Image Gallery: February 2009
10 February 2009
Heavy plant equipment arrives on the scene
A Victorian-based Joint Task Force has been established to coordinate Defence assets assisting the response to the Victorian bushfire emergency.
The Task Force Commander, Brigadier Mike Arnold has a total of 450 troops under his command.
A detachment of the Engineer Support Group is commanded by Captain Noel Tipton and consists of soldiers from 22 Construction Regiment, 4 Combat Engineer Regiment at Ringwood, the School of Armour at Puckapunyal and 4 Combat Services Support Battalion.
The heavy plant equipment, which includes five bulldozers, a front-end loader and a grader is being used to establish fire control lines between Broadford and Yea, north of Melbourne.
| 20090209adf8099240_0010 An M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier from the School of Armour at Puckapunyal provides communication support to the ADF contribution to Victoria’s bushfire crisis, while a soldier and CFA fire fighter map out the fire containment line. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8099240_0023 An M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier assists local fire authorities in establishing fire containment lines in Humevale, Victoria. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8099240_0029 Warrant Officer Hovington and the local fire authorities take a break from establishing fire containment lines. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8099240_0031 A local fire fighter takes a break in Humevale, Victoria during the establishment of fire lines. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8099240_0046 An M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier from the School of Armour at Puckapunyal travels through fire ravaged Humevale, Victoria. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8099240_0052 Warrant Officer Hovington and a local resident map out a path for the M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8099240_0056 Warrant Officer Hovington, a fireman and a local resident map out a path for the M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8099240_0098 A bulldozer from the 22 Construction Regiment creates a fire containment line just north of the town of Whittlesea, Victoria, while local authorities look on. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8099240_0116 A soldier from the School of Armour at Puckapunyal looks towards the fire on the horizon. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8099240_0119 Corporal Morrow shows an impressed local fire fighter inside a M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8185016_0004 Engineer Support Group, Captain Noel Tipton (left) briefs his plant operators on their fire control line tasks, as the winds begin to sweep across the control lines of the Broadford and Yea areas, north of Melbourne. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090209adf8185016_0010 Engineer Support Group, Captain Noel Tipton from the 22nd Construction Regiment, prepares his troops for the task of establishing fire control lines between Broadford and Yea, north of Melbourne. (Date taken: 09 February 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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