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Canberrans urged to prepare for summer hazard season

The 2023-24 hazard season begins this week in the ACT. Canberrans should turn to the ACT Emergency Services Agency for information.

ACT bushfire season starts tomorrow

The ACT marks the start of the bushfire season this Sunday, 1 October. The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) will enact Fire Danger Rating Signs and mandatory fire permits, and may declare...

ACT emergency vehicles branded with Lifeline livery

To mark Lifeline’s 60th birthday today, ACT emergency services will brand two operational vehicles with the mental health charity’s livery.

Twenty years later: ACT’s bushfire management improved, but challenges remain

Bushfire management has improved since the 2003 fires, but challenges remain, a report published this week finds.

Grassfires cause for concern as ACT 2021-22 bushfire season begins

The ACT’s 2021-22 bushfire season officially launched yesterday, however it’s not bushfires that authorities are immediately concerned about.

Firefighting veteran with more than 20 years’ experience is ACTRFS’s new chief officer

Rohan Scott, the new ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) chief officer, was introduced to the public today at the Molonglo Brigade facility.

Firefighting choppers land in the ACT ahead of peak season

One of three recently arrived firefighting helicopters, the Firebird 100, is a roving set of eyes for decision makers which uses infrared cameras to monitor the firefront and send footage back to base.

Hazard reduction burn tonight at Kowen

ACTRFS will be assisting landholders with a four-hectare hazard reduction burn off the Kings Highway at Kowen this evening,15 December.

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