American reacts to Australian Firefighters driving THROUGH BUSHFIRE
Vložit
- čas přidán 22. 10. 2023
- Thanks for watching me, a humble American, react to Australian Firefighters fighting bushfire
Thanks for subscribing for more Australian reactions every weekday!
Original video: • Australia’s Inferno: T...
• Australian firefighter...
Got a video request? Fill this here form out:
forms.gle/i1Vuc4FcmvqJdq83A
🤓Ways to support the channel!🤓
↬ purchase one of my Aussie-themed T-shirts: ryanwas.com
Most of our firefighters in bush fires are volunteers. Much admiration to these brave men and women
Ryan, most of our Bushfire Brigades are volunteers. These are the guys who also after this catastrophe in Australia volunteered to go to the US and assist with the California fires a few years back. Unfortunately it is shaping up to be another awful bushfire season - already had several out of control in my area and it's nowhere near Summer.
My daughter in law is in firebrigade. There are 3 fires surrounding ourt town today. It’s only spring. Going to be a bad summer. The firepeople are volunteers. The men and women are hero’s. Lots of women volunteer.
In 1983 Victoria lost 2 trucks and all the firefighters, including one that was from my district, in the Ash Wednesday fires. During these fires a lot of faults were found. My husband who was a firefighter in The Dandenong's during there fires told me that the trucks were not strong enough, there was not enough safety features and equipment on one truck could not be used on another truck because they were incompatiable. After these fires the Victoria CFA redesigned all the truck and gradually replaced them with bigger, stronger and standardised trucks.
The Black Summer Fires of 2019/2020. So much destruction. Our Firies are amazing men and women. We have the largest volunteer fire organization in the world. The Aussie spirit is strong.
Got to remember that the Australian Flora has actually evolved around fire as a part of it regeneration cycle. Many of the native Australian seeds WILL NOT begin to germinate unless they have been burnt by fire. They will lay idle and dormant for years until a Brushfire, Bushfire or Firestorm has gone through the area.
Worthy to note that the Rural Fire Service ( each state has a slight lightly different name for them) is the largest volunteer organisation in the world. Proud Mum of a RFS member.
The Australian bush mainly consists of Eucalyptus/Gum trees..
Most of these guys are volunteers, with no pay for their job. Just heroes like so many volunteers for the Fire service and rescue services in the country are. No pay jobs, just fantastic men and women who risk their lives for all people. They truly are the heroes of today.
If we didn’t have volunteer fire fighters there would be no fire fighters in those areas. Australia is so big that it would cost billions to have a paid fire fighting force that covers the whole country.
Hi Ryan, basically all of the firefighters in the country are volunteers. The Ash Wednesday fires in 1983 in Victoria were not far from where we lived, and the fire alarm was going off every 15 minutes or so. My wife (long before we met) lived in another town, and her house was used as the communication centre - her Dad was a ham radio operator and had a large antenna on the outside of the house.
The "sparks" are actually embers and can travel in excess of 30km from the main fire front. The blanket they were putting up in the window is a special fire blanket that is designed to protect them from the radiant heat which is deadly and can kill in an instant. The temperatures they experience can be in excess of 10,000 celcius.
Its not unheard of for these volunteers to lose their own house, while saving someone else's home. They are extraordinary men and women. Fire season has started in Australia. We evacuated last week with our dogs and horse until the fire got under control. My husband stayed to operate the dam hose. When we returned, two community liason volunteers came around the properties to see if we were all ok and to tell there would be more smoke the next day as they would be back burning. Queensland has some bed fires atm. Our Hazards Near Us phone apps are invaluable to prepare.
It was an horrendous few years, bushfires 2019, floods 2020, covid 2021.
Ryan, can you imagine the heat transferred into the cabin through the windscreen glass and the door windows ? They ARE the best of the best, and give their all when they are allowed a break from their regular jobs or take it from their businesses. Btw, some of them are great WOMEN firefighters, too, including in all-female teams. Their knowledge and intense experience is why they are asked to go to help manage and fight wildfires in the US, Canada and other countries. Sadly, yes, sometimes they get killed. Their truck can be unexpectedly cornered by the wind changing so the fire surrounds them or it can overturn. We totally respect and praise them for everything they do as our favourite community service volunteers who get lots of cheers in parades.
We lost our home and farm in those fires..November 2019. They burned for months and our little town was completely surrounded by fires. 4 years on the landscape has recovered but the trauma is long-lasting. We all have so much respect for the Rural Fire Service 🙏❤️
Aussies are really incredible caring people.
As a volunteer firefighter in South Australia, I have been in similar situations as that in a fire truck driving through active fire on both sides of the truck. I can tell you this, the temperature in the cabin of the truck easily breaches 104F in temp, probably more than 120F in most cases. We use water sprays to protect the tyres from the radiant heat from the flames and use blankets/curtains as a last line of defence in the event of the glass windows breaking on the truck. Most of the firefighters within the fire services here in Australia are volunteers. We are unpaid and we do it for the love of protecting the local and greater communities. We do it, because it needs to be done and it is a personal sacrifice that we make. The three key principals are, 1) Save human life, 2) Save property where we can and 3rdly) Save the environment. Human life takes priority for us. I am a serving member for just under 17 years and the thought of payment for what I do as a volunteer, doesn't even register with me every time I turn out to a callout.
Don't be shocked, Australian volunteers have had years of practice at this and by and large they are well prepared
These guys are our national heros. The fire trucks are made to be able to drive thru or shelter in place using thermo sheilds and water sprays