Fire and Other Emergencies

North East and Gippsland Fires - January to March 2003

Firefighters & Crew
Aircraft
Fire
Fire impact
Regeneration
Fauna
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Firefighter & Crew Photos

DSE firefighters blacking out	Multiagency (DSE CFA and Army) Briefing at Ovens	CFA crew and DSE firefighter shrouded in smoke	DSE and CFA Team leaders looking over maps at Ovens
Incident Management Team discussion	Crew pulling apart a smouldering tree Cassalis Valley	DSE crew putting out hot spots	Backburning around a spot fire Cassalis Valley
DSE CFA and New Zealand firefighters	Crew briefing at Bald Hill 14 January	Aerial view of firefighting vehicles at Mt Wills refuge area	Firefighters dousing flames Benambra

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Aircraft Photos

Erickson Aircrane at Lake Kerford	Erickson Aircrane at Mt Buffalo Chalet 17 January	Air Tractor at Omeo 31 January	DSE firefighting crew alighting from helicopter
Water-bombing helicopter	Firefighting crew leaving Mt Feathertop by helicopter 12 January	fsgfweg	bdfbdb

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Flame & Smoke Photos

8 Mile Gippsland 20 January	Backburning at night	Backburning with DSE firefighter in foreground	Looking down on fire burning near Delicknora
Eldorado fire near Beechworth 21 January	Fire approaching Mt Hotham Ski Village	DSE crew on Mt Hotham summit	Smoke from Mt Buffalo National Park 17 January
Backburning at night 17 January	Main Street Omeo	Omeo Valley 26 January	Backburning at Pinnibar 17 January
Night flames at Snowy Creek	Smoko township in the Ovens Valley surrounded by smoke	gserhsdn	ghhadhn

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Post Fire Photos

Looking across to Rocky Valley Reservoir from Bogong High Plains	Blackened Alpine Ash stands	Near Omeo 31 January	Burnt road sign Gippsland
Burnt Snow Gums at Bogong High Plains	Patchy and high intensity burnt area	Patchy fire behaviour	bndfn

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Regeneration

4 month regeneration Buckland Gap Rd near Beechworth

Fern regeneration on the side of the Great Alpine Road

Xanthorrhoea Grass Tree regeneration

New growth on Snow Gum Bogong High Plains

Fauna Photos

Lace Monitor running up tree

Mountain Pygmy Possum after the fire

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