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Latest news: ACT Fire & Rescue

Ainslie to Everest raises funds for Lifeline

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For the third year in a row, ACT Fire & Rescue will take part in ‘Ainslie to Everest’, to raise much-needed funds for Lifeline Canberra.

ACT Government: More firefighters needed, health, tennis

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ACT Fire & Rescue needs 40 new firefighters; the ACT Government announced more health funding and a DA for Gungahlin Tennis Facility.

O’Connor apartment fire: Did you see anything?

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ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to and CCTV footage of a suspicious apartment fire in O’Connor this week. 

ACT has Australia’s first electric emergency services vehicle

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Australia’s first fully electric emergency services vehicle – an electric breathing apparatus vehicle – joins the ACT Fire & Rescue fleet.

Police investigating fire at Woden Community Service building

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ACT Policing is seeking information from the public about a suspicious fire at the Woden Community Services Building, Phillip, last Monday. 

ACT to have Australia’s first all-electric emergency services vehicle

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The ACT will have Australia’s first zero emissions truck – a fully electric breathing apparatus truck – next year.

Three years later, work begins on Acton emergency services station

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Construction has begun on the Acton Emergency Services Station – first announced in 2020, with a completion date of 2022-23.

Firefighters’ union calls for reforms to ACT emergency services

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The United Firefighters Union warns that the ACT is not prepared for another fire like that of 2003 – and they blame the ACT ESA.

Union says systematic failures leave firefighters short

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Twenty years after the 2003 fires, is the ACT prepared for another fire emergency? The United Firefighters Union ACT Branch says not.

Check your smoke alarms this weekend

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Canberrans should check their smoke alarms this weekend as daylight saving ends and the weather cools. ACT Fire & Rescue can tell you more.

Six Canberrans awarded the Community Protection Medal

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Six Canberrans from ACT Policing and the ACT Emergency Services Agency have today been awarded the 2022 Community Protection Medal for their ongoing commitment and dedication to keeping the ACT safe.

Tiny batteries can cause big problems

Local Newstime Media -
Don’t put a damper on this Christmas Day by letting an unsafe battery spoil the celebrations with a major health or fire crisis.

New recruits join ACT Fire & Rescue

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Eighteen new firefighters joined ACT Fire & Rescue (ACTF&R) today after 21 weeks of intensive training, and are “ready, willing, and able”.

Canberra in safe hands with new fire officers

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Ten ACT Fire & Rescue firefighters graduated today. These newly promoted Station Officers will now lead their fire crews.

ACT has new chief fire officer

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Matthew Mavity has been appointed the new Chief Officer of ACT Fire and Rescue – the service's first homegrown Chief Officer.

One person dead after house fire in Ngunnawal

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ACT Policing is preparing a report for the Coroner after a person was found dead following a fire at a residence in Ngunnawal earlier today, Wednesday 11 August.
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