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Well at least we have at least brought some recognition into the mix that humans do in fact contribute to many fires...that was my hope..and the Captain went on to tell of all the things that could start a fire but emphasised that most fires in his experience had a human who started it.....I find it irritating that the bush fire situation has become so political..I was on a web site, very left wing, where certain members would not concede humans start fires and insisted on blaming climate change and refusing to address the human element.
There are many things that can start fires but imagine how many less there would be if no human was responsible.
I feel the significance in general of how fires start is down played by those who are preoccupied with global warming and frankly I detected, in my opinion, glee from the left wing element on that site, who mainly exhibited a "I told you so" attitude rather than wishing to address the main issue of not letting fires start in the first place. AND lie ..one member insisting the forrests are burnt to the ground which observation tells us that is not so..but she was only interested in pushing a particular political wagon...Their solution was never to get more firefighting resourses but the same old mantra of get rid of fossil fuels and the fires will magically go away.
Personally I believe there should be a satellite monitoring system that detects the smallest of fires, in a total fire ban, and immediately dispatch water bombers to put it out while it is only a couple of acres...in the current system the response time just wont cut it as, ( and I concede the climate change means more dangerous dry conditions,) by the time a fire is noticed, called in and a crew sent etc, in these times, the fire is out of control.
In the senerio I suggest, in a total fire ban, if the satellite detects a fire even if it is a bbq the bombers are sent and that fire is extinguished. Extreme sure but consider if we were at war and the enemy was left to invade and damage property and take lives we would not be so casual.
Alex
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