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ADVICE - Grass fire at Crace

The ACT Rural Fire Service and ACT Fire & Rescue are working to extinguish a grass fire burning at Gundaroo Drive, Crace. The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for...

ACTF&R attend two car fires

ACT Fire & Rescue are on scene at two car fires, one in Canberra's south and the other in Canberra's north. The first in Narrabundah is next to a building near the...

ACTF&R helping NSW firefighters

ACT Fire & Rescue crews are supporting Fire & Rescue NSW with a hydrocarbon spill in the Queanbeyan River. One pumper, one commander, the Hazardous Material Unit...

Transformer fire in Kaleen

Firefighters are extinguishing a transformer fire off Ashburton Circuit in Kaleen. ACT Fire & Rescue was alerted to the fire by an Emergency Triple Zero (000)...

Update - ACTSES responds to storm damage

The ACT State Emergency Services (ACTSES) has now received 22 requests for assistance following storm activity in the Canberra this evening. Six ACTSES units, an ACT...

ACTSES responds to storm damage

The ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) has received 13 calls for help following wet weather across the Territory. Majority of calls have been for leaking roofs in...

Cyclist struck by kangaroo

A cyclist is in a stable condition after being hit by a kangaroo on Adelaide Avenue this evening. ACT Ambulance Service was called to the incident just before...

Motorcyclist in serious conditon

A motorcyclist has been transported to the Canberra Hospital in a serious condition following a crash with a car at the Tharwa Drive and Lawrence Wackett Crescent...