We had many strike teams (consisting of 4 or so appliances) out yesterday and still have a few out today including one south of where Des resides. I expected to be assigned to one as I'm on a water tanker today but the weather has eased - not required to form another strike team. So today I've ferried another tanker back to its base and helped take down a charity christmas tree in town (about two storeys high). Tomorrow I'm driving our Rescue Pumper before going on 4 weeks of annual leave, yahoo!!
The hot weather we have experienced will only subside for a little while and by the end of this week we will be back to total fire ban days with similar if not worse temperatures. So hang in there Des and Dal (who lives further south again), its going to be hot, hot, hot
Andrew