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Tomorrow, Saturday 19 March 2022, ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) will conduct a pile burn at Springbank Island, Lake Burley Griffin.
The burn is scheduled to take...
Six members from the ACT Emergency Services Agency and ACT Policing have been awarded the ACT Community Protection Medal (CPM).
Established in 2002, the award formally...
The official 2021-22 bushfire season for the ACT began 1 November 2021 and concludes today, 16 March 2022.
With above average rainfall and cooler conditions, the ACT is...
The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) has today deployed 18 personnel from the ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) to assist in storm and flood recovery efforts...
ACT Fire & Rescue have responded to a structure fire well alight on Worrell Place in Florey. All occupants have safely evacuated and firefighters are working to...
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall and damaging winds in the ACT over the coming days, with the potential of wind gusts up...
ACT Fire & Rescue is responding to a HAZMAT incident on Cape Street, Dickson.
Crews were called to the scene due to reports of the smell of gas in the...
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for damaging winds and heavy rainfall. Due to the heavy rain we have had lately, flash flooding may...
Heads up Canberra, the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the ACT.
It is possible we will see heavy rainfall across the next...
ACT Fire & Rescue have responded to a small grassfire in Holt, near the corner of Starke Street and Hardwick Crescent.
Firefighters worked quickly to extinguish the...