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| | GFMC: Bush and Forest Fires in Australia |
 | | Department of Sustainability and Environment's Chief Fire Officer, Gary Morgan, this afternoon released the name of the departmental fire fighter who was tragically drowned in a flash flood in the Upper Buckland Valley, near Beveridge Station, in north east Victoria late yesterday afternoon. |
 | | Visiting north east Victoria, the Minister for State and Regional Development, John Brumby, said the dedicated 1800 number would allow people to register their interest in becoming volunteers. |
 | | The Department of Sustainability and Environment, Department of Primary Industries, Parks Victoria, the Country Fire Authority, the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, local municipalities, New Zealand fire and conservation agencies, The Salvation Army, Red Cross, Rural Ambulance Victoria, St John Ambulance, Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, State Emergency Service and Victoria Police. |
| www.fire.uni-freiburg.de /GFMCnew/2003/0310/20030310_aus.htm (756 words) |
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