A rural fire brigade, which has no fire truck, no paid fire fighters and no shed, is at the centre of a major election...
23rd Sept. 2020 10:09 AM
A rural fire brigade, which has no fire truck, no paid fire fighters and no shed, is at the centre of a major election...
23rd Sept. 2020 7:09 AM
How strategy, planning, luck and a thousand moments of individual courage saved the Sunshine Coast.
11th Sept. 2019 6:09 AM
A shocked Landsborough mother has described the moment she was awoken by neighbours, alerting her of a ‘massive 400m wall...
07th Sept. 2019 1:09 PM
The rural fire brigade will set fire to a makeshift room and demonstrate how to put it out.
04th Sept. 2019 10:09 AM
A control burn near Toogoom Road, Beelbi Creek jumped containment lines this afternoon.
18th Aug. 2019 5:08 PM
It might be 21 years ago, but the toughest Glasshouse Mountains rescue he's ever done is still as vivid as ever for Lou...
14th June 2019 2:06 PM
Rural Fire Brigade Volunteer Jenny Kingston has been described "as a behind the scenes angel of the brigade.
06th March 2019 1:03 AM
Crews working to contain the fire
29th Jan. 2019 11:01 AM
'The rain we had was a good but it is still dry in a lot of places'
31st Dec. 2018 7:12 AM
"They are hot, hard and long hours on the job, but our guys are always keen to go out there.”
06th Dec. 2018 12:12 AM
An empty, state of the art fire station, worth a whopping $92,000 sits useless in Aldershot where the local rural brigade...
24th Aug. 2018 12:08 AM
The Aldershot Rural Fire Brigade has a brand new shed but only one appliance to serve the local residents.
23rd Aug. 2018 6:08 PM
This Ballandean resident has praised the work of the fire fighters who saved his home from burning down.
13th Aug. 2018 3:08 PM
Over 150 acres were burnt and 6 properties were threatened earlier today
01st Aug. 2018 5:08 PM
Last week's bushfires taught Boyne Valley hobby farmer Barry Collins how cruel rural life can be.
23rd July 2018 4:07 AM
An investigation is under way to determine the cause of seven fires which broke out in Mungar and surrounding areas on...
18th July 2018 5:07 PM
Coast dad's plight: $100,000 Sydney surgery for a brain tumour or risk it all to chance
23rd March 2018 5:03 AM
WHEN devastation struck the coast in the form of an angry, orange blaze...these residents stepped up
28th Nov. 2017 8:11 AM
IN A matter of seconds a Coast man became victim to the very same force he had been fighting for the past 15 years.
28th Nov. 2017 5:11 AM
TIARO'S emergency service workers and volunteers are in a happier and much bigger place due to the recent refurbishment.
26th Oct. 2017 4:10 PM
DRIVING down Burrum Heads Road near Gillies Road on Monday afternoon, Milton Baker was met with a sight which has been...
12th Sept. 2017 6:09 PM
The blaze broke out in Burrum Heads on Monday afternoon and after being contained in the evening, it intensified on Tuesday...
12th Sept. 2017 6:09 PM
Seven separate bushfires keep Southern Downs firecrews busy
30th Aug. 2017 3:08 PM
Rural fire crews are at the scene of a small vegetation fire.
30th June 2017 1:06 PM
LATEST: Firefighters have returned to the site of a bushfire burning near Kenilworth this morning.
17th Oct. 2016 6:10 AM
A DARLING Downs family that lost all possessions in a weekend house fire is being supported by the local community.
02nd Feb. 2016 8:02 AM
A HOME in Sister Kenny St, Nobby has been destroyed in a blaze.
01st Feb. 2016 6:02 AM
WITH 2015 coming to an end, the Rural Fire Brigades Association Queensland (RFBAQ) would like to wish you plenty of rain, a...
23rd Dec. 2015 6:12 PM
Dundowran Rural Fire Brigade volunteers demonstrate the difference between putting a fire out with sand and putting one out...
14th Dec. 2015 6:12 AM
AS BUSHFIRES continue to burn around Burgowan and other parts of the Coast our rural fire volunteers are ready to work...
14th Oct. 2015 1:10 PM
Wear a yellow ribbon to say thank you to the heroes who volunteer in the Rural Fire Brigade.
12th Oct. 2015 12:10 PM
THE Cawarral Rural Fire Brigade have thanked the community for their support following a break-in on Tuesday night in which...
02nd Oct. 2015 6:10 AM
WHEN you’re fighting fires, having the right equipment can be the difference between life and death.
01st Oct. 2015 1:10 PM
DID you know that you will need a permit if you wish to light a fire over two metres?
01st Oct. 2015 1:10 PM
THE handover of a report into controversial Queensland firefighter cancer legislation has been delayed.
04th Sept. 2015 10:09 AM
UPDATE: Firefighters are expecting to work into the evening in an effort to bring a grass fire at Swanbank...
03rd Aug. 2015 2:08 PM
AS Jenny Walsh recovers from breast cancer, the last thing she and her husband Michael should be thinking about is what...
29th July 2015 7:07 AM
_fct905x679x86.0_ct140x106.jpg "Michael Welsh is fighting for a fair deal from the State Government on fire cancer compensation for the region's volunteer fire fighter fighters.")
A GROUP of Maryborough State High School students joined the rural firefighters and have been working for the community in...
22nd Jan. 2015 5:01 AM
AS rural firefighters fear for high-density areas, they are happy they can now keep their prized firetrucks for an extra...
02nd Sept. 2014 6:09 AM
COMMUNITY support has helped to build a new training room at Takura Rural Fire Station.
30th July 2014 4:07 PM
THESE plumes of smoke huffing and puffing their way high into the bluest of Fraser Coast skies had tongues wagging and...
13th April 2014 1:04 PM
AN URBAN fire crew and a few rural crews were called to fight a small vegetation fire on Eatonvale Rd in Tinana on...
03rd March 2014 3:03 PM
A FIRE broke out at Tuan Rd in Tuan on Monday with rural fire crews and one urban crew fighting the blaze.
29th Jan. 2014 5:01 AM
SEVERAL fire crews were called to a bushfire burning west of Maryborough on Monday at Thinoomba, on the...
21st Jan. 2014 5:01 AM
RURAL fire brigade services spent another weekend in the furnace fighting blazes at Toogoom, Howard and Pacific Haven.
14th Oct. 2013 5:10 AM
URBAN and rural fire crews raced to the scene of a grassfire threatening to get out of control in Maryborough near the...
02nd Oct. 2013 6:10 AM
FRASER Coast Rural Fire Brigade Groups are a step closer to finding a solution that will allow them to protect homes near...
01st Oct. 2013 11:10 AM
A SENIOR rural brigade officer has taken aim at the council for Saturday’s Sunshine Acres wildfire, claiming it knew...
23rd Sept. 2013 5:09 AM
MULTIPLE Rural Fire Service Queensland crews will return to the scene of a large grassfire burning near Settlers Rd, Susan...
21st Aug. 2013 7:08 AM
