Nightcap National Park in August 2012. Image: Kris Excell, Flickr |
Watch ABC TV "7.30", Community Defenders help fight rainforest bushfires here (5 mins. 17 seconds).
When more than 40 bushfires raged across New South Wales last month, one community gave fire fighters some welcome support.
It happened in and around Mt. Nardi, Nightcap National Park and Nimbin in the Northern Rivers region.
The local volunteer Community Defenders worked "their guts out" according to a NSW Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS) crew leader.
"And I'm so proud of them. Without the volunteers we would not have contained this fire."
Hearing that the World Heritage-listed Gondwana rainforest was under threat people from miles away "came in droves" to help the defenders protect that forest.
It is believed that at least one hundred people were working with the Rural Fire Service crews on duty during November.
ABC News, 9 December 2019. Image: Felix Schafer-Gardiner |
While the Rural Fire Service volunteers fought the fire on the frontline, the Community Defenders did the work behind the scenes.
In the past, the fire service would have tried to do both.
In December fire ignited in the Mt Nardi area again and as of 10 December 2019 it was listed as being under control. The local community continues to help.
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