Chinese firefighters use blowers on grass fire.

An 80 kilometre grass fire which stared on the Mongolian side of the China-Mongolia boarder is now being fought by Chinese firefighters.

Over 50 Chinese firefighting specialists have worked hard to get a wildfire on grassland under control before putting it out in the China’s Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in the early hours of Saturday.

The unique thing about this fire is the use of high powered leaf blowers to extinguish the fire.

Chinese firefighters have been perfecting the use of leaf blowers for use in areas where water supplies are limited.

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Asia Pacific Fire, Editor

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• Neil Bibby

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  More than 670 people now feared dead following landslide in Papua New Guinea’s highlands
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  Fourteen dead, more than 70 injured after storm brings down massive Mumbai billboard
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  School bus crash kills 11 and injures dozens in Indonesia
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  Cathay Pacific passengers in fear on storm-wracked flight to Hong Kong
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  China highway collapse kills 24 people
• Neil Bibby

  China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south
• Neil Bibby

  ‘Happened very fast’: At least 10 killed, 13 injured in Brazil fire
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  M6.6 quake in western Japan leaves at least 12 injured
• Neil Bibby

  Indonesia evacuating thousands after volcano erupts, as tsunami fear looms
• Neil Bibby

  Fire in packed Hong Kong building kills five, dozens in hospital
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  19 dead, two missing after Indonesia landslide
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  Fire at nightclub in Turkey’s Istanbul kills at least 29 people
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  Taiwan earthquake: How the island’s two-decade preparation saved it
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  Drones, planes and satellite used to map Great Western Woodlands, protecting old-growth trees from fire
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  Tropical Cyclone Megan intensifies to a category-three storm as it bears down on Northern Territory and Queensland
• Neil Bibby

  At least 19 killed, 7 missing in flash floods in Indonesia
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  At least 35 killed as Pakistan rains collapse buildings, trigger landslides
• Neil Bibby

  Bangladesh building fire kills at least 43, injures dozens
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  Indonesia hit by some of strongest winds recorded
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  China: 15 dead and dozens more injured in Nanjing flat fire
• Neil Bibby

  Death toll rises to 54 in southern Philippines landslide
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  A massive fire left 7,000 people, including thousands of children, homeless
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  Australia sweats through heatwave, bushfire risk rated ‘extreme’
• Neil Bibby

  More than 60 people killed as forest fires rage in Chile
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  At least 39 killed in fire in China’s southeastern Jiangxi province.
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  Mongolia: Three Firefighters dead after liquified natural gas tanker crashes
• Neil Bibby

  Vadodara: Twelve schoolchildren dead in boat accident
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  China: 13 dead after school dormitory fire in Henan province
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  Volcano erupts on Southwestern Japan island
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  At least 10 killed in China mining accident
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  Have firewalls outlived their role in fire protection?
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  Japan jet crash: Airline pilots unaware of cabin fire until crew told them
• Neil Bibby

  Japan earthquake: The tiny firm that alerts millions about disasters
• Neil Bibby

  More severe, frequent heatwaves pose deadly threat for outback residents this summer
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  Nine people killed, more injured in blast at Solar Industries explosives factory in India.
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  Deadly tornadoes sweep through US state of Tennessee
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  Tsunami warning lifted for coasts of Vanuatu and New Caledonia after magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocks the Pacific
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  Firefighters battle bushfires near the state capital of Perth, in a rare spring heatwave
• Neil Bibby

  India rescuers hit snags in two-week bid to free 41 tunnel workers
• Neil Bibby

  At least 30 killed in Indian-administered Kashmir bus accident
• Neil Bibby

  China: 26 dead and scores in hospital after Shanxi building fire
• Neil Bibby

  Hazardous air quality forces school closures in India, Pakistan
• Neil Bibby

  Chinese alarm after second gym collapse in Heilongjiang province kills three
• Neil Bibby

  Nepal earthquake: More than 150 killed in remote western Nepal
• Neil Bibby

  High chance of early cyclone brewing in Coral Sea off Queensland coast, weather bureau says
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  Brazil tells landowners to stop setting fires in Amazon ‘climate emergency’
• Neil Bibby

  Death toll from Taiwan golf ball factory fire rises to nine.
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  Death toll from Taiwan golf ball factory fire rises to 9
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  Dozens killed in Benin after fuel depot explodes into flames
• Neil Bibby

  Hundreds of shops gutted in market fire in Bangladesh
• Neil Bibby

  Vietnam fire: 56 dead and dozens injured in Hanoi apartment blaze
• Neil Bibby

  Pacific communities planting fire-retardant trees to help prevent another wildfire disaster like Maui
• Neil Bibby

  Say hello to the new reality, AI
• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

  Ten people killed when light plane crashes onto Malaysian highway.
• Neil Bibby

  Why is China experiencing its worst flooding in 60 years?
• Neil Bibby

  Anger grows as Hawaii fire death toll nears 100
• Neil Bibby

  There are more battery fires than before and firefighters are worried
• Neil Bibby

  Indonesia sees rising wildfire risk amid dry weather conditions
• Neil Bibby

  At least 9 killed in Thai fireworks warehouse blast
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  Fifteen die from electrocution near India river
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  11 die as roof collapses on girl’s volleyball team
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  Antarctic ship crew ‘unsure if they would have to abandon ship’ after fire onboard MPV Everest
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  South Korea flood death toll rises to 39, President Yoon blames botched response
• Neil Bibby

  Yinchuan: China restaurant gas explosion kills 31
• Neil Bibby

  Thailand: Exploding extinguisher kills student during fire drill
• Neil Bibby

  Fatal collapse at Tanjong Pagar building site: Concrete wall fell onto street during demolition
• Neil Bibby

  Philippine coast guard rescues 120 people as ferry catches fire
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  Indonesia braces for forest fires amid possible prolonged dry weather due to El Nino
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  As India grieves train crash that killed 275 people, relatives still wait for bodies of loved ones
• Neil Bibby

  Indonesia preparing ‘very well’ for haze amid possible return of El Nino, says minister
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  Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupts, spewing ‘avalanche’ of lava
• Neil Bibby

  Sydney comes to a stand still as flames engulf seven story building in the city
• Neil Bibby

  50 students feel ill as gas smell reported at Osaka Elementary school
• Neil Bibby

  6 killed, over 100 injured after tornado hits central Myanmar
• Neil Bibby

  Beijing hospital fire death toll rises to 29
• Neil Bibby

  Explosion at Indonesia Pertamina’s refinery arm unit injures 9
• Neil Bibby

  Don’t let small fires grow
• Neil Bibby

  Fire protection – the good news
• Neil Bibby

  Are we technology dependent?
• Neil Bibby

  Firefighters should pat themselves on the back
• Neil Bibby

  Data is king, I’m told. But only if you do something with it, I reply.
• Neil Bibby

  Sitting in the driver’s seat of a fire truck, you need all the help you can get
• Neil Bibby

  Are we destroying our ability to be professional?
• Neil Bibby

  When will we ever learn?
• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

  Budget cuts because of COVID-19 forces Indonesia to scale back forest fire protection
• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

  Tokyo will probably face a massive earthquake in the next 30 years
• Neil Bibby

  Thousands more evacuated from site of Indian oil well blast
• Neil Bibby

  Gas tanker truck explodes on China highway, killing 18
• Neil Bibby

  Ex-Tropical Cyclone Mangga delivers wild weather across Southern Western Australia
• Neil Bibby

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  Children’s Birthday in the middle of a lockdown
• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

  Research shows that smoke from Australia’s bushfires killed far more people than the fires did
• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

  One Killed, Two Injured in South Korea Firefighting Helicopter Crash
• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

  Fire and Floods brings Devastation to Australian East Coast
• Neil Bibby

  Fire Disrupts University in Fiji Capital
• Neil Bibby

  Unseasonal Conditions See Bushfires in Queensland
• Neil Bibby

  Initial figures Indicate 45 Dead and Thousands Homeless as Cyclone Gaja Hits India
• Neil Bibby

  Fifteen killed as truck hits 31-car line-up in China
• Neil Bibby

  Hong Kong Fire Service’s Lycra-Clad Mascot Causes a Stir
• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

  Asia/Pacific is the Most Disaster-Prone Region says Red Cross Report
• Neil Bibby

  Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano is the Most Active Volcano in the United States
• Neil Bibby

  Indonesian Lion Air plane crashes 13 min after take-off
• Neil Bibby

  Mother and Baby Daughter Killed in Freak Fire Accident
• Neil Bibby

  Taiwan train crash kills 18 and injures approximately 171 passengers
• Neil Bibby

  Six Malaysian Firefighters Killed in the Line of Duty
• Neil Bibby

  Air Niugini Plane Overshoots the Runway at Chuuk, Micronesia and Lands in Sea
• Neil Bibby

  Update – 12 days on and the toll increases to 1760 dead and 5000 missing in Indonesia
• Neil Bibby

  How do we capture innovation in the Fire Service?
• Neil Bibby

  Tributes Posted for New Zealand based Firefighting Pilot Killed in a Hit and Run Incident
• Neil Bibby

  Queensland Firefighters Assist Hikers From Bushfire
• Neil Bibby

  Rotorua Senior Station Officer Colin Rolfe retires after 50 years of service
• Neil Bibby

  Residential Fire Threatened a Children’s Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam
• Neil Bibby

  Prediction for this Summer’s Fire Season in Australia are bleak
• Neil Bibby

  Injuries and Evacuation in Kim Seng Flat Fire
• Neil Bibby

  Northern Japan Suffers Fatal Earthquake
• Neil Bibby

  63,000 People in 85 Villages Impacted by Myanmar Dam Collapse
• Neil Bibby

  Largest Fire for Years in Melbourne Causes Toxic Smoke Flume and Water Run Off Last Thursday
• Neil Bibby

  Fire in India’s Financial Hub of Mumbai Kills Four and Injures Sixteen
• Neil Bibby

  Fire Kills 19 in Hotel Fire in the Chinese Tourist Town of Harbin
• Neil Bibby

  Early Fire Season a Worry for Australian Firefighters
• Neil Bibby

  Nine People Killed and Fifteen Injured in Taiwan Hospital Fire
• Neil Bibby

  Hong Kong police cordon off Tseung Kwan O landfill after bomb found
• Neil Bibby

  Nine rescue workers killed in helicopter crash last Friday
• Neil Bibby

  Death toll soars to 82 after another tragic Indonesian quake
• Neil Bibby

  Typhoon Jongdari causes havoc in Japan
• Neil Bibby

  Nine people killed and a dozen trapped after a building collapsed outside Delhi
• Neil Bibby

  “Lava bomb” Injures 23 on a Boat off the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii
• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

  Freighter Fire in Port Kembla
• Neil Bibby

  Malaysia’s Customs Department Seize 8 tonnes of Fireworks
• Neil Bibby

  Australia’s Government investigates toxic firefighting foam used to feed compost
• Neil Bibby

  Insults aimed at dead firefighters lead to prosecutions in China
• Neil Bibby

  44 degree Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) heat wave kills 60 plus in Karachi, Pakistan
• Neil Bibby

  Singapore Civil Defense Force mourns the loss of one of its own during training
• Neil Bibby

  Fireworks display malfunction burns four spectators
• Neil Bibby

  Memorial wall recognises 505 Australian and New Zealand fire and emergency service personnel
• Neil Bibby

  Qantas New Zealand staff hospitalised in a gas leak
• Neil Bibby

  64 Left Up in the Air as Roller Coaster Comes to a Stop in Japan
• Neil Bibby

  Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Eruption Continues to Destroy Homes
• Neil Bibby

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• Neil Bibby

  Firefighters called to hot air balloon crash in South Korea
• Neil Bibby

  Late-season fires on the outskirts of Sydney
• Neil Bibby

  Why are we always playing catch up after a disaster?
• Neil Bibby

  Cyclone Josie causes havoc in Fiji followed closely by Cyclone Keni
• Neil Bibby

  Peat fire smoke looks like causing problems for a long time.
• Neil Bibby

  Thirteen killed and 27 injured in Vietnam apartment block fire
• Neil Bibby

  If the floods are not enough, now crocodile appear in north Queensland floodwaters
• Neil Bibby

  Tourist rushed to hospital in red light district fire in Pattaya, Thailand
• Neil Bibby

  A Disaster that is too hot for emergency robots
• Neil Bibby

  Ten people rescued from Singapore factory fire
• Neil Bibby

  At least 7 killed after heavy rain caused landslides in central Java
• Neil Bibby

  Lithium-ion battery fire in an aircraft overhead luggage bin
• Neil Bibby

  Hundreds rescued after Langkawi cable car disruption
• Neil Bibby

  Fire damages Historic Tibetan temple in old Lhasa on Saturday
• Neil Bibby

  Nineteen people killed and 65 injured in Hong Kong bus crash
• Neil Bibby

   Lightning strikes boy in shower during severe storms in Brisbane, Australia
• Neil Bibby

  Thirty-two Firefighters receive an award in the 2018 Australia day honours list
• Neil Bibby

  Oil tanker sinks after burning for 8 days.
• Neil Bibby

  New South Wales hit by hot weather and 35 fires
• Neil Bibby

  Fire closes Australia’s Newcastle airport for two days as 200 firefighters work to gain control
• Neil Bibby

  Two volcanos in Papua New Guinea threaten villages as government orders evacuation
• Neil Bibby

  Australia’s southeast will experience ‘catastrophic’ bushfire conditions, among other problems, with temperatures at the weekend expected to climb above 45C
• Neil Bibby

  Massive abattoirs fire in the town of Murray Bridge, South Australia caused accidentally
• Neil Bibby

  We are all in this together as firefighters
• Neil Bibby

  Fire destroys 10 houseboats, on the Murray river in the twin city of Echuca-Moama
• Neil Bibby

  Tallest Pagoda in China destroyed by fire
• Neil Bibby

  Two separate bus crashes in two days, killing one and injuring 20 on Malaysian expressway
• Neil Bibby

  Cyclone Cempaka hits Indonesia killing 41
• Neil Bibby

  Chemical factory fire near Mount Fuji kills one
• Neil Bibby

  Lightning causing havoc in the Western Australia wheat belt
• Neil Bibby

  A Sunday morning explosion in Ningbo (China) kills 2 and injures dozens
• Neil Bibby

  Storms hit Melbourne and lighting worries fire services
• Neil Bibby

  South Korea hit by second largest quake in history
• Neil Bibby

  Firefighters use fire trucks to spray down smog in New Delhi
• Neil Bibby

  Indian power plant explosion claims 26 lives
• Neil Bibby

  Fireworks factory fire kills more than 47 people in Indonesia
• Neil Bibby

  Typhoon Lan claims at least two lives as it makes land fall in Japan
• Neil Bibby

  Myanmar fire destroys iconic Yangon hotel, Kandawgyi Palace
• Neil Bibby

  Indonesian man suffers burns when phone catches fire
• Neil Bibby

  Deadly landslide at Malaysian construction site kills 11 foreign workers
• Neil Bibby

  Suspicious fire in Japan kills 6 people
• Neil Bibby

  Illegal Fireworks stockpile kills 8 and injures 21 in India
• Neil Bibby

  Melbourne’s iconic restaurant strip, Lygon St, hit by $2m fire.
• Neil Bibby

  We should make the most of trade exhibitions
• Neil Bibby

  Making firefighting and fire protection work together
• Neil Bibby

  Bus kills 3 and injurers 21 in Hong Kong
• Neil Bibby

  Bali volcano about to erupt at any moment
• Neil Bibby

  Typhoons hit Asia in an unprecedented path of destruction
• Neil Bibby

  Fire kills 23 in Malaysian boarding school fire.
• Neil Bibby

  Hong Kong and Macau hit by Typhoon Hato then Tropical storm Pakhar, 10 killed
• Neil Bibby

  Asia Disaster Preparedness Centre launch inter-agency platform of National Disaster
• Neil Bibby

  Six hundred firefighters extinguish a refinery fire in northeast China
• Neil Bibby

  Twenty three die and 156 injured in another Indian train disaster
• Neil Bibby

  Crane collapse brings Sydney to a stand still
• Neil Bibby

  Tokyo’s historic fish market on fire
• Neil Bibby

  Extended dry season sees forest fires spread rapidly in Indonesia
• Neil Bibby

  Another building collapse in India kills 17 people at last count
• Neil Bibby

  Natural gas pipeline explosion kills eight in China
• Neil Bibby

  At least 153 dead from a fuel tanker fire in Pakistan
• Neil Bibby

  If you’re unfit and overweight you’re a liability as a firefighter
• Neil Bibby

  Hong Kong Fire and Ambulance Services Academy – Part 2
• Neil Bibby

  Australian Fire Service Medal recipients
• Neil Bibby

  The deadly killer Carbon Monoxide almost takes three lives
• Neil Bibby

  Malaysian firefighters rescue a 60-kilogram hawksbill turtle
• Neil Bibby

  Five people died after a ferry caught fire in the Java Sea last Friday
• Neil Bibby

  Eleven children die in Chinese bus crash
• Neil Bibby

  Firefighters and emergency worker wait on the effects of climate lotto
• Neil Bibby

  Woman dies from injuries in Façade fire
• Neil Bibby

  The FPA17 Conference in Sydney a great success
• Neil Bibby

  Singapore – Burning taxi explodes at Buona Vista; firefighter among 4 injured
• Neil Bibby

  Firefighters and the 4 metre crocodile
• Neil Bibby

  Another Indonesian volcano
• Neil Bibby

  Rubbish dump landslide, after a fire kills many in Sri Lanka
• Neil Bibby

  Training is the key to everything in emergency services
• Neil Bibby

  Three earthquakes in 20 minutes hit the Philippines yesterday (9th April)
• Neil Bibby

  Hong Kong Fire and Ambulance Services Academy
• Neil Bibby

  Cyclone Debbie is not just a cyclone
• Neil Bibby

  Century old Indian tea garden and museum destroyed by fire
• Neil Bibby

  A passenger flying from Beijing to Melbourne, had her face burnt when her headphone caught fire
• Neil Bibby

  New Zealand vs South Africa cricket test delayed as fire alarm causes ground evacuation
• Neil Bibby

  New Zealand gets a new disaster alerting system
• Neil Bibby

  Gold Coast strip club in Australia was fined $30,000 for disabling fire alarms and blocking exits
• Neil Bibby

  Decrease in monsoons is not always a good thing
• Neil Bibby

  New Zealand bushfire rages into the fourth day
• Neil Bibby

  Australian firefighters home lost in bushfire while he is out protecting others.
• Neil Bibby

  Powerful earthquake strikes Mindanao, Philippines
• Neil Bibby

  Sunday from hell in the Australian state of New South Wales
• Neil Bibby

  Four killed in South Korean shopping centre fire on Saturday
• Neil Bibby

  A little fire can cause so many problems when you’re a TELCO
• Neil Bibby

  Dubai Civil Defense introduce jet pack and jet ski technology into its fleet
• Neil Bibby

  Predawn high-rise apartment fire injures eleven in Tokyo
• Neil Bibby

  Traditional farewell and welcome in Sydney to Fire Commissioners
• Neil Bibby

  More rain expected as Thailand flood death toll rises to 40
• Neil Bibby

  Record Number of Women Become New South Wales Firefighters
• Neil Bibby

  Why won’t the Fire Service buy my product?
• Neil Bibby

  Busy time in Hawaii for emergency workers
• Neil Bibby

  45,000 homeless, 102 killed and 11,000 buildings destroyed in Indonesian earthquake
• Neil Bibby

  Economic impact of bushfires in NSW, ACT to double by 2050
• Neil Bibby

  Three mining disasters in two weeks in China
• Neil Bibby

  New research will look at the delivery of aid to disaster zones by drones?
• Neil Bibby

  More hot weather predicted for Australia
• Neil Bibby

  Asia Pacific Fire Magazines editor Neil Bibby visits Hong Kong and China
• Neil Bibby

  Rail disaster near Kanpur, India, kills 127
• Neil Bibby

  Jakarta high rise fire adds to the current flammable cladding debate
• Neil Bibby

  Early fire for Sydney
• Neil Bibby

  Indian firework fire luckily no one died
• Neil Bibby

  Has diversity failed? We need to try harder!
• Neil Bibby

  Huge Plastics factory and warehouse fire in Bhopal
• Neil Bibby

  Firefighters battle Johor hospital fire
• Neil Bibby

  Two killed in Mumbai flat fire
• Neil Bibby

  Floods in Vietnam kill 24 with many missing
• Neil Bibby

  You don’t know what a big fire is
• Neil Bibby

  Large New Zealand earthquake causes a laugh
• Neil Bibby

  Are we getting closer to predicting Volcanoes?
• Neil Bibby

  Firefighters and Emergency workers tackle largest storm to hit South Australia
• Neil Bibby

  One man killed and three firefighters injured in New Delhi fire
• Neil Bibby

  Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services rescue tourists stuck on Uluru
• Neil Bibby

  Western Australian bush fires devastate Quokka population
• Neil Bibby

  Japanese volcano threatening disastrous eruption next to nuclear plant
• Neil Bibby

  Australian Fire & Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins announces retirement
• Neil Bibby

  Fire destroyed part of Yau Ma Tei market but Firefighters save buildings
• Neil Bibby

  Australian Fire Authorities’ world class exhibition shows off new technology
• Neil Bibby

  Myanmar (Burma) earthquake kills 3 and destroys 1000-year-old temples
• Neil Bibby

  Sydney firefighters confronted by a man with an axe
• Neil Bibby

  Three tropical storms near Japan in one day, moving in different directions.
• Neil Bibby

  Huge fire breaks out at Singapore office building in Tampines
• Neil Bibby

  Myanmar Floods kill 8 and relocate 430,000 people
• Neil Bibby

  Preliminary findings of the cause of a blast that killed 21 in China is that a steam pipe bursting
• Neil Bibby

  Wires kill helicopter pilots in NZ
• Neil Bibby

  Will Australia have to cope with a tsunami?
• Neil Bibby

  Tokyo not-for-profit founder shows foreign residents how to survive disasters
• Neil Bibby

  Australian town hit by 33 earthquakes in 30 days
• Neil Bibby

  Fire in Australian section of the Rio Olympic Village
• Neil Bibby

  So far this year’s Chinese monsoon floods are the second-costliest
• Neil Bibby

  Shanghai – Plane crashes into bridge killing five people
• Neil Bibby

  Lucky passengers in train crash near Colac in South Eastern Australia
• Neil Bibby

  Typhoon Nepartak makes landfall in Taiwan then goes on to China
• Neil Bibby

  Three safety myths about wildfire
• Neil Bibby

  Fire Services of Macao SAR, China
• Neil Bibby

  Marine firefighting with the Hong Kong Fire Services Department
• Neil Bibby

  Hi Tech smoke detection to solve the Asian haze problem
• Neil Bibby

  Airline fire at Changi Airport, all passengers safe
• Neil Bibby

  Storage facility fire causes the death of a young Station Officer in Hong Kong
• Neil Bibby

  Assistance across borders
• Neil Bibby

  Australian east coast storm event
• Neil Bibby

  Woman on the second story urged to jump from burning Bondi apartment
• Neil Bibby

  Firefighters killed in large Indian munitions fire
• Neil Bibby

  When Social media gets it wrong, “the tsunami warning that was not a warning”
• Neil Bibby

  Singapore launches Community Emergency Guidelines
• Neil Bibby

  UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory launch Earthquake warning App
• Neil Bibby

  Sydney’s hazard reduction burns cause discomfort
• Neil Bibby

  Fears of an eruption in NZ as volcano temperature doubles
• Neil Bibby

  One Emergency Phone Number for India
• Neil Bibby

  Tour vessel fire cause passengers to jump for the lives in Vietnam
• Neil Bibby

  Portable firefighting dam demonstration at Australian Air Show
• Neil Bibby

  World heading for catastrophe over natural disasters, risk expert warns (Most in the Asia Pacific Region)
• Neil Bibby

  Quake resistance homes in spotlight
• Neil Bibby

  India expands its earthquake risk areas
• Neil Bibby

  Emergency workers attacked while protecting the community
• Neil Bibby

  Both sides of the Pacific facing wildfire at the same time
• Neil Bibby

  Insurance claims hit insurers this summer
• Neil Bibby

  Asia and Africa most vulnerable to disasters and their effects
• Neil Bibby

  Forest fires in the Philippines cause evacuations from Mt Apo
• Neil Bibby

  Let’s not forget the Pacific
• Neil Bibby

  A mansion worth $13million was burned for a training exercise in New Zealand
• Neil Bibby

  Desperate mother saves her children
• Neil Bibby

  Volcanic eruption warning issued for Mt Io in Kyushu, Japan
• Neil Bibby

  Tasmanian world heritage forest destroyed in wildfires
• Neil Bibby

  Largest ever Cyclone hits the Fiji Islands
• Neil Bibby

  A week of Earthquakes in the Asia Pacific region
• Neil Bibby

  Two Birds might be Purposely Starting Wildfires in Australia
• Neil Bibby

  Asia gripped by big chill
• Neil Bibby

  Indonesian forest fires last year cost the country at least $16 billion in economic losses
• Neil Bibby

  Heavy rain doesn’t stop a large warehouse fire in Sydney.
• Neil Bibby

  DC-10 tactical use by NSW Rural Fire Service
• Neil Bibby

  Insurance reaches $60m in deadly Western Australia fires
• Neil Bibby

  A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northeastern India, killing at least five people and injuring nearly 100.
• Neil Bibby

  Victorian bushfires: Devastate Wye River and Separation Creek
• Neil Bibby

  Fire ravages South Eastern Australia
• Neil Bibby

  Fire Fighters secure asbestos after storm destroys 25 homes last Wednesday.
• Neil Bibby

  Embrace the Younger Generation
• Neil Bibby

  New Zealand’s northern most fire, started by stupidity.
• Neil Bibby

  Singapore helps out India after the Chennai floods
• Neil Bibby

  Coroner finds AusNet Services could have prevented one of the 2009 Australian fires.
• Neil Bibby

  Phoenix software to assist in bushfire modelling
• Neil Bibby

  The pain doesn’t stop when the fire goes out.
• Neil Bibby

  New technology to stop bushfires starting from power lines
• Neil Bibby

  Mine fire kills 21 in North Eastern China.
• Neil Bibby

  Two years after Typhoon Haiyan
• Neil Bibby

  Lawnmower fire puts Cook Island teacher in hospital
• Neil Bibby

  Australian fire retardant protects US military
• Neil Bibby

  Six children among 15 killed in Philippines market fire
• Neil Bibby

  Death toll up to 17 and dozens injured in blaze at Indonesian Karaoke bar
• Neil Bibby

  Global warming’s extra challenge to Fire Agencies
• Neil Bibby

  Indonesia’s forest fires have become an environmental disaster
• Neil Bibby

  Seven Killed in Java Wildfire
• Neil Bibby

  Typhoon Koppu hits hard
• Neil Bibby

  Man dies in boat fire at marina in North QLD, Australia
• Neil Bibby

  International firefigher aid to assist in Indonesia.
• Neil Bibby

  Unsung Heroes in Fire Safety
• Neil Bibby

  Smoke haze from fires in Southern Sumatra makes thousands ill in Malaysia and Singapore
• Neil Bibby

  Rescue tool that can see through walls like superman
• Neil Bibby

  Diving cylinders explode in house fire
• Neil Bibby

  Three Hurricanes in a row marching across the Pacific
• Neil Bibby

  Emergency services to learn key insights at AFAC conference Adelaide, Australia
• Neil Bibby

  Typhoon Ineng (international name Goni) entered the Philippine area of responsibility
• Neil Bibby

  US firefighters killed in a fire storm
• Neil Bibby

  Tianjin Explosion last Wednesday
• Neil Bibby

  The middle of winter and wildfires in Australia
• Neil Bibby

  Typhoon Soudelor hits China
• Neil Bibby

  Floods in Myanmar and Pakistan
• Neil Bibby

  Mine collapse, Earthquake, Flood and Volcano, all in two days
• Neil Bibby

  Three Typhoons to hit Asia
• Neil Bibby

  Women Lead Way in Disaster Risk Reduction in Vulnerable Asia-Pacific
• Neil Bibby

  It’s Time to Face up to the Fact that Climate Change is Upon us
• Neil Bibby

  Coloured powders at a festival creates a dust explosion
• Neil Bibby

  Disaster App for the Pacific – If you live in the Pacific this is a must have
• Neil Bibby

  Australian Building Certification in question
• Neil Bibby

  Whanganui NZ has experienced its biggest recorded flood
• Neil Bibby

  Australian band member burnt at Wembley
• Neil Bibby

  Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
• Neil Bibby

  Mine Rescue Competition, Testing Rescue Crews
• Neil Bibby

  Japanese Volcano Mount Shindake Erupts
• Neil Bibby

  FireMap Excites Conference Delegates
• Neil Bibby

  Indian Heat Wave
• Neil Bibby

  Cyclone Noul hits the Philippines hard
• Neil Bibby

  Fire report into fire spread because of non-compliant cladding
• Neil Bibby

  Nepal Earthquake update
• Neil Bibby

  Chile’s Calbuco Volcano causing Airline Problems
• Neil Bibby

  A new face at Asia Pacific Fire
• Neil Bibby

  FPA Australia Gold Coast Conference
• Neil Bibby

  Dr Kirrilly Thompson awarded by ABC, UNSW
• Neil Bibby

  Micronesia Typhon Maysak
• Neil Bibby

  Pacific 7.7 magnitude Earthquake
• Neil Bibby

  A fire extinguisher using sound! What next?
• Neil Bibby

  Social Media in Today’s Emergency Service