The Kwinana wildfire has been burning for two days and firefighters where starting to gain control until it burnt into a large rubbish dump. Residents in Perth’s southern suburbs have been warned to try to avoid breathing toxic fumes from…
Department of Fire and Emergency Services – Stand 314
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) was established on 1 November 2012 and performs a critical role coordinating emergency services for a range of natural disasters and emergency incidents threatening life and property. It comprises more than 1600…
You don’t know what a big fire is
Unless you live in the Australian outback it is very hard to understand what a large fire is. One million hectares has now been razed by the bushfire after it was sparked by a lightning strike at Ellenbrae Station in…