Fire risk doused via text

Alisha Fogden
January 27 2017 - 7:30am
GREAT SERVICE: Pinnaroo cropper Wade Nickolls said local farmers were receptive to a special harvest text messaging service, which aimed to reduce the fire risk.
GREAT SERVICE: Pinnaroo cropper Wade Nickolls said local farmers were receptive to a special harvest text messaging service, which aimed to reduce the fire risk.

AFTER the devastating Pinery fire and large stubble loads this season, a group of Mallee farmers decided to take fire prevention into their own hands by instigating a local text messaging service.

Alisha Fogden

Alisha Fogden

senior journalist, cropping editor at Stock Journal

Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.

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