And it is a real pity - that the bureau of meteorology has closed the Dunn's Hill reporting station and opened a new reporting station somewhere on the...
Hi Archie, Yes, I have noticed that the winds are supposedly very calm down here in Selby too, lately, in fact, it is a bit concerning as I used to use the...
What do readers think of the scheme? It looks as though the govt buyback scheme is to apply to only those places that suffered in 2009 - there are many high...
Hi All, Just to give you a quick update on some things that have been going on behind the scenes recently. The Fire Refuges policy has been released....
A few days ago this headline appeared in the Leader: CFA plea for Dandenong Ranges residents to register burn-offs The article opened with: THE CFA is urging...
Recently the federal govt launched a new website to help address the bushfire problem throughout Australia: set up under the Attorney General the address is: ...
The CFA has upgraded its website incident page - far less taxing - now we don't have to bother with identifying the region - the region column has disappeared...
The CFA website no-longer auto-refreshes - visitors must refresh the page manually - raising the likwelihood that people may overlook recent events because...
Archie, You are missing , what I think is the most important point, in that the Type is not accurate and is definitely misleading. The 3 recent alarms for...
Hi, Archie, The proximity and number of fires is identifiable through the accompanying map (pull the zoom slider up to hone in on this region) - much faster...
Thanks Don for your reply, Over the last few years it has been evident that some CFA incidents have been incorrectly reported - why this happens who can say?...
Hi Elaine, ADSL is still pretty slow around here - text loads a lot quicker - why the text part of the page can't load first - is because some IT person did...
Hi, Archie, How can trawling for particular incidents within a list be faster than pulling exactly this same information directly off the map with one click? ...
Hi, Don, Yes, a more extensive checklist for TYPE would be useful – although all classification schemes are misleading in some way (especially if only one...
Hi Elaine, Thanks but I don't want to have to even think about the platform of message delivery - they can keep their maps, bells and whistles - I'm not...
Archie, I am really trying to understand your objection because there will surely be others who are having a similar difficulty with the website; I confess,...
It is good to see that some progress is being made with the mobile alerting system - the state govt. needs some good news - Optus and Vodafone are yet to come...
Monday morning - pretty windy - crimestoppers on the radio talking about being on the look-out for arsonists - thought I'd check the CFA incident website - and...
Elaine, I don't have an objection - I have a COMPLAINT - I don't know how much clearer I can make my complaint - The CFA incident website has removed the...
Thanks, Archie, I appreciate your point about not being able to view information from multiple incidents simulaneously on the map; I played a bit but it does...
It looks like fire restrictions are about to come into force throughout the Shire of Yarra Ranges on Monday 23 January 2012 .. If conditions are appropriate,...
It seems that the message that many are unhappy with the redesigned CFA incident page has finally been acted on - the last time I checked the CFA incident page...
Has the Victorian govt done enough to reduce the fuel load in Victoria? Apparently not - acording to a piece written by The Age's Melissa Fyfe at this address:...
Hi, Archie, Thanks for enquiring about location; again, I would like to comment on the lack of CFA openness about the policies behind the incident website....
Hi All, Just a bit of an update. I have been invited to sit on the above community advisory group by Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley. Many of you may...
In the devastating 2009 bushfires, the Dandenong's main ridge "dodged the bullett" - a Quarry Rd Upper Ferntree Gully fire was stopped from becoming a major...
If you subscribe to www.19FIRE.com.au , you will get the call out message (including incident approx location) wherever you are, it is fantastic, the best...
