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We responded to 125,583 incidents in 2021-22. The incidents displayed below are note-worthy incidents that have been published as media releases or tweets. Details about incidents may change and should not be used as emergency information and/or advice.
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WYONG | Multiple #FRNSW crews are gaining entry to a confirmed fire in a retirement village on Waratah Dr. No injuries have been reported. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance View on Twitter [external link]
TUENA | A motorcyclist has crashed and fallen down an embankment on Junction Point Road north of Crookwell. A rescue helicopter has landed to assist. View on Twitter [external link]
Our accelerant detecting canine Xenos and his handler Firefighter Craig spent some time with the @dailytelegraph. You can follow Xenos on Instagram: View on Twitter [external link]
SOMERSBY | #FRNSW crews are working to contain a fire in a single level factory on Sailfind Place. Smoke is issuing from roller doors and the roof. View on Twitter [external link]
BETHUNGRA | 10 carriages of a 1400m long goods-train have derailed near the Olympic Highway south of Cootamundra. #FRNSW is assessing the contents for hazardous materials. @NSWRFS and @nswpolice in attendance. View on Twitter [external link]
UPPER ALLYN | A multi-agency response has been deployed to rescue a person who was injured in a river near Allyn River Forest Rd. A helicopter is overhead preparing to insert a medial team. #FRNSW is assisting with the patients treatment and extraction. View on Twitter [external link]
ELLALONG | A garage on Watson St is well alight. #FRNSW crews working to extinguish. No injuries reported. View on Twitter [external link]
BOMADERRY | A spill of oil has been identified in Bomaderry Creek near Bolong Rd. #FRNSW has placed booms and is awaiting a vacuum truck to recover the oil. View on Twitter [external link]
NORTHMEAD | #FRNSW crews are working to contain and extinguish a unit fire on Hammers Rd. The fire is in the rear of the building and has started to spread to neighbouring units. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have battled a fatal blaze this morning in a duplex apartment at Northmead in Sydney's West. With a person unaccounted for, crews immediately gained access to the property when they arrived at Hammers Road at... Learn more about the Duplex Fire at Northmead.
KINGSWOOD | A fuel tanker has crashed and overturned on Candelo-Bega Rd south-west of Bega. The driver has been removed from the truck and transported to hospital. 10,000 litres of fuel will be decanted. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have helped guide a truck driver to safety after his fuel tanker overturned at Kingswood near Bega on the state's south coast. Two trucks from Bega Fire Station were first at the scene on Candelo... Learn more about the Fuel Tanker crash at Kingswood (Bega).
CECIL HILLS | A multi-agency response is attending to a crash involving numerous vehicles southbound on the M7. At least one person is trapped and being treated by @NSWAmbulance. Traffic is badly affected. View on Twitter [external link]
NORTH SYDNEY | A woman has been rescued from a crash on the Warringah Freeway. The car flipped and came to rest on its side. View on Twitter [external link]
MILPERRA | A milk truck has broken the sound barrier on the M5 motorway. The truck has crashed near Henry Lawson Drive and debris has spread over a large area, damaging the roadside sound barrier. Milk was leaking but has been contained. The driver is uninjured. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews rushed to the scene a of a milk tanker crash this morning on the M5 motorway at Milperra, in Sydney's south-west. The incident happened just after 6am in the eastbound lanes of the motorway, near... Learn more about the Milk tanker crash at Milperra.
MERRYLANDS WEST | Two minivans have crashed on Wanda St in Sydneys West. #FRNSW crews are working to rescue two trapped people. View on Twitter [external link]
DUBBO | #FRNSW crews are working to contain a house fire on Darling St. Firefighters arrived to find the house well alight. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have prevented a large house fire spreading to neighbouring homes overnight at Minto, in Sydney's south-west. Around 2.20 am this morning, FRNSW received numerous Triple-Zero calls from residents in Kent Street. 10 fire trucks and rescue... Learn more about the House fire at Minto.
Our thoughts are with @FDNY and the city of New York after a major fire has taken the lives of 19 people. View on Twitter [external link]
NORTH TURRAMURRA | #FRNSW crews are responding to reports of a shop fire on Bobbin Head Road. Firefighters are forcing entry. View on Twitter [external link]
SILVERWATER | #FRNSW crews have forced entry to a smash repairs shop on Vore St after they found smoke issuing from the building. Two cars were found alight and have been extinguished. Crews are now looking for fire extension throughout the building. View on Twitter [external link]
BRIBBAREE | A man has been rescued from the roof of his stranded and sinking vehicle on Morans Rd west of Young. @NSWSES, @NSWRFS and @nswpolice all in attendance. View on Twitter [external link]
WEST BALLINA | #FRNSW firefighters are working with @NSWSES crews to rescue two people who are trapped following a crash on the Bruxner Hwy. A rescue helicopter has been requested. View on Twitter [external link]
EASTLAKES | #FRNSW firefighters are working their way to a fire on level three of a 9 level building on Florence Ave. A large volume of smoke is issuing. @nswpolice, @NSWAmbulance also in attendance. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a large fire and treated an occupant overcome by smoke at a Buddhist Monastery in Homebush in Sydney's West this morning. Crews in Breathing Apparatus battled to contain and extinguish the blaze which had... Learn more about the Monastery alight at Homebush.
More than 40 firefighters across 15 firetrucks have been hammered with a spate of home fires in close proximity at Claymore in Sydney's west overnight and today. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews tackled two separate homes overnight overwhelmed with smoke... Learn more about the Multiple house fires at Claymore .
A quick-thinking Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crew has saved the life of a motorist at Glendenning in Sydney's west. The three-person team was travelling in a fire truck to a report of smoke when it became concerned about the driver,... Learn more about the Unexpected health emergency at Glendenning.
Crews from Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) have assisted two injured workers following a structural collapse at a residential construction site in Kings Langley near Parramatta in Sydney's West. Firefighters provided immediate medical first response to two men aged in... Learn more about the workers injured at structural collapse at Kings Langley.
A tiny kitten has been rescued by a Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crew from the rooftop of a school building at Guildford, in Western Sydney today. Firefighters swung into action to reach the fluffy feline from its rooftop rest-stop after... Learn more about the Kitten Rescue at Guilford.
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