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Motor Vehicle Incident - Hughes

At approximately 12:30pm ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Ambulance Service responded to a car which collided into a shopfront in Hughes. ACTAS paramedics assessed two...

Update - ACT Deployments

A total 87 service personnel specialising in firefighting, logistics, mapping, planning and public information from ACT Emergency Services Agency and ACT Parks and...

Fire Permits From Today

Before conducting a hazard reduction burn anyone who lives in the rural areas outside the suburbs or city of Canberra will need to contact the ACT Rural Fire Service...

Rubbish Fire - Mugga Lane

ACT Fire & Rescue were called to a rubbish fire at the Mugga Waste Transfer Facility on Mugga Lane, Symonston at approximately 9am this morning. Firefighters are...

Motor Vehicle Incident - Pialligo

ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Ambulance Service are currently on scene at a motor vehicle incident involving two vehicles on the intersection of Majura Parkway and...

Update - Evacuation - Fyshwick

Investigations have concluded. Firefighters found and isolated a non-suspicious material leaking from damaged machinery. The building is now safe to reoccupy. ACT Fire...

Evacuation - Fyshwick

ACT Fire & Rescue is currently investigating a possible hazardous material leak at a post office on Mildura Street, near Canberra Avenue in Fyshwick. The post office...

Small fire - Evatt Primary School

Students have been evacuated from Evatt Primary School as a precaution following reports of smoke coming from a toilet block. ACT Fire & Rescue was alerted to the...

Northern NSW Firefighter Deployment

ACT Rural Fire Service will today deploy 12 firefighters to replace the returning team to assist NSW Rural Fire Service in their firefighting efforts. The team will...

Northern NSW Bushfire Deployment

This morning the ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) deployed 14 firefighters to Northern New South Wales to assist NSW Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS) with firefighting...