Paul Jenkins was among those who championed aerial firefighting for the CFA

Caleb Cluff
January 8 2020 - 10:00am
Early days of aerial firefights: Former Ballarat MLA Paul Jenkins with an image of a US fire bomber in action. Mr Jenkins helped introduce aerial firefighting in Victoria after a long career at Sebastopol FB. Picture: Caleb Cluff.
Early days of aerial firefights: Former Ballarat MLA Paul Jenkins with an image of a US fire bomber in action. Mr Jenkins helped introduce aerial firefighting in Victoria after a long career at Sebastopol FB. Picture: Caleb Cluff.

The former parliamentary member for Ballarat and mayor of Sebastopol borough Paul Jenkins says the current disastrous fires in the state's east bring to mind his experiences fighting fires in the 1980s.

Caleb Cluff

Caleb Cluff

Senior Journalist, The Courier

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