#Repost @australianarmy (with @report.for.insta) ... #YourADF is continuing to support Emergency Management Australia in firefighting efforts around the country. We are working with the other services to continue to provide the support requested from the local and state authorities. Some of the support Army is and has been providing includes: In VIC: ▪️CH-47 Chinooks from 5th Aviation Regiment have deployed from Townsville and have arrived at RAAF Base Sale to provide additional support. These aircraft will provide support to firefighting operations, as well as provide humanitarian assistance to remote and isolated communities. ▪️Teams from 4th Brigade will supplement state capabilities to clear and reopen roads in fire-affected areas, as well as general engineering tasks to remove debris from public areas and clear fire breaks and fire. They are also providing support to the Victoria Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) to undertake rapid damage assessments in regional Victoria. The Australian Defence Force is enhancing the capacity of the MFB Urban Search and Rescue assessors with additional vehicles and drivers. ▪️ Two S-70A Black Hawk helicopters were deployed to Victoria on January 1 and are based out of RAAF Base East Sale. These helicopters have been involved in transporting firefighters from Bairnsdale to Mallacoota and transporting the injured and vulnerable from Mallacoota to East Sale for medical treatment by emergency services. In NSW: ▪️41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment, will support the Rural Fire Service Casino flight line with loading of fire retardant at Casino airport, reducing aircraft turnaround times and enabling more sorties to be flown in the effort to defend the townships in the area. ▪️An expansion of the ground transport and logistics tasks already supported to five new locations – Tamworth, Mudgee, Nowra, Maitland and Queanbeyan. ▪️Provision of personnel and equipment to undertake recovery tasks as identified and assessed by the NSW Government based on advice from specialist ADF advisers. These tasks - in Tamworth, Wollondilly, Nowra, Mudgee, Maitland and Wingecarribee. ▪️Supplying personnel to prepare and cook three meals https://www.instagram.com/p/B64jtW3BVlG/?igshid=5t3lsw25duov