Wind Change: Firefighters and Air Quality

wind change: With predictions of temperatures surpassing 40C and a wind change for the afternoon, firefighters expected conditions to deteriorate, according to The Independent. About 2,700 firefighters are in the field, many from volunteer NSW Rural Fire Service brigades. There were 85 fires burning across NSW on Tuesday, and 42 were uncontrolled. As smoke brought the city's air quality to more than 11 times the hazardous level, Scott Morrison spoke in Sydney about the religious discrimination bill. And the fact is these crews, yes, they're tired, but they also want to be out there defending their communities. Asked about concerns over how long the tens of thousands of volunteer firefighters many who have been away from work for weeks now were expected to continue without pay, Morrison said they want to be there . These fires have been going on for some months now and when I was speaking with the commissioner on the weekend out where we have the megafire at the moment we were talking through the crew rotations, he said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.