Coffs Coast Advocate

Weather prime for ‘accidental ignitions’ warn fireys

‘Our drought index which is a measure of how dry we really are is at 182. 200 is the max’

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07th Nov. 2020 5:11 AM

Rural Fire Service Mackay area director Andrew Houley observing a burnt area of the The Leap after a controlled burn.

WATCH: How brigades contained summer fire danger

‘There’s nothing else’: Rural crews called in from across Mackay to contain highway fire

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24th Aug. 2020 11:08 AM

Fireys burn back dangerous scrub at Midge Point

Hazard burns delays could ignite fast-moving blazes

Frosts have turned Mackay’s grasslands into a tinderbox, as fireys prepare for a fast-moving fire season

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28th July 2020 3:07 PM

Rural Fire Service Area director Andrew Houley said volunteer crews were fighting against the weather to prepare for this year’s fire season.

$300k donation turning farm utes into fire engines

The ‘slip-units’ will be ‘highly valued’ in Isaac’s cane and cattle country

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05th July 2020 5:07 AM

Rural Fire Service Mackay area director Andrew Houley with the 'slip-on' units donated by Anglo American. Picture: Heidi Petith

100 recruits stuck in online fire training limbo

Like a ringmaster jumping into a tiger’s cage, RFS director said firefighters needed first-hand experience

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21st April 2020 5:04 AM

Rural Fire Service Mackay area director Andrew Houley said the coronavirus “nuisance” had slowed down cool burns and limited recruitment.

The latest band of heroes battles southern fires

Waves of Mackay volunteer firefighters have headed south to fight blazes

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06th Feb. 2020 5:02 PM

Mackay Rural Fire Service volunteers, from left, Anthony Brieffies, Ross Daley, Ricky Barnes, Thomas Brown, Shane Hopton and Nathan Gelhaar before they were deployed south to Canberra to help contain a significant blaze this week.

The ‘legacy’ of the fires that will remain

Memories of the 2018 bushfires impact more than the fighters; how the impact on families still lingers.

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13th Dec. 2019 8:12 AM

Rural Fire Service Mackay area director Andrew Houley observing a burnt area of the The Leap after a controlled burn around rural properties to prepare for this year's fire season. Picture: Zizi Averill

The 2018 fires: How it happened

An interactive timeline that charts the course of the catastrophic 2018 fires in the Mackay region.

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27th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

Joseph Bugeja surveys the damage to his cane farm in Finch Hatton after fire swept through his property on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

‘Fighting a dragon’: Communities tally the damage

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Cattle properties count their losses from the fire in carcasses.

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27th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

The Cathu fire was finally contained on Thursday, November 29, 2018. Cattle producer Tania Plemenuk said in three days the fire burnt 90 per cent of her property.

One year on: An inferno in the valley

How firefighters faced extreme conditions on the frontline, with blazes burning 2.5km in 2 minutes

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26th Nov. 2019 12:11 PM

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