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WATCH AND ACT - Bushfire - Pialligo

This is a WATCH AND ACT level bushfire warning. You need to keep up to date and decide what actions you will take because bushfire conditions are changing. The ACT...

Total Fire Ban - 23 January 2020

ACT Emergency Services Commissioner Georgeina Whelan has declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of the ACT under Section 114 of the Emergencies Act 2004 for the...

Update - Storm damage - 11:15am 22 January 2020

ACT State Emergency Service, with the assistance of New south Wales State Emergency Service, are working tirelessly to respond to numerous storm damage incidents around...

Update - Storm Damage - 5pm 21 January 2020

The ACT Emergency Services Agency has received 2,044 calls for assistance from the severe storm activity yesterday. Currently, 580 jobs have been complete and there are...

Update - Grassfire - Stony Creek Nature Reserve

The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) advises that the grassfire at Murrumbidgee River, near Stony Creek Nature Reserve has been extinguished. Firefighters will remain...

ADVICE - Grassfire - Stony Creek Nature Reserve

This is an ADVICE level bushfire warning. A bushfire has started. You need to keep up to date. The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) advises that a grassfire has...

Update - Storm Damage 7:50am 21 January 2020

The ACT Emergency Services Agency has received 1,911 calls for assistance from the severe storm activity yesterday. This has broken the previous call record of 998 calls...