Emergency services
This years Australian Bravery Awards recognised nine people for their part in the 2011 flood rescues.
Christopher Churchill and Senior Constable Donald Couper received Commendations for Brave Conduct.
A group bravery citation went to Kathleen and Rodney Burnby, the late Christopher Clare, Tanya Couper, Cecil Mosquito, Julie Echo and Leon Pinday.
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Tags: Aboriginal communities, Emergency services, Floods, Prizes and competitions, Warmun
Police are coordinating a search for a boat that let off a distress signal near Cape Leveque this morning.
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A bushfire continues to burn west towards Lakeside.
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DFES forecasts SEVERE FIRE DANGER for the whole of the Kimberley today.
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A bushfire is burning on the Great Northern Highway south of Broome, between Fraser Downs and Bidyadanga turnoffs.
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DFES says a bushfire is burning near Cape Leveque Road, about 15 km south of Lombardina.
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SES volunteers and DFES staff rescued a 55-year-old man from a cliff at Bell Gorge today.
A helicopter took him to Broome hospital.
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Tags: Bell Gorge, Emergency services, Gibb River Road
A bushfire is burning near Lake Argyle Road and Victoria Highway.
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Tags: Emergency services, Fires, Lake Argyle, Victoria Highway