4/1/01 12:28 Strike Teams from Victor Harbor, Yankalilla and Lofty Groups (total of 9 fire appliances and 2 command vehicles) assemble for lunch during 'blackout' operations of one of the two fires at Wisanger KI, which were started by lightning strikes. The above assembly point being located at a farm house which was saved from fire which burnt on all sides. With several square kilometres of farming and bushland burnt out.

4/1/01 18:05 Crew from Hindmarsh Valley Brigade, demonstrating that a day of mopping up hot spots around the fires perimeter and dealing with outbreaks accross the control line, is a dirty job (from left to right: Paul Atkin, Robert Mignanelli and Ben Koch)

4/1/01 21:57 Brendan Tugwell of Waitpinga Brigade, blacking out a hot spot near the edge of the control line using water supply from the command vehicle sent from the Victor Harbor Group.

4/1/01 20:03 Ben Koch from the Hindmarsh Valley Brigade, shows the results of attending one of his first fires after joining the Brigade and completing his Level 1 training last year (well done Ben).

4/1/01 20:04 After spending about 12 hours on the fire ground at Wisanger, crews prepare to be fed and relieved on the fire ground and prepare for their second day on Kangaroo Island.

4/1/01 While the first crews from the Victor Harbor CFS Group were cleaing up the Wisanger fire, a second lot of crew from the Victor Harbor CFS Group were sent to a another fire outbreak at Mount Taylor on Kangaroo Island that same evening.