❓ Acknowledges and thanks Western Australian firefighters for assisting the United States with devastating forest fires, highlighting the importance of proper forest management in WA.
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What arrangements have been made to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the Western Australian firefighters who answered the call from the forest service of the United States to help put out the devastating forest fires in that country? Mr COURT
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Those firefighters arrived back in Perth about an hour ago. The Minister for the Environment and I, along with the Consul General of the United States, Sallybeth Bumbrey had the privilege of meeting them. Congratulations and thanks must go to Terry Maher, Kevin White, Roger Armstrong, Kevin Haylock, Greg Mair, Dr Lachie McCaw and Rick Sneeuwjagt, who is the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s fire manager, for what they did. The fires in the United States were the worst in 50 years. They covered some 13 States and burnt 2.7 million hectares of forest. Our firefighters were part of a team of 22 people who assisted the US. It is remarkable that our people were able to fit into the firefighting systems and practices of the US. They mainly operated in mountain country. Many parts of the forest were wilderness areas. A wilderness Act was passed in that country in 1964 to stop people constructing firebreaks and roads. In many cases no human intrusion was allowed, and no fuel reduction programs were in place. As a result, when the forest fires took off, they were completely out of control. The US firefighters are now rethinking their forestry management practices because of the loss of huge areas of wilderness. We are faced with similar issues in Western Australia. Large areas of forest will be in different forms of reserves and parks. It is critical that we have a proper management program in place; otherwise significant areas of our forest will also be wiped out by fire. I thank those firefighters. They have learnt a lot and will be debriefed by CALM in the next few weeks. It is terrific that this country was able to help the United States which many times in the past has come to our aid when it was needed.
Mr COURT replied: Those firefighters arrived back in Perth about an hour ago. The Minister for the Environment and I, along with the Consul General of the United States, Sallybeth Bumbrey had the privilege of meeting them. Congratulations and thanks must go to Terry Maher, Kevin White, Roger Armstrong, Kevin Haylock, Greg Mair, Dr Lachie McCaw and Rick Sneeuwjagt, who is the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s fire manager, for what they did. The fires in the United States were the worst in 50 years. They covered some 13 States and burnt 2.7 million hectares of forest. Our firefighters were part of a team of 22 people who assisted the US. It is remarkable that our people were able to fit into the firefighting systems and practices of the US. They mainly operated in mountain country. Many parts of the forest were wilderness areas. A wilderness Act was passed in that country in 1964 to stop people constructing firebreaks and roads. In many cases no human intrusion was allowed, and no fuel reduction programs were in place. As a result, when the forest fires took off, they were completely out of control. The US firefighters are now rethinking their forestry management practices because of the loss of huge areas of wilderness. We are faced with similar issues in Western Australia. Large areas of forest will be in different forms of reserves and parks. It is critical that we have a proper management program in place; otherwise significant areas of our forest will also be wiped out by fire. I thank those firefighters. They have learnt a lot and will be debriefed by CALM in the next few weeks. It is terrific that this country was able to help the United States which many times in the past has come to our aid when it was needed.
Those firefighters arrived back in Perth about an hour ago. The Minister for the Environment and I, along with the Consul General of the United States, Sallybeth Bumbrey had the privilege of meeting them. Congratulations and thanks must go to Terry Maher, Kevin White, Roger Armstrong, Kevin Haylock, Greg Mair, Dr Lachie McCaw and Rick Sneeuwjagt, who is the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s fire manager, for what they did. The fires in the United States were the worst in 50 years. They covered some 13 States and burnt 2.7 million hectares of forest. Our firefighters were part of a team of 22 people who assisted the US. It is remarkable that our people were able to fit into the firefighting systems and practices of the US. They mainly operated in mountain country. Many parts of the forest were wilderness areas. A wilderness Act was passed in that country in 1964 to stop people constructing firebreaks and roads. In many cases no human intrusion was allowed, and no fuel reduction programs were in place. As a result, when the forest fires took off, they were completely out of control. The US firefighters are now rethinking their forestry management practices because of the loss of huge areas of wilderness. We are faced with similar issues in Western Australia. Large areas of forest will be in different forms of reserves and parks. It is critical that we have a proper management program in place; otherwise significant areas of our forest will also be wiped out by fire. I thank those firefighters. They have learnt a lot and will be debriefed by CALM in the next few weeks. It is terrific that this country was able to help the United States which many times in the past has come to our aid when it was needed.
The fires in the United States were the worst in 50 years. They covered some 13 States and burnt 2.7 million hectares of forest. Our firefighters were part of a team of 22 people who assisted the US. It is remarkable that our people were able to fit into the firefighting systems and practices of the US. They mainly operated in mountain country. Many parts of the forest were wilderness areas. A wilderness Act was passed in that country in 1964 to stop people constructing firebreaks and roads. In many cases no human intrusion was allowed, and no fuel reduction programs were in place. As a result, when the forest fires took off, they were completely out of control. The US firefighters are now rethinking their forestry management practices because of the loss of huge areas of wilderness. We are faced with similar issues in Western Australia. Large areas of forest will be in different forms of reserves and parks. It is critical that we have a proper management program in place; otherwise significant areas of our forest will also be wiped out by fire. I thank those firefighters. They have learnt a lot and will be debriefed by CALM in the next few weeks. It is terrific that this country was able to help the United States which many times in the past has come to our aid when it was needed.
I thank those firefighters. They have learnt a lot and will be debriefed by CALM in the next few weeks. It is terrific that this country was able to help the United States which many times in the past has come to our aid when it was needed.
Mr COURT replied: Those firefighters arrived back in Perth about an hour ago. The Minister for the Environment and I, along with the Consul General of the United States, Sallybeth Bumbrey had the privilege of meeting them. Congratulations and thanks must go to Terry Maher, Kevin White, Roger Armstrong, Kevin Haylock, Greg Mair, Dr Lachie McCaw and Rick Sneeuwjagt, who is the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s fire manager, for what they did. The fires in the United States were the worst in 50 years. They covered some 13 States and burnt 2.7 million hectares of forest. Our firefighters were part of a team of 22 people who assisted the US. It is remarkable that our people were able to fit into the firefighting systems and practices of the US. They mainly operated in mountain country. Many parts of the forest were wilderness areas. A wilderness Act was passed in that country in 1964 to stop people constructing firebreaks and roads. In many cases no human intrusion was allowed, and no fuel reduction programs were in place. As a result, when the forest fires took off, they were completely out of control. The US firefighters are now rethinking their forestry management practices because of the loss of huge areas of wilderness. We are faced with similar issues in Western Australia. Large areas of forest will be in different forms of reserves and parks. It is critical that we have a proper management program in place; otherwise significant areas of our forest will also be wiped out by fire. I thank those firefighters. They have learnt a lot and will be debriefed by CALM in the next few weeks. It is terrific that this country was able to help the United States which many times in the past has come to our aid when it was needed.
Those firefighters arrived back in Perth about an hour ago. The Minister for the Environment and I, along with the Consul General of the United States, Sallybeth Bumbrey had the privilege of meeting them. Congratulations and thanks must go to Terry Maher, Kevin White, Roger Armstrong, Kevin Haylock, Greg Mair, Dr Lachie McCaw and Rick Sneeuwjagt, who is the Department of Conservation and Land Management’s fire manager, for what they did. The fires in the United States were the worst in 50 years. They covered some 13 States and burnt 2.7 million hectares of forest. Our firefighters were part of a team of 22 people who assisted the US. It is remarkable that our people were able to fit into the firefighting systems and practices of the US. They mainly operated in mountain country. Many parts of the forest were wilderness areas. A wilderness Act was passed in that country in 1964 to stop people constructing firebreaks and roads. In many cases no human intrusion was allowed, and no fuel reduction programs were in place. As a result, when the forest fires took off, they were completely out of control. The US firefighters are now rethinking their forestry management practices because of the loss of huge areas of wilderness. We are faced with similar issues in Western Australia. Large areas of forest will be in different forms of reserves and parks. It is critical that we have a proper management program in place; otherwise significant areas of our forest will also be wiped out by fire. I thank those firefighters. They have learnt a lot and will be debriefed by CALM in the next few weeks. It is terrific that this country was able to help the United States which many times in the past has come to our aid when it was needed.
The fires in the United States were the worst in 50 years. They covered some 13 States and burnt 2.7 million hectares of forest. Our firefighters were part of a team of 22 people who assisted the US. It is remarkable that our people were able to fit into the firefighting systems and practices of the US. They mainly operated in mountain country. Many parts of the forest were wilderness areas. A wilderness Act was passed in that country in 1964 to stop people constructing firebreaks and roads. In many cases no human intrusion was allowed, and no fuel reduction programs were in place. As a result, when the forest fires took off, they were completely out of control. The US firefighters are now rethinking their forestry management practices because of the loss of huge areas of wilderness. We are faced with similar issues in Western Australia. Large areas of forest will be in different forms of reserves and parks. It is critical that we have a proper management program in place; otherwise significant areas of our forest will also be wiped out by fire. I thank those firefighters. They have learnt a lot and will be debriefed by CALM in the next few weeks. It is terrific that this country was able to help the United States which many times in the past has come to our aid when it was needed.
I thank those firefighters. They have learnt a lot and will be debriefed by CALM in the next few weeks. It is terrific that this country was able to help the United States which many times in the past has come to our aid when it was needed.
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