Former ACT fire chief says locating and quickly quelling ignition points is the key to beating bushfires

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Updated February 5 2021 - 7:26am, first published 12:00am
Former ESA boss Peter Dunn works the phones at the bushfire relief centre in Lake Conjola, on the NSW South Coast, last summer. Picture: Adam McLean
Former ESA boss Peter Dunn works the phones at the bushfire relief centre in Lake Conjola, on the NSW South Coast, last summer. Picture: Adam McLean

The events of 18 years ago when lightning struck a dead tree near McIntyre's Hut in the Brindabella Valley and was a key generator for the ACT's 2003 wildfires were well-recalled by Peter Dunn as he urged priority given to a fast-strike response to bushfires.

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Peter Brewer

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