Over the weekend, homes were evacuated in Emerald and Beerwah, as bushfires burn through national parks and state forests, while a senior Rural Fire Service Queensland (RFSQ) volunteer warns the ...

MORE Rural fire crews en route. On Monday alone, RFSQ volunteers completed 101 jobs in Rockhampton, with each crew working through about eight to 10 daily. Out the back of the Rockhampton Fire and ...

RFSQ’s 26,000 brigade members are responsible for fighting fires across 93 per cent of the state. In comparison, the NSW rural fire service boasts 70,000 volunteers.

Queensland’s ability to fight fires has come under scrutiny after it was reported that 10,000 volunteer firefighters across four years have quit the RFSQ (Rural Fire Service Queensland).