Update - Storm Damage - 5pm 21 January 2020

The ACT Emergency Services Agency has received 2,044 calls for assistance from the severe storm activity yesterday. Currently, 580 jobs have been complete and there are...

Update - Grassfire - Stony Creek Nature Reserve

The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) advises that the grassfire at Murrumbidgee River, near Stony Creek Nature Reserve has been extinguished. Firefighters will remain...

ADVICE - Grassfire - Stony Creek Nature Reserve

This is an ADVICE level bushfire warning. A bushfire has started. You need to keep up to date. The ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) advises that a grassfire has...

Update - Storm Damage 7:50am 21 January 2020

The ACT Emergency Services Agency has received 1,911 calls for assistance from the severe storm activity yesterday. This has broken the previous call record of 998 calls...

Record number of calls for help

A record number of calls for help has been received by the ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) today. Over the last two years, the ACT State Emergency Service has...

Update - storm damage 6:00pm, 20 January 2020

As at 6:00pm today, the ACT ESA has received more than 1,750 calls for assistance from the severe storm activity. Emergency services personnel will be working through...

Update - storm damage 2:50pm, 20 January 2020

As at 2:50pm today, the ACT ESA has received more than 1,200 calls for assistance from the severe storm activity. The Specialist Intelligence Gathering (SIG) Firebird...

Update - storm damage 20 January 2020

As at 1:50pm today, the ACT ESA has received more than 620 calls for assistance from the severe storm activity. Due to the high volume of calls there may be a short...

Storm damage 20 January 2020

Since midday, the ACT ESA has received 226 requests for assistance via 132 500. The ACT State Emergency Service, ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Rural Fire Service are...