Disaster assistance has been activated in response to the tropical low and associated flooding that affected the Kimberley and East Pilbara in late January 2018. Assistance is being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA). Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity Angus Taylor, who has responsibility for
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The RAC South West Emergency Rescue Helicopter today marks two years of supporting the South-West with nearly 600 missions flown. It has played a pivotal role in responding to hundreds of vehicle crashes, which made up 78 per cent of all primary missions, and has assisted with 30 search and rescue
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Detectives from the Arson Squad’s Strike Force Vulcan have charged a 15 year old boy in relation to deliberately lit scrub fires in the Canning Vale area. Around 9:35pm on Sunday 4 February 2018, Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) were called to a scrub fire on Admiralty Road Reserve. DFES
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The first round of funding under the new $15 million Mitigation Activity Fund has been announced today. Fifteen regional local governments, which have endorsed Bushfire Risk Management Plans, will share $1.47 million of funding to treat a total of 374 bushfire risks across their communities. The Mitigation Activity Fund, supported by Royalties
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Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity Angus Taylor and the Western Australian Minister for Emergency Services Francis Logan today announced the activation of disaster assistance for 12 local government areas in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Joyce a week ago. Minister Taylor said assistance was being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State
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With summer well underway, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and RSPCA WA are urging Western Australians to include pets in their bushfire survival plans. DFES Director Community Preparedness Suellen Flint said more than sixty per cent of Australian households included a much loved pet, but actions for keeping them
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