A Severe Weather Warning advises of thunderstorm development.
Scheduled Situation Unit discussion with duty fire weather forecaster suggests thunderstorm formation is a concern.
Situation Unit staff monitoring of weather radar and stability models suggests a need to discuss the potential with the duty fire weather forecaster.
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Response:
Possibility of safety issues arising from storm phenomena: downbursts creating erratic fire behaviour; lightning; flash flooding; strong winds bring down trees; loss of air operations.
Situation Unit staff are to immediately advise the Planning Officer of an actual or imminent Red Flag situation.
Planning Officer is to assess affected sectors and work with Operation Officer to ensure safety of all crews in those sectors until the storm threat has abated.
Planning Officer to meet with IMT to review incident objectives.
RED FLAG WARNING NO. 4