http://www.FireFightingNews.com Australia Fire Brigade News en-us Copyright 2009 e-Firefighter, LLC Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:25:49 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/Images/logo_22.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com Brisbanes Broadway Hotel has been extensively damaged by fire, with police saying the cause of the blaze is still unknown. The fire broke out in the hotel, which is situated on Logan Road, Woolloongabba, at about … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=81472 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Matt Hayes) Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=81472 A man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he deliberately started one of the deadly wildfires that swept through southern Australia last year. The fires in Victoria state in February 2009 were Australia's … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=81169 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=81169 A house on Brisbanes northside was completely destroyed in a spectacular inferno this morning. Little more than the charred hull of the lowset timber home on Norris Road, Bracken Ridge, was left standing after … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=80213 Australia FireFightingNews.com (QFRS) Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=80213 A lucky escape for the driver of a Toyota Camry on Beaudesert- Beenleigh Road at Luscombe as it flipped over on its roof in a single vehicle crash. Fire crews assisted the sole occupant with paramedics before he … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=79224 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Grant Spicer) Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=79224 Australia plans to establish a national database of convicted and suspected arsonists in hopes of preventing destructive wildfires. The initiative is in response to last year's fires that killed 173 people and … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=78851 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=78851 The fire chief during deadly 2009 wildfires that killed 173 people in southeastern Australia resigned Friday in the wake of criticism that he failed to take an active role in managing the response to the … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=78543 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=78543 Twenty eight fire appliances where called to a carpet underlay factory overnight at Yatala, near the Gold Coast Queensland. Crews where alerted to the fire after 8pm with arriving crews calling well involved and … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=78273 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Matt Hayes) Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=78273 A truck erupted into flames following a crash between the semi-trailer and a utility on the gateway motorway Deagon. The semi-trailer was carrying supermarket goods including aerosols which caused a number of … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=78121 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Matt Hayes) Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=78121 A blaze broke out at around 7:00 am on the 20th of March in a unit block at Cleveland this morning. Multiple lines of high pressure hoses were used and also a monitor from the Cleveland fire station to extinguish … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=77312 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Grant Spicer) Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=77312 A house fire broke out on Brisbanes North side at 11am today. Neighbors call 000 saying smoke was coming from the house. On arrival fire crews found the upper level of the two-story house going well and worked … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=76462 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Matt Hayes) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=76462 Australians held a national day of mourning Sunday for the 173 people who died a year earlier in the country's worst wildfire disaster. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd planned to attend a church ceremony in the … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=75820 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=75820 Around twelve forklifts and a neighboring building came under threat of fire today as a large pile of stacked crates and plastic caught alight. Fire fighters quickly went into action to extinguish the blaze which … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=75370 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Grant Spicer) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=75370 A bushfire in Victoria, Australia, has consumed nearly 3,000 acres and is threatening a national park, the Country Fire Authority said Friday. The Country Fire Authority said the bushfire in Grampians National … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=75260 Australia FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=75260 Australian firefighters were coping with high temperatures Tuesday as they battled a bushfire in the state of Victoria, officials said. A 150-acre blaze in the East Gippsland region was brought under control with … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=74874 Australia FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=74874 Wildfires roared across a swath of western Australia on Wednesday, razing almost 40 homes and sending hundreds of people fleeing for their lives, officials and witnesses said. At least three people were injured. … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=74364 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=74364 South Australia residents Wednesday were forced to flee a bushfire that destroyed at least nine houses, officials said. Firefighters in Port Lincoln, in South Australia's Lower Eyre Peninsula, contained the blaze … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=74162 Australia FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=74162 A large fire in the Australian state of New South Wales has consumed nearly 22,300 acres of land and destroyed three homes, a fire official says. Alex Chesser of the Rural Fire Service said the fire burning … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73973 Australia FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73973 A large fire which gutted a factory west of Brisbane overnight has caused more than $3 million damage and left a firefighter injured. The two-storey foam manufacturing factory on Pradella Street at Darra was … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73822 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Brisbane Times) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73822 Two farmers in southeastern Australia were severely burned Tuesday trying to protect their property from a bushfire, one of scores burning in the region. The blaze near Bathurst was only one of more than 100 … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73566 Australia FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73566 Australians thought they were prepared for wildfires. Until Black Saturday. The infernos that blazed across Victoria state last February were the most destructive in the history of a country that faces more than … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73474 Australia FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/images/photos/matt_hayes_IMG_0231.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73474