Coffs Coast Advocate

‘This is fire season’: fireys warn conditions will worsen

The region’s chief rural firefighter has issued a fire ban in the lead up to very high fire danger

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21st Nov. 2020 2:11 PM

Queensland Rural Fire Service regional manager Superintendent Alan Gillespie fears fire conditions will worsen across Sunday and Monday. Photo: Andrew Korner

Fireys monitor large grass fire at Lower Wonga

Crews were also required at the scene of a vegetation fire at Amamoor this afternoon.

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08th Oct. 2020 4:10 PM

Multiple fires have required the attention of QFES crews in the Gympie region this afternoon. File Photo: Rob Williams / The Queensland Times

REVEALED: Water bombers to protect the Burnett this summer

WITH a number of serious fires having already sparked in the Burnett, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services has unveiled...

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07th Oct. 2020 3:10 PM

FIRE SEASON: WITH a number of serious fires having already sparked in the Burnett region, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services has revealed what aerial resources are protecting the region.

Aussie pilots jobless as QLD hires foreigners to fight fires

A Queensland pilot has slammed state governments for letting overseas workers into the country to fly waterbombers during...

What a La Nina alert means for the Whitsundays

The Bureau of Meteorology predicts the chance of a La Nina weather pattern has increased to 70 per cent.

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08th Sept. 2020 11:09 AM

La Nina could bring a wetter than average wet season as well as an increased likelihood of cyclones. Source: iStock.

‘Don’t get complacent’: Firies on watch despite looming rain

Wet weather is coming to Central Queensland, but fires – and strong storms – are still expected.

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04th Sept. 2020 1:09 PM

Rural Fire Service central regional manager Brian Smith. Picture: Zizi Averill

Firefighters relive dragging Peregian from the furnace

A Coast fire chief has no doubts about what stopped a raging inferno becoming a total disaster.

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30th Aug. 2020 5:08 AM

Fireys threw everything at the Peregian fires.

WARNING: Recent rain doesn’t mean no fire danger

“We are preparing for fire and land holders should do the same.”

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21st Aug. 2020 5:08 PM

Rural fireys at Susan River working to control a fire.

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.

Controlled burn planned for Coast hinterland

If you see smoke coming from bushland around the Mapleton National Park, don’t panic – it’s likely a controlled burn aimed...

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17th July 2020 1:07 PM

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