WA: Specialist crews fly to Victoria

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2009
WA: Specialist crews fly to Victoria

A team of specialist officers from Western Australia is flying to Victoria today to
help authorities deal with the aftermath of the bushfires.

The five disaster victim identification officers and two vehicles will follow a team
of 22 Department of Environment and Conservation .. and Fire and Emergency Services Authority
officers .. while WA firefighters remain on standby.

DEC officer ROGER ARMSTRONG has told ABC Radio he's not convinced the controversial
stay-or-go policy is wrong .. saying those who lost their lives while on the run from
Victoria's fires .. had probably left it too late.

AAP RTV jp/jmt

KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES VIC WA (PERTH)

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