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45 requests for help have been received by the ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES). Calls have come from right across the ACT since 11:30pm, 3 March 2020. The Bureau of...

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting heavy rainfall for the ACT during Wednesday and Thursday. The ACT region is likely to see more than 50mm of rain and the Bureau...

ACT Fire & Rescue (ACTF&R) and ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS) are in attendance at a house fire on Cromwell Circuit in Isabella Plains. ACT Policing are also on...

ACT Fire and Rescue (ACTF&R) and ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS) are in attendance at a car fire in the carpark of the Coles Building at Flinders Way in Manuka this...

The Orroral Valley Fire has been declared as ‘out’. This means there is no fire in the landscape. Yesterday, the Special Intelligence Gathering (SIG) helicopter,...

The ACT Emergency Services Agency worked very closely with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) during recent bushfire events. Commissioner Whelan, ESA Chief Officers and...

After 33 years working in emergency services, ACT Rural Fire Service Chief Officer Joe Murphy has recently announced he will retire in April 2020. He’s seen and done it...

ACT Fire & Rescue and Aviation Rescue Fire Fighters are on scene at the recycling facility on Underwood Street, Beard. Crews are working to contain and extinguish a...

Canberrans and those in surrounding NSW will see the Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) known as ‘Bomber 912’ in the sky this afternoon between 12:30-1:30pm, weather...

The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted that severe thunderstorms including strong winds, heavy rainfall and hail are all possible across the ACT this...