16:20 - That is my Dad!! He actually passed away a few years ago, really nice to see him again here. Thanks for posting, I have been trying to track down this doco for a few years. We lived on Booker Rd in 1994.
Tell you're father i said thank you so much for his time doing the firefighting service of his community as well as the local residents of this community brave man👍👍
OMG, I stumbled on this the other day. That's my house at the 26:18 mark. I was there fighting this thing side by side with our firefighter warriors, total respect. It was an insane experience.
I was there, i remember it well, such a pity the people responsible for giving the ok to hazard reduction seem to have forgotten. Thanks so much for sharing this video, many were the acts of courage and valour during those fires.
OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was a wonderful flight Captain Blas, and in my opinion one of your best landings ive seen - because the HOLES FROM THE MOLES are one of the worst runway sabotage attempts ive ever seen!!!!!!!!!!! Great guys!!!!
The same forest got burnt the year after when another big fire came through, then another, then another, then another..it was last scorched in the 2019/20 season..it was scary
The truck drivers helping the firefighters must be glad, when the fire was over and to hauling their usual freight.Hopefully they were able to tell themselves, that the load of water, could secure the road, or a known stop quicker, to help them focus their minds away from some of the danger.
i was there. brings back memories. all the radio chatter. i remember it clearly. I can see myself in it and my dad, (backburning on the bells line) we were of the first to respond to this fire, from Mt victoria, and alot of others that are no longer with us
The blue mountains fire? The fire didn’t kill any people, but! There was other extreme fires burning around the same time. If she was one of the 4 killed in the other fires I miiight believe you
Hello I am working in a Spanish school about environmental problemas . Currently we are working abour deforestation and forest fires So my questio is if we could use your videoBlue Mountains Wildfire January 1994 in our video about this subject. Thanks
My teachers sister was pregnant at the time and it was like 10 meters from their house and as a Mirical the the wind changed and the fire went the other way!! 😮😮😮
they did this with old equipment mainly sourced from donations , with fractured communications and controls , with little to no air support , and in 97, 01and 02 we got better at it we got state and federal funding a cohesive command and control structure growing air support with every incident , and when all things considered to say this year was unprecedented is an insult to all those who have been there before
The scale was unprecedented. We have done next to no back burning since 1994, certainly not on the scale that is required to make it safe. The first nations people never allowed it to get dangerous like it is now.
@@2partiesnotpreferred226 its only environmentalists that get in the road , rfs wants to burn , npws wants to burn , state forests want to burn , the indigenous community want to burn , property owners want to burn , offroad clubs and enthusiasts want to use fire trails ( keeping them clear and open for when they are needed ) all get stifled because of environmentalists
@@imbetterthanyouis absolutely. It's the guys on the ground that know. These silly environmentalists don't know what is actually good and necessary for the environment. They think we can just fence it off and leave it be. We need to open parks and forest not lock them up.
@@2partiesnotpreferred226 there's NO part of any of the fires of the last 20-30 years with the last 10-15 being by far the worst, that is FACTUALLY or ENVIRONMENTALLY "unprecedented" to any one of the firefighters, volunteers, DSE or locals that are being killed or having houses/farms and businesses burnt to the ground, "unprecedented" is a word thrown around by uneducated (I don't mean book smarts I mean the stuff that actually counts where they've lived or worked directly with/on the land or again people who have spent their lives in a fire-prone area and know what's needed to live there as safe as they can) people who sit in areas far far away from these fire zones and create feelings based tree hugger bullshit laws and guidelines for fire management, "unprecedented" is a word to absolve these people of the guilt and criminal liability for what amounts to decisions that are directly responsible for hundreds if not thousands of human deaths, but billions of animal deaths some to the point of extinction levels as well, its ridiculous and allows for these fires to continue the way they are, stop using terms to excuse this crap and start using the obvious political interest you have to change this issue and return things to how our country on the most basic level needs to be run!
I remember the look out in the blue mountains …. I’ve never seen it by day …. But on this night with the adf and sth Aussie fire trucks …. It was still ablaze ….. black ….. burnt …. But still glowing with thousands of tree stumps alight .
thats a rather difficult question , backburns are an offensive tactic used during the fire to contain it , we do actively dry firefight with raft teams ( remote area firefighting team ) and dozers to make new lines where needed ,,,,,,, and here comes the but , but between fires we have a hard time maintaining these lines because have a guess who , 4 wheel drivers like to use the trail we make and we like them doing so because the constant use keeps nice and clean ,,,,,,, but guess who whats to spoil their fun too , so when we need them we have to do some work to get them up to scratch , so yeah you can see where this is going aye
I always hear the term ''deliberately lit'' when watching something about Australian bushfires. Is there an arson problem there? Serious question. Every ABC (Australian Broadcast Corp) documentary I have ever seen about Black Saturday and the 2019 fires mentions it.
I wouldn't call that an arson problem. We don't have deliberately lit fires often, not even ever year. It's just when it happens they usually pick the worst possible day and it gets a lot of media attention. Also despite what certain media outlets said during Black Summer only 1% of the bushland burnt in NSW was due to arson. Source: ua-cam.com/video/s23q9DkCaVY/v-deo.html
@@craigfirman1809 I kinda wondered if that was just media hyping it up. I remember them saying the Murrindindi Mill Fire on Black Saturday was arson, but it was just an electric paddock fence or something. I am glad that Sokaluk guy from Churchill got put away. Here in the States most fires are caused by lightning or people lighting bottle rockets out of their asses. In other words, stupidity rules the roost over here.
You are correct about that. I'm one of those dumbasses, as I had a badly malfunctioning firework that shot into my neighbor's dry grass and sumac on his hillside. Idaho takes off and burns just like California or Victoria.
@@josephastier7421 nah they traverse you can even have de mountable ones ,we had one in blacktown rfs we used to use for tip fires ( rubbish dumps ) and pile burns its more for when you need large volumes of water for a long time and its not worth the effort of 2 guys holding a hose for that long , one guy just rotates a wheel
Donald, in the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires, it was found that these fires can spot 25-30 KILOMETRES again of the main fire front. 100m on either side of the road isnt going to do a lot
@@michaelellis8726 a 100 meter fire break will reduce the radiant heat where you would really only need to worry about ember attack , people have done this on their own and some companies have packages you can buy where you have an irrigation system running off tank water and a diesel pump cleared gutters or leafguard and even colorbond fencing in combination have shown to be really effective , but just like with most things its not one solution is a number of prevention's that are better than a cure
And despite this fire and the comment of we need to do more in hazard reduction fast forward to 2019 and an even more catastrophic black Saturday bushfire... Australia learnt nothing
Mate there a lot of work just to going to a HR (Hazzard Reduction) pland and depending on the location you need to give for residents 24 hours notice or if there's a school, hospital near by it go up to a week notice. Brigades need to cut trail and wait for the right weather too and you need a crew and midweek a lot of brigade struggle to get crews. And that not going to aboriginal sites In the area, animals and plants that might be endangered too.
16:20 - That is my Dad!! He actually passed away a few years ago, really nice to see him again here. Thanks for posting, I have been trying to track down this doco for a few years. We lived on Booker Rd in 1994.
Callum Reavey I'm sure your dad was proud to be a firefighter
This is how God punishes evil motherfuckers.....
Callum Reavey I live on Roberts parade! What number was your house?
@@AllaahuAkbarr Hopefully you next then...twat
@@AllaahuAkbarr there is no god , grow up
It's nice to see my father form his firefighting day before I was born. Proud to be his daughter by watching this. GREAT JOB!!!!
Tell you're father i said thank you so much for his time doing the firefighting service of his community as well as the local residents of this community brave man👍👍
Such Bravery
OMG, I stumbled on this the other day. That's my house at the 26:18 mark. I was there fighting this thing side by side with our firefighter warriors, total respect. It was an insane experience.
Some incredibly calm and effective radio work under the worst possible conditions.
Wow! Deja vu. Great footage once again tells the story for those who weren't there.
Who Else is here When The Green Wattle Fire and the megablaze in NSW are burning.
I was there, i remember it well, such a pity the people responsible for giving the ok to hazard reduction seem to have forgotten.
Thanks so much for sharing this video, many were the acts of courage and valour during those fires.
OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was a wonderful flight Captain Blas, and in my opinion one of your best landings ive seen - because the HOLES FROM THE MOLES are one of the worst runway sabotage attempts ive ever seen!!!!!!!!!!! Great guys!!!!
This should be shown on Public television when ever Sydneysiders start winging about the back burning smoke !
Most people in my class who winge are Asian I’m full Australian and don’t give a shit.
1994 and it looks so primitive. Well done to all.
I would like to see a follow up on how the forest has recovered
Returns back to how it began. Give it 6 to 8 months and it's all green again. Fire is a necessary evil in the Australian bush.
Australia would be a desert without fire most of the seeds need to be burnt to germinate
The same forest got burnt the year after when another big fire came through, then another, then another, then another..it was last scorched in the 2019/20 season..it was scary
The truck drivers helping the firefighters must be glad, when the fire was over and to hauling their usual freight.Hopefully they were able to tell themselves, that the load of water, could secure the road, or a known stop quicker, to help them focus their minds away from some of the danger.
i was there. brings back memories. all the radio chatter. i remember it clearly. I can see myself in it and my dad, (backburning on the bells line) we were of the first to respond to this fire, from Mt victoria, and alot of others that are no longer with us
This fire took my mum's life!!
The blue mountains fire? The fire didn’t kill any people, but! There was other extreme fires burning around the same time. If she was one of the 4 killed in the other fires I miiight believe you
18:30 its staggering how you can watch the fires grow by the second. seen it in person myself and youre not playing tough after that
I was a year old when the fire happened my farther went and so did my grandfather they still remember it today
Hello I am working in a Spanish school about environmental problemas .
Currently we are working abour deforestation and forest fires So my
questio is if we could use your videoBlue Mountains Wildfire January 1994
in our video about
this subject. Thanks
Iñaki Buruaga
Hi I am the owners brother I give you permission to use it Good luck
Katoomba and Blackheath …. So much love for all of you !
My dad, my mum and my grandfather fought this fire
This would have been a great video except for the dodgy music they use. Would be better without any music.
Thank God for the brave firemen and women
2019 : The media has very short memories
This ain't even close to the scale of 2019.
@@2partiesnotpreferred226 much larger in 2019, and far less whingers
Just think that in winter, it snows near there.
My teachers sister was pregnant at the time and it was like 10 meters from their house and as a Mirical the the wind changed and the fire went the other way!! 😮😮😮
That wasn't a miracle...it was just good fortune
they did this with old equipment mainly sourced from donations , with fractured communications and controls , with little to no air support , and in 97, 01and 02 we got better at it we got state and federal funding a cohesive command and control structure growing air support with every incident , and when all things considered to say this year was unprecedented is an insult to all those who have been there before
The scale was unprecedented. We have done next to no back burning since 1994, certainly not on the scale that is required to make it safe. The first nations people never allowed it to get dangerous like it is now.
@@2partiesnotpreferred226 its only environmentalists that get in the road , rfs wants to burn , npws wants to burn , state forests want to burn , the indigenous community want to burn , property owners want to burn , offroad clubs and enthusiasts want to use fire trails ( keeping them clear and open for when they are needed ) all get stifled because of environmentalists
@@imbetterthanyouis absolutely. It's the guys on the ground that know. These silly environmentalists don't know what is actually good and necessary for the environment. They think we can just fence it off and leave it be. We need to open parks and forest not lock them up.
@@2partiesnotpreferred226 there's NO part of any of the fires of the last 20-30 years with the last 10-15 being by far the worst, that is FACTUALLY or ENVIRONMENTALLY "unprecedented" to any one of the firefighters, volunteers, DSE or locals that are being killed or having houses/farms and businesses burnt to the ground, "unprecedented" is a word thrown around by uneducated (I don't mean book smarts I mean the stuff that actually counts where they've lived or worked directly with/on the land or again people who have spent their lives in a fire-prone area and know what's needed to live there as safe as they can) people who sit in areas far far away from these fire zones and create feelings based tree hugger bullshit laws and guidelines for fire management, "unprecedented" is a word to absolve these people of the guilt and criminal liability for what amounts to decisions that are directly responsible for hundreds if not thousands of human deaths, but billions of animal deaths some to the point of extinction levels as well, its ridiculous and allows for these fires to continue the way they are, stop using terms to excuse this crap and start using the obvious political interest you have to change this issue and return things to how our country on the most basic level needs to be run!
@@little_miss_sarcasm yeah ok man. Lol
I remember the look out in the blue mountains …. I’ve never seen it by day …. But on this night with the adf and sth Aussie fire trucks …. It was still ablaze ….. black ….. burnt …. But still glowing with thousands of tree stumps alight .
Boy, there are some memories there I have tried to bury!
Do they do containment lines yet? Hotshot crews (IA crews) and dozers?
Yeah, have done for years. Didn't you see them using the machinery to cut lines and put in black lines?
Didn't you watch the video?
thats a rather difficult question , backburns are an offensive tactic used during the fire to contain it , we do actively dry firefight with raft teams ( remote area firefighting team ) and dozers to make new lines where needed ,,,,,,, and here comes the but , but between fires we have a hard time maintaining these lines because have a guess who , 4 wheel drivers like to use the trail we make and we like them doing so because the constant use keeps nice and clean ,,,,,,, but guess who whats to spoil their fun too , so when we need them we have to do some work to get them up to scratch , so yeah you can see where this is going aye
That’s my sister and nephew running away @Heather rd
I always hear the term ''deliberately lit'' when watching something about Australian bushfires. Is there an arson problem there? Serious question. Every ABC (Australian Broadcast Corp) documentary I have ever seen about Black Saturday and the 2019 fires mentions it.
I wouldn't call that an arson problem. We don't have deliberately lit fires often, not even ever year. It's just when it happens they usually pick the worst possible day and it gets a lot of media attention.
Also despite what certain media outlets said during Black Summer only 1% of the bushland burnt in NSW was due to arson.
Source:
ua-cam.com/video/s23q9DkCaVY/v-deo.html
@@craigfirman1809 I kinda wondered if that was just media hyping it up. I remember them saying the Murrindindi Mill Fire on Black Saturday was arson, but it was just an electric paddock fence or something. I am glad that Sokaluk guy from Churchill got put away. Here in the States most fires are caused by lightning or people lighting bottle rockets out of their asses. In other words, stupidity rules the roost over here.
You are correct about that. I'm one of those dumbasses, as I had a badly malfunctioning firework that shot into my neighbor's dry grass and sumac on his hillside. Idaho takes off and burns just like California or Victoria.
No. Lots of studies have been done and only a small proportion of fires in Australia are deliberately lit
20,000 heros !
Koperberg has barely aged in twenty years!
hes the reason why im still here ( so blame him lol ) i wish we had him back , he knew what he was doing
He was fkn useless barstard
27:15 That is a really cool deck gun.
we call it a monitor , because it basically sits there and monitors the fire , and yeah they are pretty cool
@@imbetterthanyouis I thought a monitor was fixed in position?
@@josephastier7421 nah they traverse you can even have de mountable ones ,we had one in blacktown rfs we used to use for tip fires ( rubbish dumps ) and pile burns its more for when you need large volumes of water for a long time and its not worth the effort of 2 guys holding a hose for that long , one guy just rotates a wheel
They should have a 100 metre tree free zone each side of the road
That's not going to do much when a strowind is pushing the fire along.
Donald, in the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires, it was found that these fires can spot 25-30 KILOMETRES again of the main fire front. 100m on either side of the road isnt going to do a lot
hahahah if only in a perfect world , but we unfortunately have environMENTALists
@@michaelellis8726 a 100 meter fire break will reduce the radiant heat where you would really only need to worry about ember attack , people have done this on their own and some companies have packages you can buy where you have an irrigation system running off tank water and a diesel pump cleared gutters or leafguard and even colorbond fencing in combination have shown to be really effective , but just like with most things its not one solution is a number of prevention's that are better than a cure
I was only 12 at the time
And despite this fire and the comment of we need to do more in hazard reduction fast forward to 2019 and an even more catastrophic black Saturday bushfire... Australia learnt nothing
Mate there a lot of work just to going to a HR (Hazzard Reduction) pland and depending on the location you need to give for residents 24 hours notice or if there's a school, hospital near by it go up to a week notice. Brigades need to cut trail and wait for the right weather too and you need a crew and midweek a lot of brigade struggle to get crews. And that not going to aboriginal sites In the area, animals and plants that might be endangered too.
combine wind with anything else on the planet and youve got yourself what is known as a shitstorm...