{"id":4719,"date":"2019-12-27T12:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T12:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2019-12-27T12:22:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T12:22:55","slug":"adf-continues-to-support-firefighting-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/12\/27\/adf-continues-to-support-firefighting-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"ADF Continues to Support Firefighting Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will increase its support to fire authorities, deploying additional specialist personnel to advise Incident Controllers at Fire Control Centres in New South Wales.
\nPlanning will also begin for the recovery effort to access and clean-up affected areas, which could involve support from the ADF, if requested by NSW state authorities.
\n\u201cThis deployment will see Defence Liaison Officers positioned at all 14 Incident Control Centres in New South Wales with a list of equipment and support that can be made available. This will include bulldozers, bulk water carriers and troops,\u201d the Prime Minister said.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to do everything in our power to ensure our fireys have the resources and support they need.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve already got our Defence Forces providing helicopter search and rescue, ground transport, accommodation, meals and re-fuelling. We\u2019ve boosted our support for water bombing planes and helicopters by $11 million.
\n\u201cDisaster recovery payments of $23 million have also flowed to affected families and businesses with more to come.
\n\u201cMy Ministers and I remain in constant contact with our state and territory counterparts and fire chiefs and we stand ready to deliver whatever extra help they ask of us.\u201d
\nMinister for Defence, Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds CSC said enhancing its liaison network will enable the ADF to continue providing extensive support to State emergency services.
\n\u201cThese additional liaison staff will embed with Fire Control Centres across NSW to advise their NSW Rural Fire Service counterparts and help coordinate ADF logistical and engineering support,\u201d Minister Reynolds said.
\n\u201cAll three services of the ADF continue to provide significant behind the scenes support to firefighting efforts across the nation, including aerial fire reconnaissance; helicopter search and rescue; logistical support such as ground transport; providing meals for exhausted firefighters; as well as basing, re-fuelling, water re-supply, loading fire retardant and air traffic management for firefighting aircraft.
\n\u201cNavy helicopters have helped with evacuating residents from their homes, Army crews have provided assistance with clearing fire breaks, while our Air Force bases are supporting the state Large Aerial Tanker fleet.
\n\u201cThis behind the scenes support from the ADF frees up more of our firefighters to perform their specialised roles fighting the fires.\u201d
\nMinister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management, the Hon. David Littleproud MP offered his congratulations.
\n\u201cThis is another great example of how the bushfire response has been coordinated between all levels of Government,\u201d Minister Littleproud said.
\n\u201cThey\u2019ll be wearing two different uniforms but have one objective, protecting Australians and their property.\u201d
\nThe Federal Government stands ready to deploy whatever further assistance State and Territory authorities request to manage this disaster.
\nDetails of ADF\u2019s support to the firefighting effort is updated daily here:\u00a0https:\/\/news.defence.gov.au\/national\/defence-continues-bushfire-support<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will increase its support to fire authorities, deploying additional specialist personnel to advise Incident Controllers at Fire Control Centres in New South Wales. Planning will also begin for the recovery effort to access and clean-up affected areas, which could involve support from the ADF, if requested by NSW state authorities. … Continue reading “ADF Continues to Support Firefighting Effort”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}