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Queensland Fire Service Responds To Chemical Incident

Queensland Fire Service Responds To Chemical Incident

Posted June 29, 2009

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 apparat...


Victorian Premier Calls On Volunteer Firefighters Not To Quit

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...

July 1, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By AAP
Australia Firefighters Battle House Fire In Woolloongabba

Australia Firefighters Battle House Fire In Woolloongabba 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...

June 26, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By Matt Carter
Fire Forces 60 People From Unit Block In Sydney's West

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...

June 23, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By AAP
Firefighters Responded After Truck Jack-Knifes On Motorway

Firefighters Responded After Truck Jack-Knifes On Motorway 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...

June 22, 2009 | Topix - Rescue | Written By QFRS Media Unit
Australian Firefighters Rescue Bird From Tree

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...

June 19, 2009 | Topix - Rescue | Written By United Press International
Paramedics To Go Ahead With Industrial Action

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. T...

June 16, 2009 | Topix - Rescue | Written By AAP
Queensland Firefighters Remove Patient From Vehicle

Queensland Firefighters Remove Patient From Vehicle 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. Queensla...

June 12, 2009 | Topix - Rescue | Written By Grant Spicer
Eighty People Evacuated And Three Hospitalised In Fire

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 build...

June 11, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By AAP
Fire Destroys Chemical Lab At Mobil Refinery

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...

June 9, 2009 | Topix - Fire | Written By AAP
Architect Designs Bushfire Homes For Victorians

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 famili...

June 8, 2009 | Topix - Wildland | Written By AAP
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