[Bus 400]

Especially if you have been out in thr Brindabella lately as valley after valley after valley of tall dead trees or not ground litter & lots in the trees (creates the worse fires).

[lukeo25]

i've bushwalked in the budawangs near wog wog last yr with outdoor ed and the weather was **** (i think you what i am saying) and wet

[Bus 400]

A current update on all big fires in NSW is now on http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/dsp_content.cfm?cat_id=684.

A brief is that Merimbula is out of control. Batemans Bay is controlled & still burning this way. One fire in Tumut had fireies pulled out due to safety concerns. Other 2 are all right but uncontrolled.