As fire seasons overlap in Australia and California, sharing firefighting resources will only get harder
ABCGreg Mullins is frightened, and that goes against the grain. Key points: California's fire season is starting to overlap with Australia's, which will make it harder to share firefighting resources Former fire chief Greg Mullins is calling for more resources in Australia A group of former senior emergency chiefs are trying to meet with Scott Morrison to discuss the issue "My whole career as a fire chief was trying to calm people down," he said. Speaking with Mr Mullins as firefighters tackle what remains of the blaze, local fire brigade captain Scott Rohrs explained that, as in Australia, California's fire season is getting longer, stretching resources. "As each of the states and territories in Australia, their fire seasons heat up and start early, they won't be able to share trucks, people, incident-management personnel, so it's going to be harder and harder to fight these fires and we need a national response to this." In a statement, Emergency Minister David Littleproud said the Australian Government contributed almost $15 million annually to the National Aerial Firefighting Centre and, "is currently considering further funding towards this capability".
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