Hancock Victorian Plantations, which was hit by bushfires in the Upper Murray and Ovens areas over summer, wants state borders removed when it comes to coordinating water-bombing aircraft.
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Corporate fire manager Ruth Ryan gave evidence on Tuesday at the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements.
"I'd certainly like to see the state borders dissolved effectively, especially for aerial support, where the closest aircraft respond to every fire," she said.
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"It is all about that common training, common systems, common equipment ... Because we're fighting the one fire, we'd really like to be able to fight it most effectively."
Ms Ryan's submission to the Royal Commission outlined how the company's two water-bombing aircraft, leased for 10 weeks of the year, were used for better speed, access and observation.
"HVP aircraft are type 3 helicopters, the smallest firebombing helicopters. Their greatest effectiveness is in rapid first attack of small fires, as soon as possible following detection. Frequently our dispatches are to fire outside of our plantation estate," she stated.
"The HVP helicopter did work in aerial firebombing on both the Upper Murray-Walwa fire and the Ovens-Abbeyard-Yarrarabula South fires on HVP land.
"In two major runs of the Upper Murray fire, which destroyed most of HVP's plantation trees that were burnt last summer, the use of the helicopter was restricted.
"This was due to the first run of the fire largely occurred after dark on December 30 (and) during the second run on January 4, severe fire weather largely prevented take-off."