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Bushfires | Inside the Orange war room controlling aid for farmers and animals

David Fitzsimons
November 30 2019 - 12:00pm
CONTROL CENTRE: Alex Murray, Simon Oliver and Chris Lane are part of the incident management team at the DPI in Orange for the NSW bushfires. Photo: DAVID FITZSIMONS
CONTROL CENTRE: Alex Murray, Simon Oliver and Chris Lane are part of the incident management team at the DPI in Orange for the NSW bushfires. Photo: DAVID FITZSIMONS

Staff in an Orange control room are playing a vital role in managing part of the bushfire crisis that has blackened much of the state's north-east.

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David Fitzsimons

I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.

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