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I'm not at all arguing that everyone should go visit, but if the trees are really that fragile how did they manage this fire-fighting operation? I can't imagine
by 0xffff2 7y ago
I'm not at all arguing that everyone should go visit, but if the trees are really that fragile how did they manage this fire-fighting operation? I can't imagine the firefighters scrubbed up and put on surgical scrubs before rappelling into the forest.
- throwaheyy 7y agoBy not taking fruit/produce, pets, or other sources of disease with them as regular visitors would.
- derrida 7y agoI can. I mean, Australia is OH&S mad & really full on biosecurity. I do high risk work as a rigger, we need a whole bunch of random OH&S qualification, then on a job, might have rope access gear a bunch of tools, and that's just showing up for a gig. In this case you're talking the same, plus helicopter experience (belaying down), ability to signal and radio with a helicopter, search and rescue qualifications, firefighting experience. Can't imagine that in addition to putting on the harness and kitting up, they had a bit of a spraydown before hand. It would probably be something that kills fungi and bacteria, maybe as simple as tea-tree oil.