Hawkesbury Heights Hazard Reduction 19/09/2009

Our RFS are sure hard at work. This is the same area as my previous post and last night some poor bugger must have been patrolling as I could see the orange glow above the mountains.

Is This Hazard Reduction Again?

Spotted this over the back of the mountains and it is quite late in the afternoon. Thought it may be too late in the day for hazard reduction and didn't notice it earlier. Maybe it is!

Hazard reduction, Bowen Mountain, 2nd Sept 2009

What a great day for hazard reduction today. Warm yet not too warm and hardly any wind. By lunchtime it looked freaky and by the end of the day it was almost out. Weather permitting this should go on for a few days.These photos were taken from the front of our house.

Hazard Reduction Time

It looks as though the dampness in the air and ground may be reducing and giving the RFS guys a chance to to reduce available fuels.

You can't stop bush fires occurring but performing a hazard reduction will hopefully reduce the fuels that cause a severe bush fire. Reducing the fuel will aid in the containment of a severe bush fire.

This photo was taken from the back of my house and shows hazard reduction in the Blue Mountains.