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Victoria cuts water bombing capacity ahead of risky fire season (www.theage.com.au)

submitted 2 years ago by LineNoise@kbin.social to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Victoria’s water bombing capabilities have been slashed by almost a third as emergency responders, pilots and experts warn that Victoria may not be prepared for the hot and dry summer ahead.

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[–] Railison@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago

This seems… incongruous

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Ridiculous. We need to be investing more in the fire fighting services (and all the emergency services) before we have a major disaster, not running everything down and waiting until it is too late to make effective changes like we did with Covid. Instead the government seems intent on cutting services, failing to spend money on upgrading and improving equipment and driving down the wages of workers in the sector.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Somebody is taking the long odds on one of those sports betting sites...

The aerial capacity has dropped about 1/3 since 21/22.