Fire Emergency Sites

One thing I have noticed with emergency services is naming is different across different states

Victoria

Vic Emergency
https://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naturallybeing.fireready&hl=en_AU
https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/warnings-and-incidents

NSW

NSW Rural Fire Service
https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fires-near-me

Fires Near me App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.gov.nsw.rfs.firesnearme.nsw&hl=en_AU
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/fires-near-me-nsw/id370891827

WA Emergency W A

Emergency W A https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/
https://myfirewatch.landgate.wa.gov.au/alerts.html#
https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/safetyinformation/warningsystems/Pages/Emergency-WA.aspx

QLD SES Assistance QLD

https://www.ses.qld.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.gov.qld.emergency.incident.ses.assistance
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/ses-assistance-qld/id704964892

ACT

https://esa.act.gov.au/
https://www.act.gov.au/browse/about-act/act-emergency-information/act-incident-map
https://www.facebook.com/actemergencyservicesagency/

Tasmania

http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/Show?pageId=colGMapBushfires
http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/Show?pageId=colCurrentBushfires&filter=BUSHFIRE
https://www.fire.tas.gov.au/
https://www.facebook.com/TasmaniaFireService/

Northern Territory

https://pfes.nt.gov.au/fire-and-rescue-service/fire-incident-map
https://pfes.nt.gov.au/fire-and-rescue-service

Thanks Buffy, I left out CFA Vic

The most useful thing you can have is a CB radio tuned into the frequency of the local RFS.
This not the regional on line coms but your local one.
If need be you can talk to them, I think it is imperative that people be aware of this and find out the channel.
Also know your co-ordinates and the ones they use.
I’ve heard little or nothing about this during the fire emergencies, it’s one of the coms that always works no matter what else is down and sets are not expensive.

Peak Warming Man said:

The most useful thing you can have is a CB radio tuned into the frequency of the local RFS.
This not the regional on line coms but your local one.
If need be you can talk to them, I think it is imperative that people be aware of this and find out the channel.
Also know your co-ordinates and the ones they use.
I’ve heard little or nothing about this during the fire emergencies, it’s one of the coms that always works no matter what else is down and sets are not expensive.

There’s some variation between services, but I wouldn’t expect any emergency agencies would be using citizen band frequencies under normal circumstances. Where did you get this advice from, PWM?

Rule 303 said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The most useful thing you can have is a CB radio tuned into the frequency of the local RFS.
This not the regional on line coms but your local one.
If need be you can talk to them, I think it is imperative that people be aware of this and find out the channel.
Also know your co-ordinates and the ones they use.
I’ve heard little or nothing about this during the fire emergencies, it’s one of the coms that always works no matter what else is down and sets are not expensive.

There’s some variation between services, but I wouldn’t expect any emergency agencies would be using citizen band frequencies under normal circumstances. Where did you get this advice from, PWM?

When the fires were threatening the redoubt I tuned into their comms on channel 20, the one commonly used in the valley.
That was the ones the local RFS were using, even to talk to the water bombers.

Peak Warming Man said:

Rule 303 said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The most useful thing you can have is a CB radio tuned into the frequency of the local RFS.
This not the regional on line coms but your local one.
If need be you can talk to them, I think it is imperative that people be aware of this and find out the channel.
Also know your co-ordinates and the ones they use.
I’ve heard little or nothing about this during the fire emergencies, it’s one of the coms that always works no matter what else is down and sets are not expensive.

There’s some variation between services, but I wouldn’t expect any emergency agencies would be using citizen band frequencies under normal circumstances. Where did you get this advice from, PWM?

When the fires were threatening the redoubt I tuned into their comms on channel 20, the one commonly used in the valley.
That was the ones the local RFS were using, even to talk to the water bombers.

Yeah OK, interesting. Very unusual. Where is the redoubt?

Rule 303 said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Rule 303 said:

There’s some variation between services, but I wouldn’t expect any emergency agencies would be using citizen band frequencies under normal circumstances. Where did you get this advice from, PWM?

When the fires were threatening the redoubt I tuned into their comms on channel 20, the one commonly used in the valley.
That was the ones the local RFS were using, even to talk to the water bombers.

Yeah OK, interesting. Very unusual. Where is the redoubt?

Northern Tablelands NSW, the local RFS is the Liston station.
The overall command is the NT control centre, they use a different comms and liase with the Liston local control. The local control talk to it’s firies using the local CB channel, there’s a lot of local chatter when things get hairy. It seemed to work very well.

Peak Warming Man said:

Rule 303 said:

Peak Warming Man said:

When the fires were threatening the redoubt I tuned into their comms on channel 20, the one commonly used in the valley.
That was the ones the local RFS were using, even to talk to the water bombers.

Yeah OK, interesting. Very unusual. Where is the redoubt?

Northern Tablelands NSW, the local RFS is the Liston station.
The overall command is the NT control centre, they use a different comms and liase with the Liston local control. The local control talk to it’s firies using the local CB channel, there’s a lot of local chatter when things get hairy. It seemed to work very well.

I can’t find any reference to them being within 10Hz of normal CB anywhere (NSW RFS documents, scanner records). Is it possible you struck a temporary arrangement (because the local repeater had burnt down, for example)? This does occasionally happen.

You can listen to emergency radios, but it’s illegal to broadcast on their frequencies unless you’re in a threat-to-life emergency. I don’t know where the law sits if they’re using CB frequencies, but suspect they would shout at you if you interrupted them.

Rule 303 said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Rule 303 said:

Yeah OK, interesting. Very unusual. Where is the redoubt?

Northern Tablelands NSW, the local RFS is the Liston station.
The overall command is the NT control centre, they use a different comms and liase with the Liston local control. The local control talk to it’s firies using the local CB channel, there’s a lot of local chatter when things get hairy. It seemed to work very well.

I can’t find any reference to them being within 10Hz of normal CB anywhere (NSW RFS documents, scanner records). Is it possible you struck a temporary arrangement (because the local repeater had burnt down, for example)? This does occasionally happen.

You can listen to emergency radios, but it’s illegal to broadcast on their frequencies unless you’re in a threat-to-life emergency. I don’t know where the law sits if they’re using CB frequencies, but suspect they would shout at you if you interrupted them.

There is no phone reception here, people talk using channel 20 CB.
All the firies are locals, You hear things like “Just to the north of you there is a property with a white fence if you can bomb the fire coming down the gully and slow it up Jim will put a break in with his grader”
Then Mavis will come on and say something like “if you guys need the ute the keys are on the wall beside the fridge” etc etc It might sound a bit country but it was all very professional, I think they’ve done it before.

Peak Warming Man said:

Rule 303 said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Northern Tablelands NSW, the local RFS is the Liston station.
The overall command is the NT control centre, they use a different comms and liase with the Liston local control. The local control talk to it’s firies using the local CB channel, there’s a lot of local chatter when things get hairy. It seemed to work very well.

I can’t find any reference to them being within 10Hz of normal CB anywhere (NSW RFS documents, scanner records). Is it possible you struck a temporary arrangement (because the local repeater had burnt down, for example)? This does occasionally happen.

You can listen to emergency radios, but it’s illegal to broadcast on their frequencies unless you’re in a threat-to-life emergency. I don’t know where the law sits if they’re using CB frequencies, but suspect they would shout at you if you interrupted them.

There is no phone reception here, people talk using channel 20 CB.
All the firies are locals, You hear things like “Just to the north of you there is a property with a white fence if you can bomb the fire coming down the gully and slow it up Jim will put a break in with his grader”
Then Mavis will come on and say something like “if you guys need the ute the keys are on the wall beside the fridge” etc etc It might sound a bit country but it was all very professional, I think they’ve done it before.

Yeah OK. Be interesting to know what’s led to them being off their assigned frequencies.

I only just found out a site with a map of road closures due to bushfires, and roadworks in general.

https://traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au/

eg. Road closures due to bushfires.

eg. Roadworks in Melbourne

I’m sorry you didn’t know about that one. We’ve been using it for years. It’s been through a couple of upgrades. But then again, I guess you don’t have to routinely check local road closures for floods and fires and stuff really, do you.

:)