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ACT Fire & Rescue (ACTF&R) staff gained valuable experience at a live fire burn in Downer recently.
This training opportunity allowed ACTF&R personnel...
Firefighters have extinguished an oven fire in a unit at the Australian National University.
ACT Fire & Rescue was called to the incident just after 6pm following an...
The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) is proud to have had four personnel formally recognised at the Queen's Birthday 2019 Honours.
ESA thanks all staff and...
Three people have been taken to hospital following a crash involving three cars on William Hovell Drive near Coppins Crossing Road. ACT Ambulance Service paramedics...
ACT Fire & Rescue has extinguished a house fire on Jeff Snell Crescent in Dunlop. Damage to the property was contained to the kitchen. Unattended cooking left on a...
Welcome to the new ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) website (Yes, the one you are on right now!)
The ESA is the single point of truth for emergency information...
The ACT Government will deliver more firefighters, emergency services vehicles and stations to keep Canberra safe as our city grows.
We are recruiting more ACT Fire...
Winter starts tomorrow and as the temperature drop we start using our heaters and clothes dryers.
ACT Fire & Rescue attends approximately 250 house fires each year....
ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT Ambulance Service have responded to a fire in a washing machine on Filshie Close in Fraser.
At approximately 9:00pm, firefighters...
ACT Fire & Rescue are responding to a gas leak at the mail centre on Nyrang Street in Fyshwick.
33 people have been evacuated from the building.
Firefighters are...