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PROSPECT | #FRNSW rescue trucks responding to serious crash at Reservoir Road on the M4 off ramp west bound. @LiveTrafficSyd @2GB873 @2SM1269 @abcnews @WSFM1017 @TripleMSydney View on Twitter [external link]
SURRY HILLS | Firefighters have dispersed hazardous gas. Gas company have capped the main. Area rendered safe by #FRNSW people can return, Crown St remains closed. @LiveTrafficSyd @2SM1269 @2GB873 @dailytelegraph @smh View on Twitter [external link]
Surry Hills | #FRNSW working to disperse gas from a ruptured gas main Crown Steet nr Fitzroy Lane. Crown St closed, gas co in attendance. @LiveTrafficSyd @2GB873 @WSFM1017 @TripleMSydney @2SM1269 @abcnews @smh @dailytelegraph View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is urging all Australians to check their home’s smoke alarms are in working order this winter by testing the devices on Thursday 1 June, the first day of winter. The public is being urged to jointly... Learn more about the “Sound the Alarm – Are You Ready?” Are your home’s smoke alarms in working order? at NSW.
Surry Hills | Emergency Operations Centre briefing in one of the damaged evacuated buildings. #FRNSW Police, Public Works Engineers, Traffic Management, Local Council continue to work on make safe operations. Demolishing work progressing View on Twitter [external link]
SURRY HILLS | Demolotion the building destroyed by fire continues #FRNSW remains on scene providing fire protection, no fires at this stage. @abcnews @2GB873 @2SM1269 @dailytelegraph @smh View on Twitter [external link]
AMBARVALE | #FRNSW have contained a fire in a two level home on Codlin Street that broke out just before 3:30am. @2GB873 @WSFM1017 @abcnews @2SM1269 @dailytelegraph @smh @TripleMSydney View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has released new video of make-safe demolition works at the scene of last week's major fire in Surry Hills, near the Sydney CBD. The footage has been captured using FRNSW's Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), or... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW drone capability assisting demolition of fire-damaged buildings at Surry Hills.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is preparing for the make-safe demolition of the two buildings razed by last week's fire at Surry Hills, near the Sydney CBD. The historic multi-storey factory site on Randle Street was engulfed in flames on Thursday,... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW makes fire ground safer ahead of planned demolition works at Surry Hills.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) remote piloted aircraft (RPAS) have assisted building engineers and demolition experts to assess the damaged structure. With the structure too unsafe to enter, FRNSW Aviation Unit has used RPAS assets and technology to provide detailed... Learn more about the FRNSW Remote Pilot Aircraft (RPAS) assists engineers and demolition experts at Surry Hills .
Specialist Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters remain at the Surry Hills fire scene, monitoring unstable walls with laser measuring tools and Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), or drones. One external wall has moved 70mm over night reinforcing the commitment to... Learn more about the Exclusion zone remains at Surry Hills fire scene as wall movement occurs at Surry Hills .
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is donating four decommissioned bushfire tankers to the Solomon Islands, significantly boosting the nation’s emergency capability. The fire engines became available for donation following the allocation of $9m by the State Government towards 16 additional new... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW donates bushfire tankers to the Solomon Islands at NSW.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews today remain at the scene of a major fire in Surry Hills, dousing reignition points and assisting with investigations. The blaze, which at its peak was declared a '10th alarm', destroyed two multi-storey buildings on... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW drone technology offers unique insight into fire aftermath at Surry Hills.
Surry Hills | Anyone who has been displacedby the Surry Hills building fire and has not yet registered, please do so via Register . Find . Unite View on Twitter [external link]
We have now gained the upper hand on this major fire. An exclusion zone remains in place with the public urged to avoid the area. People living in the vicinity of the fire scene should keep their windows and external doors closed to prevent potential impacts of smoke. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have now gained the upper hand on a major fire which has destroyed two multi-storey buildings in Surry Hills. The blaze broke out on Randle Street just after 4pm and was later upgraded to... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW contains multi-storey building fire as emergency operation continues at Surry Hills.
More than 100 firefighters, from 20 fire trucks and multiple stations, continue to work to extinguish the blaze in two buildings. At this stage, it is believed both impacted buildings have been vacant.Firefighting operations are expected to continue throughout the night. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has upgraded today's inferno in Surry Hills to a '10th alarm' status, the most severe type of fire. More than 100 firefighters, from 20 fire trucks and multiple stations, continue to work to extinguish the blaze... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW continues to douse major fire in multi-storey building at Surry Hills.
SURRY HILLS | Fire and Rescue NSW continues to douse major fire in multi-storey building. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has upgraded today's inferno in Surry Hills to a '10th alarm' status, the most severe type of fire.More than 100 firefighters... View on Twitter [external link]
New video footage, released by Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW), shows the moment a wall from an engulfed building in Surry Hills came crashing down onto the street below. The seven-storey complex on Randle Street caught alight just after 4pm. A major... Learn more about the Wall collapses as major fire engulfs seven-storey building at Surry Hills.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are battling a major fire in a multi-level building at Surry Hills, near the Sydney CBD. Multiple Triple Zero (000) calls were received when flames started engulfing the seven-storey building on Randle Street just after... Learn more about the Major Fire and Rescue NSW operations as blaze engulfs seven-storey building at Surry Hills.
SURRY HILLS | #FRNSW Firefighters are currently on scene at a large multi-storey building fire. Please avoid the area. Further information to come. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have rushed to the aid of an elderly man whose car crashed into a building in Sydney's west. The vehicle struck a row of brick garages on Ashley Lane, Westmead, just after 11am, causing the... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW crews help elderly driver after car crashes into garages at Westmead.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have battled for more than five hours to extinguish a fire that has destroyed the former iconic Commercial Hotel in Yass, in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. More than 40 firefighters from FRNSW,... Learn more about the Iconic Hotel Destroyed in major fire at Yass .
Hundreds of new firefighters have today joined the ranks of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW), with a graduation ceremony held at the Emergency Services Academy in Orchard Hills, Western Sydney. Making up the new intake are 61 new permanent firefighters, with... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW welcomes 225 new recruits at Orchard Hills.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) extinguished a fire which severely injured a woman at Miranda, in Sydney's south, overnight. Emergency services were called around 1am to a home on Montgomery Street, where they found a woman suffering burns after a small... Learn more about the Investigation launched after woman severely injured in bedroom fire at Miranda.
EASTWOOD | #FRNSW on scene where a single level home is on fire on Vimiera Rd. @LiveTrafficSyd @2gb @2SM1269 @WSFM1017 @dailytelegraph @smh @abcnews six fire trucks @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance View on Twitter [external link]
BALGOWLAH | #FRNSW has located the source of the leak, firefighters wearing protective clothing used a forklift to unload the truck. The product is pool chlorine and is contained and being recovered into chemical bins. @2GB873 @2SM1269 @abcnews @smh @dailytelegraph View on Twitter [external link]
BALGOWLAH | #FRNSW hazmat experts working to contain a chemical spill from a truck on Condamine St since. One person has been assessed by @NSWAmbulance. Spill is contained FF currently unloading pallets off truck View on Twitter [external link]
BASS HILL #FRNSW have cut two people out of a car after a crash on the Hume Hwy. @NSWAmbulance have treated and transported 3 casualties. @nswpolice investigating @LiveTrafficSyd View on Twitter [external link]
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