It's very frustrating

[Ric]

After spending days on two different fire grounds, it's very frustrating to read about kids lighting fires in Sydney and also Bendigo.

Not only is it a danger to themselves, a sudden wind shift could see a fire suddenly turn back on them it is also a danger to the community, property and the men and women who attend these fires, obviously a fact that does not compute in their pea sized brains.

I'm not sure what the answer is to this behaviour as fining parents doesn't seem to be a deterent and I never seem to hear of any harsh detention time being dished out.

It's bad enough having to go out and fight a fire that has started naturally let alone attending one with the knowledge that some idiot has deliberatly lit it.

I fight fires to protect our community and I am glad to be able to put something back into it, I also travel to other zones when possible to assist other brigades.

Just once I would like to see these people really get get hung out to dry as a example to other.

Will it be a deterent? Will it stop others, who knows.

[cfranks (Charles)]

Originally Posted by Ric

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Not only is it a danger to themselves, a sudden wind shift could see a fire suddenly turn back on them............

I hope I don't offend anyone here but if these arsenists (sic) get caught in their own fires, it wouldn't upset me at all!

Thanks to Ric and all the other volunteers for the job they do trying to keep Australia as safe as possible.

Charles

[PCH (Paul)]

I'd go one step further, - they should be thrown into the pyre - stuff 'em. Until we have serious deterrent sentences, these idiots will continue to start them. God alone knows what they get out of it. Morons is an understatement.