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Total Fire Ban - SEVERE - 18 January 2019

ACT Emergency Services Agency Commissioner Dominic Lane has declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of the ACT under Section 114 of the Emergencies Act 2004 from: 00:01...

Update - House Fire - Duffy

[media-alert type="image" id=30146][media-alert type="image" id=30147]ACT Fire & Rescue have extinguished the house fire that started in the kitchen on Tantangara...

House Fire - Duffy

ACT Fire & Rescue are responding to a house fire on Tantangara Street, Duffy. Three pumpers and one commander are currently on scene. The breathing apparatus van,...

CBR be prepared for severe heatwave

[media-alert type="image" id=30133]The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts severe heatwave conditions for the ACT and surrounding region with temperatures expected to reach...

ACTSES receives 37 calls for help

The ACT State Emergency Service received 37 calls for help following storms across Canberra this afternoon. All jobs have now been completed. Majority of requests for...

Mud rescue - Belconnen

ACT Fire & Rescue has helped free a male plumber from a hole at an industrial site near Howie Court, Belconnen. The plumber's feet became stuck in mud while he...

Severe weather warning, CBR prepare now

[media-alert type="image" id=30122]The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) is again urging Canberrans to #BeStormReady ahead of severe weather conditions forecast to...

Car crash in Lyneham

[media-alert type="image" id=30118]Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools to free a woman from a single vehicle crash in Lyneham. ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT...