CFS incident controller calls for tech upgrades from Blackford blaze experience

CM
Updated January 21 2021 - 6:18pm, first published January 20 2021 - 4:30pm
CFS incident controller Patrick Ross says the aerial resources worked well with the CFS members on the ground during last week's Blackford blaze which burnt more than 14,000 hectares. Photo: CFS
CFS incident controller Patrick Ross says the aerial resources worked well with the CFS members on the ground during last week's Blackford blaze which burnt more than 14,000 hectares. Photo: CFS

The Lucindale community is still counting the cost of last week's Blackford blaze which tore through more than 14,000 hectares, but CFS incident controller Patrick Ross says the fire ground could have been three times larger if not for the Jacky White Drain, west of Lucindale.

CM

Catherine is Stock Journal's long time livestock editor and South East journalist.

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