Two decades ago, fire ripped through Canberra, destroying 480 homes. An Australian fire chief reflects on possible lessons ...

The Western Australian (WA) state government has announced the start of construction on a new A$5.1m ($3.17m) volunteer ...

The Australian head of the world's largest volunteer firefighting force said on Tuesday a refusal by social media firms to ...

Today, Scott is the chief of the Australian Capital Territory's Rural Fire Service, which oversees Canberra's outlying regions. The Times spoke with him about the 2003 tragedy and how it changed ...

Picture this. It's a summer evening in Australia. A dry lightning storm is about to sweep across remote, tinder-dry bushland.

Experts say it is only a matter of time until major Australian cities experience “house-to-house ignition” on a similar scale ...

The incident forced the temporary suspension of a Big Bash fixture at the Brisbane ground, but, thankfully, there were no ...

Of those 170, seven are Large Air Tankers for firebombing, with only one Australian-owned – by the NSW Rural Fire Service. The others are leased from North America during their winter.

With wildfires raging across Los Angeles, focus is turning to how new technologies, including AI, can aid our response to ...

Firefighters are working to make further progress against Los Angeles blazes that have killed at least 24 people, as ...

“In California as well as in Australia, we’re seeing longer fire seasons and we’re also seeing the severity ... Aussie crisis ...