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Smoke in the ACT

The ACT Emergency Services Agency would like to reassure the community that a smoke-haze and smell-of-smoke in the ACT today is coming from bushfires in Victoria. There...

ACTRFS deployment to Victoria

ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) will deploy 14 firefighters to assist Emergency Management Victoria with bushfires burning in the Victorian Gippsland region....

Restaurant ventilated - Canberra City

A pot left unattended on a commercial stove has caused a restaurant on Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra City, to become smoke-logged. An automatic fire alarm alerted ACT...

Smoke haze - a timely reminder

The ACT Emergency Services Agency wishes to advise that the smoke over Canberra is coming from bushfires in Victoria. There is no threat to the ACT from these fires....

Car Crash - Holder

ACT Fire & Rescue has safely removed a female patient following a two vehicle crash on Streeton Drive, Holder. ACT Ambulance Service Paramedics assessed and...

House Fire - Wanniassa

ACT Fire & Rescue has responded to a house fire on Duffus Place, Wanniassa. Crews arrived and found a fire contained to a single room. Firefighters conducted...

Unit fire - Belconnen

ACT Fire & Rescue have removed an unconscious person from a smoke logged unit in Howie Court, Belconnen. At approximately 5:30pm, firefighters arrived on scene to...

Structure fire - Civic

ACT Fire & Rescue responded to a small fire on the twelfth floor of a construction site on Cooyong Street, Civic. Upon arrival firefighters quickly extinguished...

Ginninderra Falls Rescue

ACT Fire and Rescue Vertical Rescue Crew, ACT Ambulance Service Intensive Care Paramedics and ACT Police Search and Rescue have successfully conducted the rescue of an...