Phil Koperberg
Phil Koperberg
Philip Christian Koperberg AO AFSM BEM, is the Chairman of the New South Wales Emergency Management Committee, responsible for advising the New South Wales government on emergency response strategies, since 2011...
aircraft areas declaring highest local readiness state
By declaring pre-emptive bushfire emergencies, all local areas will be in the highest state of readiness and will be able to deploy firefighters, tankers and aircraft immediately.
days fire fires four literally thousands
There are literally thousands of hectares of fire there and it's going to take us about four days to get around to all these fires and mop them up.
damn five less lost sight
We lost a damn sight less than it would have been five years ago.
call less today
Today firefighters are less reticent to call for help.