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Linfield are one win away from reaching the group stages of the Europa Conference League

Belfast Live · Aug 23, 2022

Updated fire danger rating system will be rolled out next month. Here's what you need to know

A new $50 million national fire danger rating system will be rolled out next month, replacing a system that is more than half a century old.

ABC News · Aug 20, 2022

NSW RFS partners with mining company in first-of-its-kind road-crash emergency rescue trial

Low populations and declining volunteer rates in Far West NSW have meant a mining company is joining forces with emergency services to assist with road crash rescues.

ABC News · Aug 19, 2022

When disaster strikes, residents of the forgotten valley of St Albans have no choice but to stick together

Disaster has struck St Albans several times in the last few years but community spirit keeps the town going.

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022

Former RFS firefighter Blake William Banner sentenced for intentionally lighting a 2019 fire

The court heard Blake William Banner used a clear plastic water bottle to light a fire in Bega during a total fire ban before returning as an RFS volunteer to help put the blaze out.

ABC News · Jul 7, 2022

Badja Forest fire victim Michael Clarke incinerated in bathroom, NSW Bushfire Coronial Inquiry hears

The NSW Bushfires Coronial Inquiry has heard Michael Clarke died in his bathroom when the Badja Forest fire hit his home near Bodalla on the NSW South Coast on January 23, 2020.

ABC News · Jun 28, 2022

RFS volunteer firebug 'exceptional case'

A Rural Fire Service volunteer has been spared jail time for lighting 10 fires after the NSW District Court judge found his subjective case was exceptional.

AAP · Jun 22, 2022

Firefighters who died in Green Wattle Creek bushfire remembered as loving fathers, community members

Family members of the two volunteer firefighters killed during the Green Wattle Creek bushfire in 2019 describe them as dedicated to their communities, and loving fathers to their young children.

ABC News · May 12, 2022

Australian firefighters in battle over compensation as experts link cancers to bushfire smoke

After years of service fighting fires, Bruce has been diagnosed with three cancers his specialists say are linked to bushfire smoke inhalation. He's now in a fight with the NSW government on not one, but two fronts.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022

Russia consider permanently leaving European football after UEFA ban

Russia were removed from the World Cup playoff qualification process while Spartak Moscow were kicked out of this season's Europa League after FIFA and UEFA sanctions

Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2022