Small South Coast towns ready to fight bushfires, one house at a time

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In small towns up and down the NSW South Coast, ordinary Australians are prepare to defend their homes ahead of today's potentially catastrophic bushfire day.

Key points:Hundreds of locals have stayed to defend the townRural Fire Service Group Captain Mick Anderson stands on the tray of a truck addressing hundreds of people.

This is how he wants them to defend their properties from ember attack in the small town of Narooma on the New South Wales South Coast.Those who have stayed behind are ready to battle a bushfire threatening to destroy their town. Every time a fire truck drives past the town meeting there is a roar from the crowd — some are in tears.Narooma, and other towns in the region, are in the firing line today, with extreme bushfire conditions forecast.Many already have, and will spend at least today in the evacuation centre in town.

Nearby, it is not bin day in the town of Dalmeny, but there is a scattering of yellow-lid bins down many streets.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

 

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Yeah well I reckon the best use for one of those bins is to fill them with water and have a bucket. It seems that small towns are starting to understand that they are on their own, how long before they start setting up their own town fire brigades. It may be the only way forward

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