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Round Mountain Rural Fire Brigade

Locality: Kelso

Address: Ross River Dam 4815 Kelso, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 UPDATE - I have just received voice mail from Area Director Inspector Thomson - QFES Media request below post be amended to reflect -delete contact firecom, co...ncerned residents are to use the triple zero number. Apologise if the original number has caused you any delays. - The original fire in the vicinity of Gumlow escaped Rangewood RFB's control line and has entered the Pinnacles Ranges in our area of operation. Responsibility for containment and extinguishing the fire is led by Gumlow control. Property owners who believe they are or will be at risk from the fire during the next week as it moves through the pinnacles are to contact firecom townsville --------- and request to be put in contact with the incident controller gumlow. The incident controller has the dozer/grader assets to reinforce /construct your fire breaks. ACT now before you are impacted by fire.

23.01.2022 Qualification completed today. RMRFB 'newbie' Tony Boyle. Welcome!

22.01.2022 RM 81 has arrived.

21.01.2022 This footage is over the same area, however, using infra red. Note how easily hot spots can be detected. The infra red 'color palet' can be changed to suit the IC's veiwing preference. We will be conducting some HR burns shortly to identify the visible capabilities of each color, watch this space

20.01.2022 Second of the HR burns at townsville airport completed tonight

14.01.2022 We continue to refine the SOPs for RPAS activation, use on the fire ground and post fire investigation. This is an example of the footage available for post fire monitoring in natural colour

13.01.2022 The current fire is to the north of our area. Still in Rupertswoods patch, it is bordered by Gumlow Rd, Granitevale rd, the power easement Pinnacles. We have crews on site and monitoring of our area with land owner liaison occurryng this morning..

12.01.2022 Fire Fighter Advanced Skills course underway. 7 participants, 6 from RMFB

09.01.2022 We have both appliances responding to a fire vicinity Hervey Range Rd and Granitevale Road. Significant smoke across our AO.

08.01.2022 We are currently dealing with a fire to the north of our area. Fire is near power easements rupertswood. At this stage the fire may move into the pinnacles. Wind forecast over the next few days are favourable and fire will continue to drift ENE towards granitevale road. No threat to RMRFB at this stage, however, make you properties safe

06.01.2022 6 RMRFB members attended the hazardous materials training course today. Ensuring our safety and that of the community.

04.01.2022 Welcome to the 5 newest members of RFS ( Rosco, Greg, Jess, Matt, Hugh) who today completed their FMS course

03.01.2022 DECLARATION OF LOCAL FIRE BAN PROHIBITION ON THE LIGHTING, MAINTENANCE AND USE OF FIRES IN THE OPEN In accordance with the provisions of Section 86A and Section 86E of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990, and with due regard to fire conditions and the weather forecasts issued by the Bureau of Meteorology, a Local Fire Ban is hereby imposed as described below....Continue reading

02.01.2022 We had some large flame height this morning and the fire was moving quickly around Wild Horse Mountain/Central creek and the open ground south of Granitevale Road (vicinity Granitevale station). It looks like the weather may be on our side for once and a cool change has drifted in. Cross your fingers and we might get some rain. Plenty of smoke across the Pinnacles. Make sure your fire breaks are in place and your fire plan is sorted.

01.01.2022 Called to the Old Common Road today, looks like the happy valley groundsman decided to extend the back burns we did last night to include all the area around airport. Good effort, 5 different ignition points along the road edge