After nine months supporting recovery following the South West Victoria fires, the Terang and Cobden communities said a public farewell to Blazeaid volunteers last month.
As fire and weather conditions ease across the state following the first very hot day of 2019, firefighters continue to work on two fires that started yesterday at Rosedale in Gippsland and Strathbogie, around 25kms south of Euroa.
The two night fire suppression helicopters from Ballarat and Mangalore were sent to the Rosedale fire in Gippsland and operated for a few hours overnight within a defined area of 500 hectares.
This week 55 students from the Buninyong Primary School Scotsburn Campus visited Ballarat Airport to thank emergency management personnel who responded to the grass fire on Nashs Road on 6 December.
Victoria’s full night firebombing capability is ready to be deployed, with another significant milestone in Victoria’s night firebombing trial marked yesterday in Mangalore.
