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Rural fire units from across the South Burnett – including trucks from the Ballogie, Booie Rise, Brooklands, Bunya Mountains, East Nanango, Gordonbrook, Kunioon-Hodgleigh, South Nanango, Taromeo, McEuen, Stuart River and Tablelands brigades – were in action at the Kingaroy Airport on Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 16, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first stage of a project which will lead to safer landings at Kingaroy Airport involved more than 60 firefighters on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Seven urban and 17 rural fire brigade units answered a call from the South Burnett Regional Council to do a hazard reduction burn in a 50ha area on the southern end of the airport.<\/p>\n

Airport Reporting Officer Chris Tilt told southburnett.com.au<\/strong>\u00a0the area had not been burned for decades, if not longer.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s hazard reduction burn not only reduced the risk of a wildfire near the airport’s grass and bitumen strips, but also reduced habitat for kangaroos which pose a problem at regional airports.<\/p>\n

The area had formerly been under cultivation but in recent years, grass, weeds and wattle trees had grown back.<\/p>\n

This had provided habitat for kangaroos which meant the airstrip had to be patrolled before landings and take-offs at night … flights which often involve the Royal Flying Doctor Service.<\/p>\n

QFES Kingaroy Station Officer Bruce Groer said the burn mitigated the risk of grassfires in an area with a heavy fuel load but was also a great training opportunity ahead of the bushfire season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The area to be burned was divided into sectors, with urban firefighters patrolling Peterson Drive while rural trucks controlled the burn on the northern perimeter.<\/p>\n

Formal control points were also set up.<\/p>\n

The next stage of the Council project will be to fence Kingaroy Airport with wildlife-proof fencing, similar to what has recently been installed at Wondai Airport.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tenders for the fencing are expected to be released within the next few weeks, with the project to be completed before Christmas.<\/p>\n

The airport remained open during the controlled burn, with light aircraft and gliders using the strips.<\/p>\n

Motorists on Peterson Drive and Kingaroy-Cooyar Road were alerted to the heavy smoke from the burn-off.<\/p>\n

Kingaroy Scouts put on a sausage sizzle lunch for the hard-working firies.<\/p>\n

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Airport Reporting Officer Chris Tilt with QFES Kingaroy Station Officer Bruce Groer on Saturday morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rob Butters and Decklin Jones, Wooroolin QFES; Darryl Reay, Kingaroy QFES; and Geoff French, Nanango, QFES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gordonbrook RFB 1st Officer Peter Undery with the brigade’s new fire truck … Saturday’s exercise was its second outing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rural Fire Support Officer Mark Beil was controlling the fire in several sectors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kingaroy Station Officer Bruce Groer with Burnett Area brigade trainer David Sewell … David was backing up at the hazard reduction burn after being out late the previous night with McEuen RFB, tackling a wildfire in the Kinleymore area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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