Monthly:October 2024
Lightweight Gear VR Practice 26 October 2024 Today’s training was the use of the lightweight gear for vertical rescue. Lightweight up to a certain point as everything must be redundant! So we end up carrying one kg of hardware and software. The highlight was the use of the 8mm rope: it does require some finesse, attention and care. We set up the anchors and practiced going up and down. I got re-acquainted with the Shunt which is not my favourite […]
Property Protection Exercise 19 October 2024 No fire for the last 4 years… I am rusty! So we organised a property protection exercise with the help of the local residents. The goal was for the crews of Bullaburra and Wentworth Falls trucks to arrive in the street, deploy 38 mm hoses, throw some water in the bush so that the pumpies could practice their hydraulic skills (refill the truck while delivering water), make up, move to another location down the […]
Coach Galleries – Glow Worm Tunnel 3 October 2024 While “cleaning” my photo catalogs, I came upon photographs that I took in 2017 at the Coach Galleries. Wouldn’t it be nice to go there again? The plan was set in motion… The regrowth was not too bad and soon we were at the start of a cliff-enclosed valley. The galleries consisting of caves and overhangs were stunning. Although the 2019 bushfire had left its mark on the landscape, the valley […]
