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The Bad - Whittlesea Fire Warning Sign:-
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The Ugly - Kalkallo Fire Danger Warning Sign:-
Look, call me a looney, call me a fool, call me an idiot for even caring. Not 25km from these signs - 20 people died. Not 90km from these signs nearly 150 people died.
We as residents of the state of Victoria, DESERVE the RIGHT to know what danger the day may bring.
We pay rates, we elect the people into Local Council, into State Goverment, we have a right to be fully informed.
The CFA are NOT responsible for these signs, they are ONLY responsible for ensuring that the arrow points in the right direction - the problem is THERE IS NO ARROW, THERE IS NO WARNING INDICATOR.
I've previously written about this:-
September 2010 - Fire Danger Warning Signs - Are we in Danger?
August 2010 - CFA Road Signage
The last I heard in late September, early October was that new signs were being designed, yet the fire danger period is almost upon us and nothing is being seen to be done.
The CFA are hamstrung, they're damned if they do and damned if they don't say anything. Damned by the Government/Councils for speaking up and making them look bad and damned by the general public for not warning them
Someone needs to pull their finger out and soon - soon enough so that people entering high risk fire areas on days considered high risk, can actually see the risk.
Whatever is chosen, there needs to be consistency. The key thing is though is that the 'extreme' setting should only show on extreme days, that is 40 degrees plus with a strong northerly.
ReplyDeleteCompletely Agree and I don't think you'll find arguement with that. Remember it's in the CFA's interet to make sure that it's right. Between the CFA and BoM, they determine the Fire Risk and I'm sure they'd ONLY use what was required and when appropriate.
ReplyDeleteThanks for you contribution Andrew
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