Aussie firies offered to Greece : "'The South Australian Greek Orthodox community was the first in Australia to initiate a special bushfire relief fund in Australia on the weekend,'' he said."
Great gesture. In these times of constant crisis then it's good to see countries helping each other out. We do have a significant and well loved Greek population. We do have a lot of expertise with fire fighting. There are times when we have been helped and in an age where we can fly anyone anywhere then it's important we all help each other. The locals will know their situation well, but they will become exhausted. Firefighting is arduous, gruelling, high intensity, labour intensive, relentless work. It's important that the physical endurance of the fire fighters is monitored and helped. Putting in extra hands and eyes is a good way of doing it because not just anyone can fight a big fire. It also means the world will come together in a way which will increase everyone's knowledge base in fore fighting. It's getting to the stage where we could actually train international teams to go anywhere to fight fires. The benefits of establishing international bonds through crisis support will be longlasting.
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