Shane Fitzsimmons AFSM is the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner on 18 September 2007, Fitzsimmons served as Acting Commissioner between January and September. Read More
Three people were killed on Thursday when a water-bombing plane fighting bushfires crashed into a large fireball in the Snowy Monaro area, south of the Australian capital, amid rising temperatures that have further fuelled the fires in the country. ...
Australia on Saturday witnessed of a drop in temperatures in the southeastern part of the country, providing much-needed relief to control the raging bushfires, following a day of intense heat and strong winds that caused several blazes to merge. ...
As Australia continues to battle raging bushfires, a team of US firefighters got a rousing round of applause when they arrived in Australia to provide assistance. ...
Less than 48 hours after celebrating a 3-0 series win over New Zealand, Australian captain Tim Paine and star spinner Nathan Lyon went straight to Southern Highlands and paid a visit to the fire ravaged communities. ...
Australia on Sunday was assessing the damage caused by the destructive bushfires that were still blazing in the south of the country and claimed another life, bringing the death toll to 22 with hundreds of homes razed. ...
Australian firefighters were battling to save a coal mine and a power station on Tuesday, that have come under threat from a massive bushfire northwest of Sydney. ...
More than a hundred fires were raging on Friday along Australia's east coast, several of them on the outskirts of Sydney, where the heat is expected to exacerbate the flames that have detroyed over 680 houses. ...
Australian firefighters on Tuesday have said that "catastrophic" conditions like a rise in temperature, dry environment and strong winds have complicated the dowsing of the raging bushfires in New South Wales and Queensland. ...