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Large Blaze Damages Mattress Factory

FireFightingNews.com (Brisbane Times) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:23:21 EST

Fire crews have brought under control a large blaze that quickly engulfed the top floor of a mattress factory at Slacks Creek this morning. Emergency services were called to the …

Victory Hotel Destroyed By Fire

FireFightingNews.com (Brisbane Times) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:11:26 EST

Seven people have been treated for smoke inhalation after fire tore through a packed nightclub in Brisbane's CBD overnight. Chaotic scenes erupted on Edward and Charlotte Streets …

Firefighters Inspected The Charred Hull Of Aspleys Bank

FireFightingNews.com (Brisbane Times) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:04:43 EST

Heavy-handed thieves have blown up a bank on Brisbane's northside after a bungled robbery. Little remains bar the charred hull of the Aspley branch of the Bank of Queensland on …

Pet Rabbit Credited With Saving Couple From Fire

FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:46:31 EST

A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a fire that swept through their home in the southern city of Melbourne. Metropolitan Fire Brigade commander Mick Swift said the …

Local NPWS Fire Specialist To Help US Fire Crews

FireFightingNews.com (Courier Sun) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:55:43 EST

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 ongoing blazes over the next five weeks. …

RFS Volunteer Has Been Committed For Trial On Arson Charges

FireFightingNews.com (News.com.au) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:12:03 EST

A Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer has been committed for trial on arson charges over a string of blazes in Sydney. Graham Charles Andrews, 19, is charged with 11 counts of …

Fire Union Calls For Cancer Cluster Monitoring

FireFightingNews.com (ABC News) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:21:54 EST

The United Firefighters Union wants ongoing monitoring of staff at the site of a cancer cluster in far north Queensland. There have been five reported cases of cancer among …

Firefighters Disrupt Parliament In Pay Rise Protest

FireFightingNews.com (ABC News) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:20:44 EST

Fire trucks have lined Sydney's Macquarie Street in a noisy protest outside State Parliament over the Government's pay offer. Sixty firefighters and 12 trucks descended upon …

2 Missing Divers Rescued Over Great Barrier Reef

FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:15:56 EST

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 …

Northgate Commercial Structure Fire

FireFightingNews.com (The Daily) — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:51:35 EST

Police are investigating a fire which caused extensive damage to a factory on Brisbane's northside overnight. Emergency services were called to the Crockford Street factory at …

Erickson Seeks To Renew Australia's Contract For Firefighting Helicopters

FireFightingNews.com (Mail Tribune) — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:23:11 EST

Even as Erickson Air-crane S-64 helitankers are en route to other global fronts, Australia is assessing its wildfire protection needs. Thousands of miles away in Central Point, …

Australia Offers China Quake Assistance

FireFightingNews.com (BBC Monitoring Newsfile) — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:24:11 EST

Excerpt from media release from the office of Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith, carried by Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website on 13 May. On behalf of …

Cancer Council Backs Qld Firefighters Probe

FireFightingNews.com (ABC News) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:20:59 EST

The Cancer Council Queensland (CCQ) says it is pleased there will be an investigation into the cancer rates among the state's firefighters. It says the number of current and …

Firefighters Battle Factory Fire In Brisbane

FireFightingNews.com (Matt Hayes) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:44:06 EST

Firefighters were called to a shed that houses a leather-making operation at Narangba about 2:00 pm today (Monday 28-04-2008). Fire crews arrived to find the rear of the building …

Volunteer Firefighter Injured In Crash

FireFightingNews.com (The Age) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:46:51 EST

A volunteer firefighter has been injured in a collision between a semi-trailer and a Country Fire Authority tanker north of Melbourne. The tanker rolled after two vehicles …

Vic Ambulance Services To Be Merged

FireFightingNews.com (ABC News) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:18:42 EST

The Metropolitan Ambulance Service and Rural Ambulance Victoria will be merged under State Government reforms. The two ambulance services will be merged to form a state-wide body …

Fire Truck In Fatal Crash

FireFightingNews.com (Dan Oakes) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:37:00 EST

A girl, 13, has been killed and a man and child critically injured in a collision between a car and fire truck near the town of Buxton, north-east of Melbourne. Rural Ambulance …

Aussie Firefighters Could Be At Cancer Risk

FireFightingNews.com (AAP) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:33:36 EST

Every Queensland firefighter will be tested for brain cancer amid fears the profession could result in a higher incidence of the disease. Queensland's emergency services …

Firefighters Battle House Fire In Pinkenba

FireFightingNews.com (News.com.au) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:15:43 EST

Firefighters had been called to the empty timber home on Mainbeach Rd in Pinkenba about 8.15pm and found the building well alight. The children's parents frantically alerted …

Massive Fire Engulfs Sydney Timber Store

FireFightingNews.com (SMH) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:23:35 EST

Fire engulfed a hardware warehouse in south-eastern Sydney this morning, sending a plume of dense, black smoke into the inner-city sky as dozens of gas cylinders exploded inside. …