Emergency Services

23 Jan 2025

Discover your purpose on the water

IT’S not for the faint-hearted. The calls come at all hours, all days and all seasons, the beautiful sun-shining summers and the rough wild winters. But it’s exhilarating. And last Thursday, January 16, was no different when members of the Port...

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21 Jan 2025

Fire in Wonthaggi wetlands

WONTHAGGI Fire Brigade, paramedics and police are currently on the scene of a fire in Wonthaggi Wetlands at the end of Poplar Street where a column of smoke can be seen rising through the trees. Vehicles are advised to avoid the area with some...

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16 Jan 2025

Wonthaggi bushfire linked to Inverloch pathway works

A FIRE which broke out in bushland on the outskirts of Wonthaggi last Wednesday, January 8, has been linked to construction work on the Bass Coast Shire Council’s $7.7million Inverloch to Wonthaggi pathway. According to a spokesman for the CF...

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10 Jan 2025

Stay Informed Yanakie

AN ADVICE message has been issued for Sandy Point and Yanakie this afternoon after a bushfire at Yanakie was quickly brought under control. The bushfire is travelling from Millar Road and Hourigan Camp Lane in a westerly direction towards Shallow...

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03 Jan 2025

Advice alert issued for Boolarra and Boolarra South

AN ADVICE alert has been issued for Boolarra and Boolarra South this evening as a bush fire travels from Barktown Road in a northerly direction towards the Mirboo North Regional Park. The bush fire is not yet under control. There is currently no...

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22 Dec 2024

Santa’s visit a moment of relief at Grantville but with much left to do

YOU can’t call it yet. With 198 firefighters still online on Sunday, and 18 tankers, 38 slip-ons and nine pieces of heavy machinery on the firegrounds, plus fire bombers still in the air, and damage to sheds, fencing and houses still to be...

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22 Dec 2024

UPDATE Saturday 1.00pm: ‘Watch & Act’ still in place for The Gurdies

A Watch and Act message is still in place for St Helier and The Gurdies according to the latest message issued by Emergency Vic at 12:23pm on Saturday, December 12. There is a bushfire at The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve (NCR) that is not yet...

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21 Dec 2024

Bass Highway reopens to traffic after fire downgrade

THE Bass Highway has reopened to traffic both ways past The Gurdies after a bushfire escaped from The Gurdies Nature Conservation Reserve (NCR) on Friday afternoon, December 20 and reached tress, bush and grass by the side of the road. But prepare...

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21 Dec 2024

UPDATE 8.45pm: The Gurdies fire downgraded to ‘watch and act’

AT 8.48pm on Friday night, Emergency Vic announced that The Gurdies bushfire has been downgraded back to a ‘Watch and Act’ for St Helier, The Gurdiesand Woodleigh. But not before the fire threatened houses in the Woodland Close area and farming...

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20 Dec 2024

‘Extra crews and aircraft’ join The Gurdies fire fight

THE sky was glowing an ominous orange above The Gurdies overnight on Thursday night, December 20 as a small but inaccessible bushfire continued to burn out of control off Woodland Close in a Native Vegetation Offset site owned by the Bass Coast...

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20 Dec 2024

Serious crash closes northbound lane of Bass Highway

A LARGE contingent of police and emergency services are on the scene of a nasty collision on the Bass Highway and Soldiers Road at Bass. Police reported nine-life threatening injuries to an unknown number of people from the two cars. Bass Highway...

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19 Dec 2024

Watch and Act for bushfire at The Gurdies

EIGHTEEN trucks are responding to a bushfire at The Gurdies this afternoon which started around 3.28pm. It’s understood the fire near Gurdies-St Helier Road is not yet under control. More to follow…

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