Media Watch
Recent fire related artciles appearing in the Australian media, courtesy of Google News.
Showing 50 most recent articles:
 MSN Malaysia News | Attempt to shield Country Fire Authority The Australian It has also used the commission to defend embattled CFA chief Russell Rees, saying criticism of his performance on Black Saturday during the inquiry has not ... Ineptitude in the path of an inferno CFA chief Russell Rees failed in warnings, QC tells royal commission Victorian CFA bushfire criticism not justified, inquiry hears |
Man killed in house fire Melbourne Herald Sun Victoria Police spokeswoman Constable Angela Avery said the house was completely destroyed when police arrived at the scene. CFA investigators and police ... One dead in Beaufort house fire Man dies in house fire House fire death in Victoria |
Terrier dog saved by CFA from suspicious house fire in Dandenong Melbourne Herald Sun FIREFIGHTERS have rescued a small dog from a suspicious house fire in Dandenong early this morning. The Country Fire Authority was called to the house in ... |
Lives before properties in stay-or-go policy changes WA today However, the Government also defended CFA chief officer Russell Rees against criticism from counsels assisting the commission. ... |
CFA veteran tells Royal Commission 'it looked like a meteorite hit' NEWS.com.au Ken Williamson said on February 8 he drove the Humevale Rd 12 hours after it had been hit by the fire storm and what he saw was beyond belief. ... CFA captain knew bushfire had potential to 'wipe out' area Firefighter tried to warn Kinglake communities of danger CFA captain feared whole mountain would be lost |
Fire policy to favour early evacuation The Age Allan Myers, QC, said the Government agreed with the proposal to retain the policy to stay and defend a property or leave early, but said the CFA needed to ... |
Brumby leaps to defence of embattled CFA chief The Age Incident controllers would be empowered to issue evacuation advice and warnings would include information such as a fire's predicted impact and the fire ... |
Facebook, Twitter in new bushfire policy ABC Online "The state is not in a position to commit to a CFA, which has all the resources to knock on every door and advise householders of their particular risks," ... |
CFA chief neglected his duty: commission Sydney Morning Herald Embattled Country Fire Authority (CFA) chief Russell Rees had neglected his duty to protect the lives of Victorians in the Black Saturday fires and failed ... |
Lessons still to learn before the state burns yet again The Age It was driving the fire towards us at an enormous pace. There was no CFA and there was no fire brigade. Have you ever heard the expression, 'You're on your ... |
Victoria's fire brigades to be upgraded Brisbane Times The Victorian government has announced spending of $26 million to fast-track the construction and upgrade of Country Fire Authority (CFA) stations over the ... John van Tiggelen |
Family of seven escape burning home The Australian A CFA spokeswoman said the two adults and five children in the house were safely evacuated and have found emergency accommodation while authorities ... Five children escape burning house in Montrose |
the man who knew too little The Age CFA chief Russell Rees has spent days giving evidence with lawyers' blow-torches to his belly. Much of what has come out of his own mouth has been damning: ... |
Black Saturday hearing: call for fire-danger index The Age He suggested that the chief officer of the CFA have responsibility for warnings and fire station sirens be used in towns that want and understand them. ... |
Fire refuges should be included on all bush properties WA today The CFA produces a 40-page bushfire survival plan workbook to guide home owners. It does not mention fire refuges as structures separate from the house. ... |
CFA 'a mess' as fires bore down on towns The Australian A FRUSTRATED senior fire officer scrawled across his logbook on the afternoon of Black Saturday that Victoria's Country Fire Authority was "in a mess", ... Bushfires evidence enters twilight zone CFA's spirit 'almost dead' Veteran firey's frustration amid Black Saturday fires |
Brumby backs fire boss despite criticism The Age The embattled boss of the Country Fire Authority (CFA) is set to be reappointed, it was reported on Thursday. He conceded last month at the inquiry into ... |
Refuges 'won't be ready' by fire season WA today ... said the Country Fire Authority (CFA) needed to develop education programs that advise individual residents about the defensibility of their properties. ... |
CFA duty officer tells hearing emergency response centre inadequate Melbourne Herald Sun In another incident, he authorisrd an alert message about a fire 3kms east of Saunders Rd in Kilmore-when it was further than 3kms. ... |
CFA bushfire warnings on Black Saturday 'confusing' The Australian One CFA warning for a fire that started at Kilmore early on Black Saturday and later killed more than 100 people said the township of Wandong was likely to ... Black Saturday fire warnings confused many: RMIT professor John ... Fire warnings confusing: inquiry told Black Saturday warnings inadequate, commission hears |
CFA lawyers object to criticism of fire chief ABC Online (AAP: John Woudstra, The Age/Pool) The legal team for Victoria's Country Fire Authority (CFA) has objected to the way the fire chief, Russell Rees has been ... Different fire may have hit Strathewen CFA chief officer says 'failures', 'successes' in bushfire response Call for CFA to make saving lives top priority |
 Ipswich Queensland Times | Network problems hampered Black Saturday bushfire efforts The Australian Telstra's national manager of radio networks, John Cowan, told the hearing that the CFA operates its own radio despatching network, which is used by CFA ... Planning for the future on bushfires Telstra 'not to blame' during bushfires Telstra network 'stood up well', bushfire commission hears |
Public fire warning 'not my job', says Senior Victorian Country ... The Australian CFA state duty officer on Black Saturday, Gregory Paterson, said warnings about predicted wind changes were important to communities under threat. ... |
Community bushfire refuges urged The Age A CFA spokesman then mentioned the warning about Kinglake on ABC radio at 4.43pm, but no further warning occurred until 5.55pm on the CFA website. Fire ... |
Teague recommendations sensible: experts WA today Counsel have recommended the controversial "stay or go" policy be retained but say the Country Fire Authority (CFA) must be given latitude to advise people ... |
CFA deputy tried to warn Kinglake The Age CFA deputy group officer Ken Williamson ? who is also the captain of the Whittlesea brigade ? told the commission that at 3.57pm he contacted Vic Fire, ... |
Stay and defend? Yes, but not as it used to be done The Age Currently, the CFA and Victoria Police have power to evacuate an area but householders may choose to stay. Under the CFA's present policy the decision to ... |
Officer predicted spread of 'bad fire' The Australian "My predictions looked bad," said Mr Cowan, who was a volunteer firefighter based at the CFA's Kangaroo Ground incident centre, just south of the Kinglake ... |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Mother tells Bushfires Royal Commission of final phone call Melbourne Herald Sun She called a friend and asked her to keep trying triple zero and the friend eventually got through and was told they knew about the fire and there was a CFA ... Self-serving know-alls fuelled fires Call that connected mother to son for last time |
Many bushfire victims died in their bathrooms: report ABC Online Meanwhile, the Royal Commission has been told that the third most senior Country Fire Authority (CFA) officer working on Black Saturday never realised the ... Warning of fire danger ignored Residents 'behind in planning for Victorian bushfires' |
Bushfire warnings 'didn't reach website' The Age Vital fire warnings failed to reach the Country Fire Authority (CFA) website on Black Saturday and other information met with extraordinary delays as it ... |
Two men stop Melbourne boat fire Sky News Australia Two passers-by have put their lives at risk when they stopped a boat fire in Melbourne overnight. The former CFA volunteers were having dinner across the ... Firefighter interrupts dinner to save day |
Eight out 10 bushfire calls 'unanswered' The Australian Initial CFA warnings about the Kilmore East fire, which started at 11.49am on Black Saturday and killed 121 people, were not received by email until 3.25pm ... Bushfire help melts down Crucial information blocked on Black Saturday, commission hears Bushfire phone line a 'comedy of errors', Royal Commission told |
'Scapegoat' CFA members may quit The Age HUNDREDS of Country Fire Authority volunteers believe they have been unfairly blamed for the heavy death toll on Black Saturday and are threatening to quit ... |
Fire plan failures revealed The Age Said one CFA volunteer of Marysville: "Going in the bathroom I found 17 bodies in the first two days, 14 of whom I knew personally. Why? ... |
Firie feared for mountain in bushfires Sydney Morning Herald A Country Fire Authority (CFA) captain out of contact with officials controlling firefighting on Black Saturday feared the "whole mountain" around Kinglake ... |
Hotline failed on Black Saturday: probe The Age But it discovered almost immediately that it could not access relevant DSE and CFA fire information due to a computer glitch caused by a recent upgrade of ... |
Learning magic Berwick News That stands out in my mind.? Mr Hoppner has only been at the Cranbourne station for a few weeks, but has been with the CFA for 19 years. |
Firefighters join forces with footballers ABC Online Footballers and firefighters are joining forces to try to attract the next generation of Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteers. ... |
 Weekly Times Now | Fire: don't blame the CFA Weekly Times Now The CFA has shown by previous fire experience that it looks critically at itself and takes steps to address the lessons learnt. The Minimum Skills Education ... |
House fire risk for hoarders The Full Story Following a fatal house fire over night, the MFB is reminding the community about the fire dangers associated with hoarding in the home. ... Man dies in Ascot Vale house fire MFB warns of hoarding after fatal fire in Ascot Vale |
Councils fear being sued over bushfire refuges NEWS.com.au Commissioner Susan Pascoe said they had heard evidence from people, including CFA members, who lived in highly defendible homes who decided to abandon lans ... |
Marysville residents 'died in bathrooms' WA today The report released by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre includes anecdotal evidence from a Country Fire Authority (CFA) member who searched burned ... |
Arsonists behind 6000-hectare blaze ABC Online A joint investigation by the CFA, DSE and police has found the blaze was not sparked by a nearby fuel reduction burn. Justin Cook from the DSE says they ... Park fire was deliberately lit |
Royal Commission told sweeping changes needed to fire warnings NEWS.com.au "Some residents had made very elaborate plans, some had taken simple steps, some had made plans that refected to the letter the CFA advice," she said. ... |
Specific, direct fire warnings could save lives The Age The commission has heard stories about how, in the Kilmore fire, the CFA control centre that had all the information, Kangaroo Ground, was prevented from ... |
Fire chief 'failed to do his job' The Australian Article from: Australian AP THE chief of Victoria's Country Fire Authority (CFA) failed in at least one of his "core responsibilities" on Black Saturday, ... |
Chief of CFA Russell Rees to stay in job despite criticism Melbourne Herald Sun EMBATTLED CFA fire chief Russell Rees is set to be reappointed despite criticism in the royal commission of his handling of Black Saturday. ... |
Brumby urges volunteer firies to stay on The Age Country Fire Authority (CFA) officials fear a fallout from the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission will turn volunteers away, according to talkback radio ... |
 The Age | Dad's Army saved Taggerty Heights The Age A neighbour who was a former CFA fire captain radioed in and warned Mr Walter "to let it come to me". That warning saved his life. ... 'Dad's Army' saved 15 homes in Taggerty, bushfire commission hears How 'Dad's Army' beat tsunami of flame |
