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FIRES, DRONES & AERIAL FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT
If you’re flying your drone in or near the vacinity of a fire our aircraft are automatically grounded!
This puts us in danger, the public we are assisting in danger and can also impede our efforts in controlling a fire.
So don’t be a drongo, if we’re in the air you’re on the ground… simple.
As always, stay safe 
Jase.
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Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA
DFES Director of Aviation Services Derek Parks jointly manages WA’s aerial fleet of 28 rotary and fixed-wing firefighting aircraft and is reminding drone users to stay well away from bushfires. If drones are flying in the area aircraft will be grounded, further endangering lives and property. To find out more about drone rules and regulations visit: www.casa.gov.au/aircraft/landing-page/flying-drones-australia Civil Aviation Safety Authority – CASA | CHC Helicopter | McDermott Aviation Group | Western Australia Bushfire Information | Parks and Wildlife, Western Australia
Absolutely appalling behaviour!
FIREFIGHTERS ATTACKED: Firefighters will no longer attend or fight fires at Ninga Mia without a police escort, after officers from Kalgoorlie Fire Station were pelted with rocks and bricks yesterday afternoon.
Drive to arrive alive this long weekend.
Jase
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REMINDER Double Demerits in effect from midnight tonight. Slow down and enjoy the ride #fb #DriveSafe This update came from the Denmark Police on Twitter
Mount Barker VFRS shared Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA‘s Give Way to Emergency Services.
Summer sees a rise in temperatures and with that comes a rise in the number of emergency vehicles on the road. Know what to do when lights and sirens are bearing down – new SLOMO laws are coming into effect at the beginning of March bit.ly/2lwu5rO South Yunderup/Ravenswood Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade | Association Of Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades of WA (Inc) | Western Australian Volunteer Fire & Rescue Services Association – INC | Emergency Services Volunteers Association | State Emergency Service WA | Volunteer Marine Rescue Western Australia | Western Australia Police Force | St John Ambulance WA
Well done to the attending crews for getting this under control and extinguished!!
Just shows how things can go from normal to chaos in seconds.
Jase.
SUSPICIOUS BUSHFIRE IN BUNBURY Firefighters say they were hampered by ‘rubber-neckers’ as they battled to save a leisure centre.
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