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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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UNANDERRA | @FRNSW Glastonbury Ave, fire in an industrial oven, offensive firefighting operations underway. @illawarramerc View on Twitter [external link]
MOUNT COLAH | @FRNSW One car on roof, two persons trapped, rescue under way, north bound Pacific Hwy. @LiveTrafficNSW @CoastComNews View on Twitter [external link]
SPRINGFIELD | @FRNSW Kitchen fire at Rumbalara Pl Springfield, extinguished with one line of hose. @CoastComNews View on Twitter [external link]
NEWCASTLE | @FRNSW Gas leak has caused closures to Hunter Street, check @LiveTrafficNSW for details. View on Twitter [external link]
BLACKTOWN | @FRNSW St Martins Cresent, a unit fire has been contained using two lines of hose, all persons accounted for. @BlacktownNews View on Twitter [external link]
WILLMOT | @frnsw Two persons removed from a vehicle into a tree using rescue equipment, transported by ambulance to hospital. @NSWAmbulance @BlacktownNews View on Twitter [external link]
BALGOWNIE | @FRNSW Crews at work at 40 Ryan Street Balgownie with a garage alight. All persons accounted for, fire has spread to the attached dwelling, operations are continuing. View on Twitter [external link]
CESSNOCK | @FRNSW Maitland Rd, Cessnock. Single vehicle motor accident, car into a building causing damage to a car dealership. View on Twitter [external link]
ERSKINEVILLE | @FRNSW Unit fire MacDonald Street, Erskineville, furniture on a balcony extinguished one line of hose by attending crews from Newtown, Alexandria and Marrickville. View on Twitter [external link]
BOTANY | @FRNSW House fire on Tenterden Rd, Botany. Two rooms damaged in a two storey house, extinguished by four hoses lines from attending crews. View on Twitter [external link]
VALLEY HEIGHTS| #FRNSW Firefighters in attendance at coolant leak from a car on Great Western Highway west bound @LiveTrafficNSW View on Twitter [external link]
THE ENTRANCE | #FRNSW Firefighters responding to a car leaking fuel on The Entrance Rd. @LiveTrafficNSW View on Twitter [external link]
More than 100 people have been evacuated from a building in the Sydney CBD as Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews respond to a gas leak. Firefighters were called around 9:40am to Art Gallery Road after a main gas line had... Learn more about the Gallery and café evacuated after gas line ruptured at Sydney CBD.
SANS SOUCI | #FRNSW has six fire trucks and 22 firefighter fighting a fire in a small single level home on The Promenade. @2GB873 @2SM1269 @WSFM1017 @KIIS1065 @abcsydney @LiveTrafficSyd @dailytelegraph @smh @theleadernews View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators are working with NSW Police to establish the cause of a fatal house fire in Sydney’s north-west today. Firefighters were called just after 10:30am to Church Street, Ryde, where a small blaze had broken out... Learn more about the Woman dies in house fire in Sydney's north-west at Ryde.
WETHERILL PARK | #FRNSW on scene at Dryden Place, where a car has driven into a house. Person still in vehicle but not trapped. Firefighters will assist with removal and assess homes stability. @2GB873 @2SM1269 @KIIS1065 @dailytelegraph @smh @abcsydney View on Twitter [external link]
WINSTON HILLS | #FRNSW rescue truck cutting a person out a vehicle after head on crash on Churchill Drive. @NSWAmbulance treating the patient. @WSFM1017 @2GB873 @dailytelegraph @smh@2SM1269 @abcsydney @TripleMSydney @KIIS1065 View on Twitter [external link]
Five people have narrowly escaped a major house fire overnight at Mount Riverview in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Seven Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) units, including an aerial platform, rushed to Outlook Avenue around 10pm and found the top... Learn more about the Five people escape house fire at Mount Riverview.
Four Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have each been awarded an Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM) for their commitments to service delivery and training, capability in rural communities, high-rise fire safety, and the mentoring of new female firefighters. The recipients... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters recognised in King’s Birthday honour roll at .
| Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters recognised inKings Birthday honour roll. Four Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have each been awarded an Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM) for their commitments to service delivery and training, c... View on Twitter [external link]
The bravery and dedication of 57 firefighters from the lower Hunter region during the Black Summer bushfire crisis have been recognised during a special Fire and Rescue NSW award function last night. FRNSW firefighters, from a range of fire stations across... Learn more about the Lower Hunter firefighters honoured during Black Summer awards ceremony at Cessnock.
Firefighters have carried an unconscious man to safety from a burning home at Engadine, in Sydney's south last night. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews were called to a house on fire in Dobell Road at 6.30pm. Neighbours told firefighters a... Learn more about the Firefighters rescue man from burning home at Engadine .
A family has been forced to shelter on an apartment balcony after an eScooter caught alight overnight at a home in Sydney's Inner West. The family was alerted to the fire in the unit's laundry by a working smoke alarm. Fire and... Learn more about the Working smoke alarm saves family from eScooter fire at CHISWICK.
A woman has escaped a house fire at Liverpool, in Sydney's south-west, today thanks to a working smoke alarm. The resident was inside the weatherboard home in Vincent Avenue when the alarm sounded around 2pm today. She was able to self-evacuate and... Learn more about the Working smoke alarm saves woman's life at Liverpool .
Fire and Rescue NSW will honour 57 firefighters, from the lower Hunter Valley, for their efforts combatting the Black Summer bushfires, during a function tomorrow night at Cessnock. The firefighters, both permanent and on-call crewmembers from Metro North 3, will be... Learn more about the Hunter firefighters to be honoured for Black Summer bushfire bravery at Cessnock.
One person has died, and two children have been rescued by firefighters, from a house fire at Orange in the NSW Central Tablelands this morning. Shortly before 6:00am, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) arrived at a house in Pimpala Place that... Learn more about the Confirmed fatality from a housefire in regional NSW at ORANGE .
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) specialist fire investigators have determined that a fire that damaged three units in Villawood and resulted in the evacuation of 50 people was caused by an overload of power boards. FRNSW firefighters responded to a... Learn more about the Overloaded Power boards cause unit fire at Villawood .
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) will provide an opportunity for media to interview some of the firefighters who played key roles in responding to last week's Surry Hills fire emergency. **WHEN: ** 10am TODAY (Friday 2 June 2023) WHERE: City of Sydney Fire Station 211-217... Learn more about the MEDIA ALERT (TODAY): Opportunity to interview Surry Hills firefighting heroes at City of Sydney FS.
ROSELANDS | #FRNSW on scene at a crash on King Georges Rd and Canary Rd. @NSWAmbulance responding @nswpolice @LiveTrafficSyd View on Twitter [external link]
BOOLAMBAYTE (Mid North Coast) |#FRNSW are on scene with @RFS at a serious crash on the Pacific Hwy. Truck and car on fire, unknown casualties. #hazmat crews also responding to manage fuel on truck. Load is not reported as hazardous. @LiveTrafficNSW traffic disruptions. View on Twitter [external link]
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