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   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   Dechucka wrote on 24/09/2020 6:23 AM:   
   > On 23/09/2020 11:18 pm, Daniel65 wrote:   
   >> news18 wrote on 21/09/2020 11:22 PM:   
   >>> On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:57:31 +1000, Daniel65 wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Dechucka, (being the local (i.e. this newsgroup) RFS Rep) what is the   
   >>>> process here??   
   >>>>   
   >>>> At the start of the 'season' does the   
   >>> I thin you'll find that the 'start of the season' is too late for safe   
   >>> hazard reduction as the weather is too warm for fires to be of the   
   >>> right(low hea) type.   
   >>>   
   >> Of course the 'start of the season' could be any time during the year,   
   >> but YES, if the decision is left to Oct -Nov it is too late!   
   >   
   > The statutory bushfire danger period goes from Oct 1 to March 31 but can   
   > be varied due local conditions. The fire season varies between the north   
   > of Aus and the South.   
      
   Yeap, sure, but I reckon, twenty years ago, most 'Southerners' would   
   have thought 'bushfire danger period' meant December through February   
   ... with, maybe, a bit of March!!   
      
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   Daniel   
      
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