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At approximately 3:14 a.m., more than 50 firefighters from the Salisbury Fire Department responded to a call at the Island Club Apartments at 1520 Sharen Drive, where a fire took an hour to control.
In October 2022, following a review by State Disaster Co-ordinator Steve Gollschewski, it was announced that the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services would be dissolved in June 2024, resulting in the largest reform of emergency services in Queensland since 1990. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service along with the Rural Fire Service would ...
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Lt. Bryan Lewis, who served the Salisbury Fire Department from 2006-2024, has died. Wayne Barrall posted this video to Facebook of Lewis getting a hero's welcome home in the procession down Route 50.
The fire burned through more than 3,200 ha (7,900 acres) by the following day. A second fire had also started further south near Yallingup damaging one house and threatening properties near Caves Road. [6] The fires burned out an area close to 8,000 ha (20,000 acres) of bushland and has resulted in the closure of many tourist sites along Caves ...
On Saturday the 8th, the fire swept into the suburbs of Como and Jannali where more than 100 buildings would be destroyed, including two schools a church and a kindergarten. [7] [8] The Como/Jannali fire burnt 476 hectares and destroyed 101 houses - more than half of the total homes lost in New South Wales during the January emergency period. [9]
The 2023–24 Australian bushfire season [a] was the summer season of bushfires in Australia.The spring and summer outlook for the season prediction was for increased risk of fire for regions in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Remote Area Firefighting Team (RAFT) personnel are members of a number of Australian fire services, including the Queensland RURAL Fire Service, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service [1] and the ACT Rural Fire service who are particularly effective for work in rugged, isolated areas that firefighting tankers can’t access by road.