The 1998/1999 Bushfire Season

There were 254 fires this year.

The following list details those incidents of 2ha or larger that have been attended by the Bushfire Service this season:


DATE LOCATION UNITS RESPONDED DAMAGE
1.12pm 29/7/98 Blundells Creek Rd, Uriarra Rivers Command, 20, 21,
Forest 11, 26,
Oscar 2, 7, Parks 9
5 ha
5.30pm 12/12/98 Mt Rogers, Melba Hall 4, 10, 20,
Molonglo 10, 20,
Parks 10, 20,
Oscar 1, 4
4 ha
1.20pm 4/1/99 O’Connor Cct, Calwell Guises Creek 11, ACT FB units 7 ha
5/1/99 Tim O'Rouke Hill,
Kosciozsko National Park
Guises Creek RAFT 20 ha
11.35pm 5/1/99 Old Tuggeranong Road   2 ha
12.01am 7/1/99 Stockdill Dve, Higgins Molonglo 1, 10, 20,
Hall 2, 10, 20 ,
ACT FB units
8 ha
9.04pm 17/1/99 Majura Field Firing Range Jerra 2, 10, 11, 20, 21
Gungahlin 10, 20
Molonglo10, 20
Guises Creek Command, 11, 20
Hall Command, 10, 11, 21, 40
ACT FB units
Range 1, 10, 11
Parks 6
Oscar 1, 2, 6
90 ha
19/1/99 Tallangandra Road (NSW) Hall Command, 11, 20 400ha
5.15pm 26/1/99 Shannahan's Property Tidbinbilla   2 ha
3.00am 27/1/99 Kambalda Street Fisher   3 ha
5.50pm 28/1/99 Oaks Estate   3ha
4.40pm 13/2/99 Tilley Place McKellar   3 ha
5/3/99 Cotter Road, near Fairvale (started 4.20pm)
Blacked out 10.00pm Sat 6
Oscar 2, 3, 9
Molonglo 20, 10
Rivers 20, 10
Forest 3, 4, 7, 10, 26
Parks 2, 4, 10, 20, 21
Jerra 20, 11
Guises Creek 21
Kambah 10, 20
Bravo 3, 7
Delta 5
Aust. Federal Police
Commonwealth Vet
45 ha grass/eucalypt scrub
6/3/99 Wannissa Hills (started 4.49pm)
Blacked out 10.45pm
Oscar 2, 3, 7
Parks 1, 2
Guises Creek 20, 11, 60
Southern 20, 10
Jerra 20, 10, 11
Chishom 10, 20
Bravo 3, 5
Delta 5
20 ha
13/3/99 'Pegasus'; Drake Brockman Drive, Higgins
(started 4.01pm)
Blacked out 10.30pm
Oscar 8
Gungahlin 3, 10
Parks 6, 11, 12, 22
Jerra Com, 20, 21
Hall 20
Molonglo 20, 10
10 ha grass
18/3/99 ‘Cooleman’ Chapman
Started 6.50pm
Blacked out 10.00pm
Rivers 2, 11, 10, 20, 21
Oscar 6
Greenway 10, 20
Kambah 10, 20
Bravo 3
8 acres pasture,
some fence damage