Phil Koperberg Quotations

Today firefighters are less reticent to call for help.

There are literally thousands of hectares of fire there and it's going to take us about four days to get around to all these fires and mop them up.

We lost a damn sight less than it would have been five years ago.

The RFS is working in China, Malaysia, Bhutan, South Korea and Indonesia. We regularly send firefighters to the US at the management level to help with some of their enormous fires. Our losses are lower in comparative circumstances and we are generally ahead of the pack in terms of managing the fire issue across the board.

By declaring pre-emptive bushfire emergencies, all local areas will be in the highest state of readiness and will be able to deploy firefighters, tankers and aircraft immediately.