Coffs Coast Advocate

WHY NOW?: Fire co-ordinator justifies school holiday burns

Several residents were outraged the planned burns had taken place during a peak tourist time.

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25th Sept. 2020 4:09 PM

Smoke haze is hanging over Airlie Beach as permitted burns are being undertaken on Hook Island and North Molle Island. Photo: Josephine Hernon

Fire-proofing: Turning tinderboxes into defendable zones

Crews are working hard to reduce the Coast’s fire risk

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05th Sept. 2020 3:09 AM

The Aldershot Rural Fire Brigade carried out a controlled burn at Peridge Rd at Dundathu on the weekend.

Technology to help firefighters with burn-offs

As the new season approaches, you can help prevent unnecessary calls to emergency services

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04th Aug. 2020 10:08 AM

Crews respond to vegetation fire on Chinchilla property

REPORTS came in this morning about a vegetation fire, crews are on their way to the scene.

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05th March 2020 8:03 AM

FIRE: Crews are heading to a fire on Chinchilla Tara Rd.

'Please, just stop': Firefighter's plea to put away matches

'I have a problem with landholders, particularly those who live in Queensland, come down here and do a burn off and don't...

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02nd Jan. 2020 10:01 AM

PUT AWAY MATCHES: The RFS is asking all land owners to not undertake any burn-offs ahead of hot weather predicted to hit the region in the coming days.

'Bomb waiting to go off': Grim warning for Fraser Coast scrub

'In the old days, our people burnt off regularly and didn't let the fuel build up in the bush'

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10th Sept. 2019 12:09 PM

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN: Butchulla elder Glenn Miller wants to see a return to traditional indigenous fire management practices to avoid the fast spread of fire.

PERFECT STORM: Wild wind, dry conditions spark 20 blazes

RFS say landowners burning off may have led to fires around region, Investigators attend Whiteman Creek blaze

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13th Aug. 2019 12:08 PM

An out of control bushfire at Whiteman Creek west of Grafton on Saturday, 10th August, 2019.

MP asks whether vegetation laws worsen fires

David Littleproud has announced a House of Representatives inquiry into the impact of vegetation and land management...

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07th Dec. 2018 10:12 AM

Firies from the St George Station were quickly on the scene of Monday's grass fire.

Where is the smoke coming from?

GOLD Coasters have woken to a thick smoke haze blanketing the city this morning. Here is where it is coming from and how...

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02nd Aug. 2018 5:08 AM

The burn offs will continue into the weekend. Picture Glenn Hampson

Firefighters tackle blazes across the Northern Rivers

LANDHOLDERS have been urged to take extra care when burning off amid dangerous conditions across the Northern Rivers.

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20th July 2018 12:07 AM

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