Firestorms used to be a rare phenomenon, but in December 2019 the tiny town of Nerriga faced one of what would be many of the Black Summer season
Justin Parr has been working frantically all morning helping to build a defence for Nerriga. He’s managed only a handful of hours of decent sleep since his 22-hour overnight firefight on Thursday, but he’s not feeling fatigued. While the volunteer firefighter has known since he was a boy it was his duty to protect his community, this is the first time the threat has ever got so close.
Parr and his small brigade have just received much-needed support. Earlier that morning, a strike team with eight Rural Fire Service (RFS) trucks from towns closer to Canberra arrived, joining the three based in Nerriga.
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