Bushfires 2013


Fire fuels wind worries

As the crow flies, there will be just 80 kilometres separating the Yass post office with the furthest of 12 proposed wind-farms in close proximity to the township.  

$40,000 raised for bushfire victims

$40,000 raised for bushfire victims

The Landmark Charity Golf Day and Auction was a huge success, with in excess of $40,000 raised for the families impacted by the Cobbler Road bushfire.  

Donation helps school recover

Donation helps school recover

Jason and Kylie Carniel of Yass Home Timber and Hardware have donated about $1000 of hardware supplies to Yass High School, after their industrial arts areas were destroyed in last year’s school fire.  

400 in 4 charity ride

400 in 4 charity ride

A group of Fire & Rescue NSW fire fighters are riding from Wagga Wagga to Sydney, raising awareness and money for the burns unit at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead  

Passing on readers' thanks

Passing on readers' thanks

After the Cobbler Road bushfire, a number of local residents wished to say thank-you to firies through the Tribune’s classifieds.  

Dangerous fire season ends

Dangerous fire season ends

The Rural Fire Service (RFS) has declared the past summer as one of the most difficult and challenging fire seasons in recent years  

Track work sparks fires

Track work sparks fires

Three grassfires flared up on Tuesday afternoon at a property in Bowning.  

Be fire smart

Be fire smart

A major research program will begin this week to learn from January’s Cobbler Road grass fire which damaged the Yass Valley.  

Teeing off for fire victims

Teeing off for fire victims

Landmark Copeland Medway is providing an opportunity for the whole community to lend a hand to those local families impacted by the Cobblers Road bushfire.  

The road to recovery 

The road to recovery 

Just 40 hectares of Ian and Dee Bush’s 485ha operation were left untouched by the Cobbler Road bushfire that swept through the district in January.   

Worst summer in ten years

Worst summer in ten years

Volunteer firefighters breathed a sigh of relief as rain fell across the Yass Valley this week.  

Blokes building up BlazeAid

Blokes building up BlazeAid

At any one time there are about 50 volunteers camped near the Community Hall at Bookham.  

Road to recovery

Road to recovery

Getting back to normality, that’s the plan for Rick and Krystaal Hinds.  

Watching our place burn

Watching our place burn

Neil Stuart thanks the community for their help during the fire at Glanmire.  

Spate of fires push crews to the limit

Spate of fires push crews to the limit

Storm activity kept worn out firefighters working past exhaustion at the weekend and into Monday, with more than a dozen fires sparked since Friday.  



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