Friday, 25 July 2008
A British diver thought he and his American girlfriend would be eaten alive by sharks as they spent a night floating over Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a newspaper reported Sunday. Dick Ne...
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Local NPWS Fire Specialist To Help US Fire Crews
A Bellingen local is leading a team of 10 NSW fire fighting specialists en-route to the United States of America to help battle their... 15 July 2008 | Topix - Wildland | Written By Courier Sun |
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RFS Volunteer Has Been Committed For Trial On Arson Charges
A Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer has been committed for trial on arson charges over a string of blazes in Sydney. Graham Charles... 17 June 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By News.com.au |
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Fire Union Calls For Cancer Cluster Monitoring
The United Firefighters Union wants ongoing monitoring of staff at the site of a cancer cluster in far north Queensland. There have b... 4 June 2008 | Topix - Union | Written By ABC News |
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Firefighters Disrupt Parliament In Pay Rise Protest
Fire trucks have lined Sydney's Macquarie Street in a noisy protest outside State Parliament over the Government's pay offer. Sixty f... 4 June 2008 | Topix - Union | Written By ABC News |
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Northgate Commercial Structure Fire
Police are investigating a fire which caused extensive damage to a factory on Brisbane's northside overnight. Emergency services were... 19 May 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By The Daily |
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Erickson Seeks To Renew Australia's Contract For Firefighting Helicopters
Even as Erickson Air-crane S-64 helitankers are en route to other global fronts, Australia is assessing its wildfire protection needs... 15 May 2008 | Topix - Wildland | Written By Mail Tribune |
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Australia Offers China Quake Assistance
Excerpt from media release from the office of Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith, carried by Australian Department of Foreign Aff... 13 May 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By BBC Monitoring Newsfile |
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Cancer Council Backs Qld Firefighters Probe
The Cancer Council Queensland (CCQ) says it is pleased there will be an investigation into the cancer rates among the state's firefig... 28 April 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By ABC News |
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Firefighters Battle Factory Fire In Brisbane
Firefighters were called to a shed that houses a leather-making operation at Narangba about 2:00 pm today (Monday 28-04-2008). Fire c... 28 April 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By Matt Hayes |
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Volunteer Firefighter Injured In Crash
A volunteer firefighter has been injured in a collision between a semi-trailer and a Country Fire Authority tanker north of Melbourne... 23 April 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By The Age |
