A Dangerous Summer

Attention, attention!

We've had a report from the fire department

that the bush fire front has shifted around

and is threatening the school.

Will all volunteer firefighters

please report to the school immediately.

Repeat, report...

All backup vehicles not engaged in fighting the main fire

should report to the school

and pick up any volunteers

in the church and the hotel.

Come in, Chief.

HQ here, calling Chief Webster.

Watch the tanker.

HQ calling Chief Webster.

This is HQ calling Chief Webster.

Come in, Chief.

Yeah, Webster.

Look, we've got a bit of a problem at the school, mate.

Say it again, please. What?

The school's on fire, Jack.

The school?

Shit!

Okay, pull back, boys, pull back.

The school, come on, hurry.

Up!

All you blokes from the Winmalee brigade.

Come on, hurry up, we need you.

Dennis, Cole, Peter, let's go!

Call the bloody school, come on.

We've gotta get everybody out from inside.

Come on, fellas.

Come on, hurry up, for Christ sake!

Sorry, Rupert. -Oh my God.

Keep it up on the roof!

Keep the brakes running.

Get everybody out of there.

The roof's gonna go!

Come on down! -Get out, get out!

Hey Webster, we gotta do something about this soon

or the whole estate is gonna go up.

My estate's gonna go up!

Listen, you'll get a unit as soon

as one becomes free and not before.

Meanwhile, Mr. Anderson, why don't you just

go and piss on it, you know?

Piss on it.

Keep it up on the roof!

Keep the pressure up!

HQ.

What's the extent of the fire west of here?

There are several fronts.

Where are you calling from, sir?

The new development, damn it.

There's been a wind shift,

but you should be safe there for the moment.

Look, we hope we can get someone up there

once the main front dies down,

but right now every available unit's tied up.

What about the backups?

Not the helicopters,

they're on the ground.

Why the hell aren't they here?

Get them over here!

Hello?

Shit.

What?

We could have handled this on the blower.

Headquarters.

HQ calling Chief Webster.

Webster, what now?

We're hearing the fire's gone up

in the new development, Chief.

We were cut off just now.

I think perhaps you should make an appearance.

Stupid, son of a bitch.

The place the new resort is going.

That's why it should never have been built where it is.

Let it go, let it go.

Get that bloody pressure going!

Wait!

You're luckier than you have any right to be.

Webster.

Ah.

It wasn't enough making up a fool.

See whether your place burns down

before or after it's finished.

Do you wanna join? -Look, Webster.

I'm a builder, I build.

That's what I am and that's what I do.

And that's how I make my living. Now what's your problem?

No problem. -'Cause all I want from you.

All I want from you, Webster, is what everyone else up

here in the mountains is entitled to.

Fire protection, property protection.

And whatever you think of me or my property--

Anderson, listen. -Is irrelevant.

Just do your job.

If you really wanna see it burn, you need help.

An expert, yeah.

Hmm, a professional.

Know what I mean?

Professional.

You okay, right? -He's ready.

Let's go.

A professional!

Stay back.

Right back.

Mr. Webster.

Thanks. -Okay.

Sophie McCann, a lawyer with Crown Insurance.

I did telephone.

Yeah, sure.

Russ? -Yeah.

Another cup of tea.

How do you take it?

Oh, just milk, thanks.

Oh, things seem a bit quieter than they have been.

Yeah.

The resort development.

I mean, is it really possible

that the whole place could have been burnt down?

More than possible.