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Total Fire Ban - Thursday, 5 December 2019

ACT Emergency Services Agency Commissioner Georgeina Whelan has declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of the ACT under Section 114 of the Emergencies Act 2004 from...

Structure fire - Kambah

ACT Fire & Rescue have extinguished a switchboard on fire at the Kambah Fire Station on Sulwood Drive. Firefighters contained the fire to the switchboard and are...

GRASS FIRE - Deakin

Crews from ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Parks & Conservation Service attended a grass fire this afternoon near Denison Street and Beale Crescent, Deakin. The fire...

ACT Rural Fire Service Crews Assist NSW

Last night additional ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) crews were deployed, as we continue to assist with the Palarang fire, just outside of Braidwood. Thank you to the...

Motor Vehicle Incident - Glenloch Interchange

ACT Fire & Rescue (ACTF&R) and ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS) are currently on scene at a single vehicle incident on the Tuggeranong Parkway at the Glenloch...

Smoke plume and haze - ACT

There is currently a smoke plume and smoke haze impacting the ACT from fires burning in NSW. These fires do not pose a threat to the Territory. A change in wind...

Fires in NSW

The ACT Emergency Services Agency wishes to reassure the community that there are no fires burning in the ACT. Fires burning in NSW, east of the ACT, are causing a large...

Total Fire Ban - Friday, 29 November 2019

ACT Emergency Services Agency Commissioner Georgeina Whelan has declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of the ACT under Section 114 of the Emergencies Act 2004 from...

Update - grass fire - Pine Island

The grass fire has been extinguished. ACT Fire & Rescue and ACT Rural Fire Service are working together to ensure all embers are completely out. The ACT Emergency...