Tag: Rural Fire Service
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FIRE FIGHTERS BATTLING WYEE BUSHFIRE
Fire fighters are working to contain an out-of-control bushfire at Wyee. The blaze is burning along Bushells Ridge Road. The fire is not threatening any homes at this stage, but there is lots of smoke in the area.
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NEW FIRE FIGHTING TOOL FOR SUMMER
A new superhero has landed in Sydney – with the arrival of our latest bushfire-fighting weapon. The Rural Fire Service today unveiled ‘THOR’ – a water-bombing tanker that’s come right in the nick of time – with predictions of a hot, dry summer ahead.
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RFS PREDICTS BUSY BUSH FIRE SEASON
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service is predicting a busy bushfire season, releasing a map forecast for the 2015-16 period. The map shows the state’s east coast will be in for some ‘above normal’ bushfire activity. The prediction comes as the service also marks the start of the ‘Bushfire Danger Period’, which prohibits the…
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RFS DECLARE EARLY START TO BUSH FIRE DANGER PERIOD
Dangerously dry conditions have forced the Rural Fire Service to declare an early start to this year’s Bush Fire Danger Period on the coast. It’ll begin tomorrow, a month earlier than predicted.
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RFS FIREFIGHTERS PUT TO THE TEST IN FIELD DAY CHALLENGE
Hunter firefighters put their skills to the test today, in various challenges for the Rural Fire Service Field Day at Maitland. The event provided a chance for people to see what the world’s largest volunteer firefighting organisation is all about.
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SALT ASH FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC
GROUND ZERO: Point of ignition, Salt Ash. Firefighters say a bushfire at Salt Ash could have been catastrophic, had it NOT been this time of year. Crews continued monitoring the fire ground today, as police hunt down those responsible.
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FIRE FIGHTERS BATTLE BLAZE AT SALT ASH
Fire fighters are continuing to monitor a bushfire, which started this morning in thick scrub at Salt Ash in Port Stephens. While the cause of the fire is still to be determined, initial investigations suggest it may have been deliberately lit.
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HAZARD REDUCTION BURNS UNDERWAY
Several hazard reduction burns are taking place across the region. The NSW Parks and Wildlife Service is conducting a fairly significant burn along Scout Camp Road at Dudley in the Glenrock State Conservation Area, while another is underway at Wagtail Close in Bonnells Bay. More are planned across the region next week. It comes as…
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BUSH FIRE SEASON BEGINS FOR SEVERAL AREAS IN NORTHERN NSW
August marks the start of bush fire season for several areas in northern New South Wales. There are several areas that will now require a fire permit including Armidale, Guyra, Glen Innes, Inverell, Tenterfield, Uralla and Walcha. Maitland Rural Fire Service has said with the warmer days and dry winds, bushland can dry out quickly,…
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RFS WARNS RESIDENTS TO TAKE CARE AT HOME THIS WINTER
Winter is just around the corner and Tamworth’s Rural Fire Service is urging residents to take care at home. While house fires can happen at any time of the year, 60 per cent take place in the cooler months.