February 4, 2013 FIVE houses were threatened and a fire fighter injured when a blaze ripped through land off the Braidwood Rd late Saturday afternoon.  

January 25, 2013 THE Hammond family was battening down the hatches and watching aerial water bombers whir around their Bigga district home yesterday. As Kate Hammond spoke to the Post yesterday the family home on Grabine Rd, 16km from Bigga, was surrounded by fire on three sides.  

January 23, 2013 A SYDNEY man has been fined for his role in starting a fire that burnt out nearly 200 hectares.  

January 16, 2013 THE task of rebuilding is set to start in the Yass region after the flames have died down.  

January 16, 2013 Fire crews from Southern Tableland and South West Zones NSW Rural Fire Service, National Parks and Wildlife and Local Council are continuing to strengthen containment lines on all fires in the Southern Tablelands Zone.  

January 16, 2013 LOCALS graziers are encouraged to support those ravaged by last week’s fires, which claimed an estimated 10,000 sheep statewide.  

January 14, 2013 RFS aerial operations were still in full force at Goulburn Airport on Saturday, with a cavalcade of planes and helicopters flying out to the fire front near Yass.  

January 14, 2013 THE air above Ray Millington’s Crookwell district home had “more planes than Mascot” on Friday. Aerial water bombing played a big role in dousing a fire that broke out on an adjoining property just 150 metres away which came within two metres of his home.  

January 11, 2013 TRAFFIC was at a standstill on the Hume Highway on Thursday afternoon after a Toyota Landcruiser towing a camper trailer caught fire.   

January 11, 2013 AERIAL water bombing of Grabben Gullen fire would have been impossible a few years down the track, argues a wind farm opponent.  

January 11, 2013 GOULBURN Mulwaree Mayor Geoff Kettle was travelling home on Wednesday afternoon when he received a phone call that a fire was threatening the boundaries of his Tallong property.  

January 11, 2013 FOR 10 years they’ve lived in a utopia of sorts, a few hundreds metres from Morton National Park gorge and in the peace of Tallong and its surrounds.  

January 11, 2013 FIRE boss Ian Kennerley has slammed the “stupidity” of landowners who continue to work machinery in tinderbox fire conditions.  

January 10, 2013 Sometimes you see something and it brings to mind a memory. For people who are particularly visual, this can be a very powerful reminder of their past. The French term déjà vu even refers to the sense of having seen something before.  

January 10, 2013 The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted more hot days ahead. With fire conditions still a major concern, the Post will be running an ongoing rolling coverage which we’ll update as news of local fires comes to hand.  

January 9, 2013 Prime Minister Julia Gillard and NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell today announced natural disaster assistance in 37 Local Government Areas in NSW affected by bushfires.  

January 9, 2013 THE fire in the Grabben Gullen area which burnt out approximately 252 hectares (622 acres) on Tuesday had approximately 18 units patrolling, with 35 staff from the brigades in the areas of Upper Lachlan and Goulburn Mulwaree, according to RFS community liaison officer Peter Dyce.  

January 9, 2013 Authorities have declared a fire at Tallong as “very secure” following a containment effort.  

January 9, 2013 Three RFS aerial response teams have been on standby in Hume and Goulburn today to respond to any outbreaks.  

January 9, 2013 RURAL Fire Service crews are mopping up after a fire that broke out just before 11am today near Marulan.  

January 9, 2013 A FIREFIGHTER was hospitalised with burns to his hands and face and some 76 hectares of land ravaged during a fire near Gunning on Monday afternoon.  

January 9, 2013 GOULBURN Emergency services were on heightened alert yesterday as the district braced itself for what was predicted to be the worst fire conditions in about 10 years.  

January 8, 2013 The Rural Fire Service was controlling a fire burning 30km southwest of Goulburn at 6pm yesterday (Tuesday).  

January 8, 2013 Photos of the bushfires burning in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania on January 8, 2013.  

January 8, 2013 Fairfax Regional websites are diligently keeping an eye on fire situations across the country today. Here are summaries of today's overall situations across the southern inland sites.  

January 7, 2013 One of the estimated 80 firefighters battling the Gunning-Bellmount Forest bushfire on Gundaroo Rd on Monday afternoon was injured and taken to hospital suffering burns. Here are photos from the fire ground.  

January 7, 2013 Firefighter rushed to hospital after falling victim to blaze near Gunning on Monday afternoon.  

January 7, 2013 The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has warned residents in Goulburn Mulwaree, Upper Lachlan and Yass Valley LGA to be vigilant as fire danger in the area begins to escalate.  

January 1, 2013 Carrick-Brayton bushfire - January 1  

December 31, 2012 A CHANCE patrol of their property last Sunday week first alerted Matt Craig to the fire that would soon bear down on his family’s new home.  

December 27, 2012 FIRE authorities believe a fallen power line sparked a fire southeast of Goulburn on Sunday.  

December 24, 2012 Linda Mace, a Goulburn Post reader, saw some of the work done by the aerial support units in fighting the weekend fires. She took the attached photos and sent us this report:  

December 23, 2012 A POTENTIALLY disastrous bushfire just east of Goulburn has been contained. Rural Fire Service crews from as far as Marulan and Parkesbourne raced to the blaze via Mountain Ash Road shortly after 1pm.  

December 22, 2012 UP to 50 Rural Fire Service personnel swarmed on a fire that broke out at Mt Wayo on Saturday afternoon