Phil Koperberg
Phil Koperberg
Philip Christian Koperberg AO AFSM BEM, is the Chairman of the New South Wales Emergency Management Committee, responsible for advising the New South Wales government on emergency response strategies, since 2011...
damn five less lost sight
We lost a damn sight less than it would have been five years ago.
across ahead enormous fire generally help issue korea level losses lower management managing pack regularly send south terms
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.
call less today
Today firefighters are less reticent to call for help.
days fire fires four literally thousands
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.
aircraft areas declaring highest local readiness state
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.