“We’re seeing brigades now, we’ve got them flying down from Cairns, Atherton Tablelands, Townsville, they’re driving across from Gladstone – this is really an example of neighbour helping neighbour writ large, which is what rural fires is all about,” he said. “Thirty thousand people, 3500 slip-ons, over 1000 trucks – that’s big scale that you can throw at a problem.
