The following eight photos were taken late at night on Friday 26 June 2009 on a fire ground west of the Blackmore River. Conditions were calm now with dropped off winds allowing controlled back burning operations and a welcome meal break.
Earlier, strong gusty afternoon winds had fanned a wildfire that overran fire fighters and was very difficult to manage. At one stage we fell back for asset protection before regrouping to attack the fire. We had fire units from Darwin River, Berry Springs, Cox Peninsula, Livingstone, Acacia Hills and Bushfires NT on the fire ground, backed by Johnno Hayden's front end loader. Shouted abuse from a passing vehicle that we should inform people before burning didn't help my mood, having been on fire grounds since 0800 hrs that morning. Sorry, mate but we don't plan our wildfires which makes it difficult to give people prior notice.  Frank Dunstan, Livingstone fire fighter in sore need of a bath and sleep  Johnno Hayden - his front end loaders are the saviour on many fire grounds  RFCO Lee Humphris shares a laugh with Dave Mullavey during a meal break at the Blackmore wildfire
|  Livingstone and Cox Peninsula GFU's on the Blackmore fire ground
 Heather Thompson, Darwin River fire fighter with Peter Arrowsmith, Berry Springs Captain take a short break during fire fighting operations.
 Dean McManamny, Acacia Hills fire fighter with Ray Nicholls, Cox Peninsula Captain
 Louie King, Livingstone Fire Warden and Dave Mullavey, Darwin River Captain on meal break
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