NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Rob Rogers said he remained concerned about the coming fire season,with the state facing the worst grassfire threat in 20 years.
Rising heat in the atmosphere is increasing the volume of moisture in storm clouds and driving up the risk of intense downpours.
Fire fighting and standing up to authorities runs in the family for former NSW fire chief,now author Greg Mullins.
Law student Katta O’Donnell is taking on some of the most powerful institutions in the country,but her generation understands what is at stake. Plus,Steve Meacher and Greg Mullins.
Australia’s unprecedented summer of hell was barely over when California was ablaze. As experts warn of worse to come,one of our most outspoken former fire commissioners reflects on a new age of overlapping catastrophes.
In this week's episode of Good Weekend Talks,eminent fire historian Stephen Pyne and former NSW Fire and Rescue commissioner Greg Mullins chat with Good Weekend associate editor Greg Callaghan about the'Pyrocene'– the age of fire.
Former fire chief Greg Mullins says climate change is causing"unprecedented"bushfires.
Former fire chiefs say a"ridiculous"bushfire funding rule is stopping emergency bosses from waterbombing small fires before they turn into mega blazes.
Calls for a national air-tanker fleet to fight fires were rejected four years ago because the Coalition government said it was up to the states to fund firefighting.
Former NSW Fire and Rescue commissioner Greg Mullins said Australia should consider employing casual seasonal firefighters to bolster the ranks.