http://www.FireFightingNews.com Australia Fire Brigade News en-us Copyright 2005 e-Firefighter, LLC Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:53:54 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. Bureaucratic in-fighting and government stubbornness is putting fire protection for rural Victoria at risk, according to the firefighters' union. United Firefighters Union state secretary Peter Marshall has asked … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/3W_ObAv8170/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:59:19 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68185 Firefighters have rescued a seriously injured elderly woman from her burning home in Melbourne's east overnight. Fire services were called to the home in Stirling Drive, Croydon at 10.25pm (AEST) on Tuesday, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/FvcN7Vt91ys/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:41:33 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68086 A Rural Fire Service (RFS) member faces arson charges over a blaze in western NSW, police say. The 53-year-old man faces multiple charges in relation to a fire in October last year at Menindee in the state's far … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/jVs3qmSbs-U/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:43:36 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67903 Food supplies are under threat in the West Australian town of Fitzroy Crossing after a fire gutted the outback town's only supermarket. A Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) spokeswoman said local … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/e4gpVdiwjSo/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:48:40 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67818 Two-thirds of Australian households don't have the basic firefighting equipment needed to deal with small fires, research shows. Although most homes can detect fires - with 94 per cent fitted with smoke detectors … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/c8lG7_P587o/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:39:47 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67812 A fire broke out in a unit at Zillmere on Brisbane's north side around 8:15am. Many occupants of the complex where forced outside as three pumps brought the blaze under control. A male occupant of the unit was … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/uCeFI_iHNfU/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Matt Hayes) Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:09:20 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67706 A B-Double semi trailer crashed today July 3rd on a new section of the gateway motorway near Eagle farm. The accident was reported around 5:40am and police have closed all but one lane of the south bound lanes … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/bJBh5e716Ic/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Matt Hayes) Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:01:42 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67705 Victorian Premier John Brumby has warned there could be an exodus of volunteer firefighters in the wake of Black Saturday. In a passionate plea, he called on those struggling to cope in the aftermath of modern … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/7TuK2w0nC5A/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:36:56 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67549 At approximate 12.30 pm, Queensland Fire service was dispatched to a chemical incident at Randall Street, Slacks Creek. Around 1000 litres of nitric acid was spilled in an industrial shed. Fire crews in breathing … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/KxkhtYand8E/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Grant Spicer) Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:42:11 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67450 Just prior to 5pm today crews were called to multiple reports of a house on fire in Gilingham Street Woolloongabba. The Queenslander was well involved upon arrival and crews went into immediate action protecting … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/GPB6e1EL0Uk/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Matt Carter) Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:36:33 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67377 About 60 people were evacuated from a unit block in Sydney's west overnight when a fire broke out in a car park. Police and the NSW Fire Brigade were called to the block, in Northumberland Rd, Auburn, about 10pm … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/vPiUKkarCMk/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:33:24 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67241 Emergency crews responded after a truck, which had jack-knifed on the Gateway Motorway at Drewvale just before 11.30am. Fire crews worked to clear up a fuel spill after the truck's fuel tank ruptured in the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/1Ih4gSalR34/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (QFRS Media Unit) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:55:18 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67201 Australian firefighters and a tree trimmer executed a two-hour rescue in an unusual situation a bird was stuck in a tree. Firefighters said they were called to the scene Thursday after the peacock was spotted … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/wv_PleKygVo/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:38:04 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67137 Victoria's paramedics will go ahead with their first industrial action in 36 years in an attempt to combat on- the-job fatigue they say is putting lives at risk. The ambulance officers will take 10-hour breaks … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/N2oHoUBBCac/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:51:57 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66980 A truck and a station-wagon collided at the intersection of Orange grove and Kessels Road today.The occupant in the car was trapped for around 45 minutes. Queensland Fire and Rescue personnel attended the scene … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/CIiIy7ZulZs/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Grant Spicer) Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:09:38 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66839 Eighty people have been evacuated from a burning apartment block which left three people hospitalised with smoke inhalation. The top level of an eight-storey building in Elizabeth Bay in Sydney's inner east was … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/Ps6l6tvXt5Q/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:33:44 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66792 A chemical laboratory on the Mobil refinery site at Altona in Melbourne's west has been destroyed by fire. Twelve fire trucks were called to the blaze which broke out at around 12.30pm (AEST) and they took around … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/kmIjbE6spvc/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:16:21 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66719 Black Saturday bushfire victims have sought out an architect whose house designs may just be the future of living in Australia's natural environments. Three families who survived the devastation which claimed 173 … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/BnYg6ct5cLI/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:49:33 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66689 An historic Brisbane pub has been damaged by a fire which threw a pall of black smoke over the city skyline. The 120-year-old Norman hotel on Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba erupted into flames just after 1pm on … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/YJdH0VZyfxI/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:28:47 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66609 The overall incidence of cancer among Queensland's firefighters is no higher than for the general Queensland population, according to a new study. The research was conducted following a 2008 Queensland Health … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-AuFireNews/~3/E9vmzjm4WuE/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:26:25 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66582