http://www.FireFightingNews.com Australia Fire Brigade News en-us Copyright 2009 e-Firefighter, LLC Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:39:35 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/Images/logo_22.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Wildfires raged across southern Australia on Friday, killing one man and destroying several homes as sweltering temperatures brought fresh misery for firefighters battling dozens of blazes amid a relentless heat … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/fuOnfJhy0J0/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=104807 A firefighter battling one of the hundreds of ongoing Australian bushfires has died in Tasmania, officials said. Chief Fire Officer Mike Brown of the Tasmanian Fire Service and the Premier said the 60-year-old … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/oDM_2TRhSeY/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=104799 Firefighters battled scores of wildfires Tuesday in southeastern Australia as authorities evacuated national parks and warned that hot, dry and windy conditions were combining to raise the threat to its highest … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/Ud3mXd9cixg/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=104779 Australian officials battled a series of wildfires amid scorching temperatures across the country on Friday, with one blaze suspected of damaging or destroying dozens of buildings in the island state of Tasmania. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/8jjTw7mhICo/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=104767 Two people have been rushed to hospital after a crane fell into powerlines in Carina, in Brisbanes east. The cherry picker fell into powerlines on Old Cleveland Rd around 12.35pm on Thursday. It is understood one … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/WrnP2MQ8S0o/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Herald Sun) Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=104483 Firecrews were kept busy on Thursday afternoon extinguishing a house fire on Mount Cotton Road, near Killarney Crescent. See your ad hereAt 3.45pm two fire crews were called to the house after a call from 000. A … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/vocNsu-koaQ/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Bayside Bulletin) Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=104264 An abandoned house at Capalaba was destroyed by fire on Friday afternoon. The roof of the single storey brick house at 44 Holland Crescent, Capalaba, collapsed during the blaze, but no one was injured. It was the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/bU5iQj8KCDI/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Bayside Bulletin) Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=104193 Fire crews have brought a blaze at a scrap metal yard in Brisbanes east under control after more than five hours fighting it. The fire, at the Onesteel Recycling scrap metal yard in Hemmant, was contained just … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/zki4epzqxxs/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Courier Mail) Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=103879 A Thorneside house sustained significant damage after a fire started shortly after 6am Friday morning. Fire crews arrived at the Railway Parade address at 6.21am to find the well alight. A Queensland Fire and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/jhaGkyKJ0HA/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Bayside Bulletin) Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=103516 SYDNEY - Two fires raced through a Sydney nursing home Friday, killing four elderly people and critically injuring 14 as firefighters crawled through blinding smoke to rescue victims. Police were investigating … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/yhHG--IL818/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=103212 Three fire crews took half-an-hour to contain a house fire that broke out in Brisbanes southeast this afternoon. A spokesman for the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to the high-set … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/4YFT4mOwFug/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Courier Mail) Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=101477 CANBERRA - Firefighters have gained control over a factory fire that billowed toxic smoke across Australia's national capital, Canberra. The plume closed many schools and two people required medical treatment … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/MrBXfZAA4kI/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=101239 Firefighters have brought a massive fire at a Melbourne petrochemical factory under control after it ignited tens of thousands of gallons (liters) of mineral oil. The blaze started Thursday on the outskirts of … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/4KB6d9aq-qA/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=95585 Police have charged three teenage boys after an early morning fire destroyed parts of Wavell Heights State School in Chermside. Police said a 17-year-old Chermside man and 17-year-old Albany Creek man were … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/It7HPmeShuw/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (BrisbaneTimes) Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=94498 A fire believed to be suspicious broke out at a three-storey building at Annerley damaging five shops and three apartments. The blaze broke out on the corner of Ipswich Road and Villa St. just before 5:30am. One … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/h6hEEEEpf6M/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Courier Mail) Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=94315 Rioters at an Australian immigration detention center set fire to several buildings, climbed onto rooftops and hurled tiles at officials who were scrambling on Thursday to bring the chaotic protest to an end. Up … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/TGdL7UiZx88/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=94261 Firefighters battled two wildfires in Western Australia on Monday, water bombing them from above as they tried to stop their spread. One on the outskirts of Perth destroyed at least 40 homes and left a … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/eKd-CrRjziw/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=90504 Authorities say a wildfire on the edge of a major Australian city has burned 35 homes. There are no reports of injuries. The Western Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authority says the fire raging Sunday on … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/6dzR-vg1dS4/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=90456 Earlier this week members of the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in Victoria, Australia, helped save the north-west wheat-belt town of Warracknabeal from being devastated by floods. Currently one quarter of Victoria … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/FqRYrny4V_U/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Alison Aprhys) Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=89775 Emergency sirens blared across Australia's third-largest city Wednesday as floodwaters that have torn a deadly path across the northeast poured into an empty downtown, swamping neighborhoods in what could be … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/dyOLRS8ekkM/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=89301