Smoking wood chip pile is ‘Not a fire’
Mr Dabala said the decomposition was not normal and would not cause a fire as there was no oxygen available deep down in the pile.
New rules for flying air tankers
Minimum safe drop heights are being developed for large firefighting aircrafts in Australia after a 737-air tanker accident last year raised safety concerns.
Park ‘devalues’ fishing licences
Now that the South Coast Marine Park has been announced, Esperance commercial fishers say it has devalued their licences.Â
How the Esperance emergency services prepare for a crisis
Esperance recently hosted a collaborative training exercise involving multi-agency emergency services.Â
Applications for school buses are open
Children who are starting school for the first time, changing schools, or changing their home address need to have their details registered with the Public Transport Authority’s School Bus Service before November 15.
Toxic canister adrift
During routine fumigation of the MV Century Shanghai grain vessel on Saturday, a canister of Fumitoxin insecticide was inadvertently dropped overboard into Port of Esperance waters.