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Test message to be shown on ESA Incidents Map

The ACT Emergency Services Agency will this afternoon conduct a test of its messaging system and will create a test only notification of a grass/bush fire at the ESA...

Fire destroys home aquarium

Firefighters have extinguished a small fire in an aquarium at a home on Macquoid Place, Kambah. The aquarium was home to a pet python snake, approximately 60 cm in...

Pedestrian being treated following collision

ACT Ambulance Service intensive care paramedics are treating a female pedestrian following a collision on Guthridge Crescent, Wanniassa. The patient is being assessed...

Controlled burn tomorrow at Evatt

The Territory and Municipal Services Directorate will tomorrow, Thursday 18 December, 2014, weather permitting, conduct a controlled burn at Evatt. The burn will occur...

ACT RFS continues to assist with NSW fire

An ACT Rural Fire Service strike team continues to support NSW crews on the fire ground at Yass this evening. The team consists of four heavy tankers, a medium tanker...

Smoke from NSW fire visible in ACT

There is a grass fire located to the north west of the ACT in the area surrounding the Burrinjuck Dam. Smoke from this fire is quite visible across the Northern parts of...

TOTAL FIRE BAN CANCELLED in the ACT today

Due to the unsettled stormy weather that has brought rain across many parts of the ACT this morning the decision has been made to cancel the Total Fire Ban. Conditions...

Smoke damaged units in Phillip

Several units in a three-storey complex have received smoke damage following a fire in a ground floor unit. ACT Fire & Rescue were called to Tanks Street in Phillip...