NSW: Drought, weather likely to bring horror bushfire season
More than 1,000 volunteer firefighters made more than 30 hazard reduction burns acrossNew South Wales over weekend, with near-perfect burn-off conditions prevailing.
Rural Fire Service Commissioner PHIL KOPERBERG says drought and adverse weather conditionscould subject the state to one of its worst bushfire seasons on record.
But he says the fire service and the National Parks and Wildlife Service are confidenttheir off-season strategic hazard reduction measures will prepare them for the worst.
Premier BOB CARR and Emergency Services Minister TONY KELLY yesterday joined the firechief at one a burnoff at Galston Gorge, in Sydney's north.
Mr CARR said such efforts by volunteer firefighters are vital if the state was to beprepared for another hot, dry summer.
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KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES NSW (SYDNEY)
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