WA | 18 March 2012 More than 120 emergency services personnel from FESA have worked tirelessly to help people in Port Hedland, Marble Bar, Nullagine, Newman and surrounding communities, adjacent mining and pastoral leases recover after Severe Tropical Cyclone (TC) Lua. Reconnaissance teams have completed ground assessments and reported very limited structural damage in...
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Western Australia | Hot, dry weather prompts fire warning
WA | 9 March 2012 With very hot, dry and windy conditions expected from tomorrow and throughout the weekend, FESA is urging the community to exercise caution, stay alert and be ready to put their bushfire survival plan into action. Bureau of Meteorology Manager of Weather Services Grahame Reader said temperatures were set to...
Western Australia | FESA CEO announces new senior appointments
WA | 9 March 2012 FESA’s Chief Executive Officer Wayne Gregson today announced the appointment of two Chief Operations Officers (COO). Mr Gregson said the COO appointments reflect the agency’s new direction and focus on enhancing frontline operations and community safety across the range of FESA’s hazards. He said Mr Lloyd Bailey has been...
Western Australia | Residents urged to stay bushfire alert during autumn
WA | 5 March 2012 Western Australians are being urged to remain vigilant and bushfire aware as we move into autumn, with high temperatures still expected. FESA Acting Chief Operations Officer Lloyd Bailey said that although summer was officially over, hot weather and challenging bushfire conditions were still highly possible. “We must remember that...
Western Australia | Teen rescued by SES volunteers from cliff near Geraldton
Ellendale Pool | 20 Feb 2012 A teenager has been winched to safety after becoming stranded on a cliff at Ellendale Pool near Geraldton. The State Emergency Service says the boy was climbing up a ledge above the pool on Saturday afternoon when he fell. Fifteen State Emergency Service Volunteers worked hard to gain...
Western Australia | Big drop in ambulance ramping
WA | 16 Feb 2012 New data from WA Health shows ambulance ramping for the past six months is well below levels for the same time one year ago. Health Minister Kim Hames said the continued reduction in ambulance ramping and the longer-term downward trend was good news for patients. “Our emergency departments continue...
Western Australia | Emerging psychoactive drug – MDPV – banned in WA
WA | 9 Feb 2012 The potentially fatal psychoactive drug, MDPV will be banned in Western Australia from midnight on Friday. With effects including anxiety, paranoia, acute cardiovascular and central nervous system toxicity, MDPV (3,4 methylenedioxypyrovalerone), will become an illicit substance when it is added to Schedule 9 (Prohibited Substances) of the Poisons Act...
Western Australia | Teenaged girl killed, four other people injured in high-impact RTC in Wagin
Puntaping Rd, Wagin | 6 Feb 2012 Major Crash officers are seeking witnesses to a crash which claimed the life of a 16 year old girl on Saturday. At around 7:30pm, the girl was one of four passengers in a silver Holden Astra, being driven by a 17 year old girl. The car was...
Western Australia | DEC mops up after Carnarvon fire suppression
Carnarvon | 3 Feb 2012 The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) is wrapping up its biggest firefighting operation in decades after more than a month of battling multiple fires that burned through more than 800,000ha of mostly pastoral land near Carnarvon. Environment Minister Bill Marmion said in terms of the size and duration...
Western Australia | Prepare for storms in metro Perth area as ex-TC Iggy passes
Perth | 2 Feb 2012 The remains of Cyclone Iggy could unleash destructive 100km/h winds and torrential rain on the southern half of WA as it weakens and crosses the coast north of Perth. At 8am ex-Cyclone Iggy was 390km west-southwest of Geraldton and 560km west-northwest of Perth and moving east-southeast. The Bureau of...
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