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Pre-Budget Announcement

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...

Home Fire Safety

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....

House Fire - Fraser

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...

Gas leak - Fyshwick

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...

Update - House Fire - Gilmore

Just after 10:30pm Emergency Services were notified of a House fire in Gilmore. ACT Fire & Rescue firefighters, wearing breathing apparatus, undertook aggressive...

House Fire - Gilmore

ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT Ambulance Service have responded the report of a house fire in Louisa Lawson Crescent, Gilmore. Fire fighters and Paramedics are...

Update - Hume Truck Fire - Monaro Hwy OPEN

The scene from the fire involving a B-Double truck carrying cement on the Monaro Highway outside Hume. The Monaro Highway is now open in both directions.

Monaro Hwy Closed South Bound -Truck Fire - Hume

A significant truck fire involving full engulfment of a semi trailer has occurred in Hume. Shortly before 9pm Emergency Services were advised of a B-Double truck on...

Burst water main - Narrabundah - Update

ACT Fire & Rescue (ACTF&R) firefighters and members from the ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) have worked through this afternoon assessing homes affected by...

Burst water main - Narrabundah - Update

The water leak has now been contained. The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) is now on scene. ACTSES members are currently doorknocking homes to help impacted...