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Firefighters battle grass fire, Ingleburn, NSW Firefighters battle grass fire, Ingleburn, NSW Fast moving grass fire, Ingleburn, NSW. 29 October a large and fast moving grassfire broke out along the T8 train line in Ingleburn. Local residents were told to evacuate after the fire jumped the rail line and burnt towards properties in Bow Bowing.
2002 NSW Bushfires New South Wales 1 20 Significant damage to Holsworthy Army Base [42] [43] 18 – 22 January 2003 2003 Canberra bushfires: Australian Capital Territory: 160,000 400,000 4 approx. 500: 0 [36] 8 January – 8 March 2003 2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires: Victoria 1,300,000 3,200,000 0 41 213 10,000 livestock [44] December ...
The 2024–25 Australian bushfire season [a] is the current summer season of bushfires in Australia.At the beginning of the season mean temperatures had been above average to very much above average for most areas, with parts of Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland experiencing highest on record maximum temperatures for the winter period.
1 farmer killed and two firefighters injured on 1 November while fighting a fire about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Adelaide at Nantawarra, South Australia. The fire burnt out about 1,800 hectares (4,448 acres) of grassland [32] 2015 Sampson Flat bushfires, South Australia: 32 houses lost, 125 outbuildings [33] [34]
11:15 - Fire near Tarraganda reported to local NSW Rural Fire Service by Tathra resident. 12:28 - First 000 call received, reporting bush fire in the Reedy Swamp area, near Tarraganda. 12:33 - Firefighting units are dispatched from the NSW Rural Fire Service, with offers of assistance from Fire and Rescue NSW declined.
Joined with the Good Good fire and the Werri Berri fire [4] Bees Nest New South Wales Armidale Regional Council. Clarence Valley Council. August 31, 2019 [5] 100 000+ hectares [6] Earliest mega-fire of the Black Summer (beginning in the winter of 2019) [7] [8] [9] Big Jack Mountain New South Wales Bega Valley Shire 19,633 hectares (as of 15 ...
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales.. The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection to approximately 95% of the land area of New South Wales and the Jervis Bay Territory, while urban areas and over 90% of the population are the responsibility of Fire and Rescue NSW.
"Section 44" refers to the New South Wales Rural Fires Act 1997, specifically section 44, Commissioner’s responsibility. Essentially it is used to describe when the Rural Fire Service Commissioner declares a localised "State of Emergency" for a specific district suffering severe fire conditions that cannot be managed without drawing in extensive resources from other areas.