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Update - Garbage truck fire

ACT Fire and Rescue have departed the scene of the garbage truck fire at the Belconnen Soccer Club, corner Springvale Drive and Belconnen Way, Hawker. The...

Garbage truck fire

A patient with burns to his body has been transported to the Canberra Hospital by the ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS). A garbage truck caught alight near the Hawker Soccer...

Controlled burns across ACT

The ACT Territory and Municipal Services Directorate (TAMS) will conduct several controlled burns today, Monday, December 16, 2013, weather permitting. Sites...

Carport fire in Red Hill

ACT Fire & Rescue have attended the scene of a carport fire this morning on Discovery Street, Red Hill. Three fire pumpers, a Commander and the Breathing Apparatus...

Update two - ACTSES responds to storm damage

The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) has now received 62 requests for assistance following the storm activity in the ACT this evening. The majority of the requests...

Update - ACTSES responds to storm damage

The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) has now received 42 requests for assistance following the storm activity in the ACT this evening. The ACTSES remind the...

ACTSES responds to storm damage

The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) has recieved a total of 20 calls for help from the community so far as a result of the current storm activity in the ACT. The...

Hazard reduction burn at Gordon

Several controlled burns planned for this weekend have been postponed by the ACT Territory and Municipal Services Directorate (TAMS). However, the ACT Rural Fire Service...

Controlled burns this weekend

The ACT Territory and Municipal Services Directorate (TAMS) will conduct several controlled burns, weather permitting, this weekend (14/15 December). Burns will be...

Single vehicle accident on Adelaide Avenue

ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT Ambulance Service have attended the scene of a single vehicle accident on Adelaide Avenue, Yarralumla. Crews arrived at the scene to...