Summer rain needed to keep a lid on ACT's grassfire threat

A Rural Fire Service crews climbs down from their truck to check a fire is out. Picture by Jay Cronan

The risk of grass fires in the ACT over the coming summer months may increase - but only if this season's predicted rain doesn't arrive first.

The seasonal bushfire outlook released on Monday by the national council for fire and emergency services revealed that if the weather patterns ahead followed their predicted wetter-than-usual trajectory, the ACT was again on target for a "normal" fire potential summer, despite the extensive grass growth during the spring.