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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is currently battling a large blaze in the old Kurri Kurri Workers Club in the State's lower Hunter region. More than 50 firefighters and 12 fire trucks are on scene at the fire in Lang Street,... Learn more about the FRNSW battling large blaze in old Workers Club at Kurri Kurri.
Additional Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) resources have rolled into northern NSW today, as firefighters set up an emergency services 'base of operations' (BOO) to support flood-impacted communities. Located at Broughton Oval in Moree, the BOO is a joint initiative between... Learn more about the FRNSW bolsters flood response in northern NSW with 'base of operations' at Moree.
Apologies for any confusion that may have occurred by the re-sending of the previous media release titled: Fire and Rescue NSW deploys additional in-water rescue crews across the state - VIDEO | , NSW Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is continuing... Learn more about the FRNSW assists with flood rescues and evacuations at Across NSW.
KURRI KURRI | #FRNSW crews are responding to a large building fire after multiple 000 calls have been received. View on Twitter [external link]
BANKSTOWN | #FRNSW FFs are working to extinguish a car fire on Fairford rd. @nswpolice are in attendance. Traffic delays to be expected. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) carried out air monitoring at a school in Western Sydney after eight people were overcome by fumes. Crews specialising in chemical spillage were called to the school at Wentworth Road, Orchard Hills at 8.45am. Eight people were... Learn more about the Eight people overcome by refrigerator gas leak at Orchard Hills.
BAULKHAM HILLS | #FRNSW specialty trained rescue firefighters are currently working to free a person who is trapped after a two car crash. @nswpolice and @NSWAmbulance are also providing assistance. View on Twitter [external link]
ORCHARD HILLS | #FRNSW in attendance at Wentworth Road, two people appear to have been exposed to a refrigerent gas. FF currently providing emergency medical care until @NSWAmbulance arrive. HAZMAT FFs using detectors to identify the gas, fridge has been removed. View on Twitter [external link]
A Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) 'In-water' team has trekked through floodwaters to rescue an elderly couple and their dog, trapped on a farm at Moama, on the NSW-Victorian border. Four swift-water technicians from FRNSW Strike Team 'Foxtrot' yesterday received a... Learn more about the 'In-water' firefighters rescue elderly couple and their dog from fast-moving floodwaters inundating their farm at Moama.
A convoy of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) supply trucks has left Sydney to establish an emergency services 'base of operations' in flood-zones in the state's north. The base, a joint initiative between FRNSW and the Rural Fire Service, will be... Learn more about the Convoy of Fire and Rescue NSW logistics trucks heads to northern flood-zones at Orchard Hills.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are helping to evacuate some residents in Gunnedah and Moree, as floodwaters hit the north-east of the state. FRNSW teams, using Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) or specialised drones, today have been flying flood assessment missions... Learn more about the Firefighters help evacuate locals as floodwaters hit north-eastern NSW at Gunnedah.
A man, reported missing during a major house fire this morning in Cooranbong, at Lake Macquarie, has been located safe and well. Fire and Rescue NSW's Fire Investigation and Research Unit experts have now arrived at the scene and are working... Learn more about the Missing person located - safe and well at Cooranbong.
A joint team of emergency in-water rescuers has battled through floodwaters by boat and road to reach families under immediate threat near Moama on the NSW-Victorian border. Led by Fire and Rescue NSW's Strike Team 'Foxtrot', the crew, also featuring State... Learn more about the Firefighters battle through floodwaters to evacuate farming families at Moama.
A man is unaccounted for and two other people have been injured during a large fire that's destroyed a home this morning in Cooranbong, at Lake Macquarie. The blaze broke out in the single-level weatherboard home in Victory Street just after... Learn more about the Man missing, home destroyed by large fire at Cooranbong.
Additional Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) 'In-water' crews today have been deployed to flood-threatened areas of the state. Highly-trained swift-water rescue technicians have formed Strike Team "India," which is heading towards the state's Northern Rivers to prepare for any flood emergencies... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW deploys additional in-water rescue crews across the state at .
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators are trying to determine the cause of a house fire yesterday at Rydalmere in Sydney's west. Numerous Triple Zero (000) calls were received about the house ablaze in Fallon Street around 11.30am. When FRNSW crews arrived,... Learn more about the Rydalmere House Fire at Rydalmere.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has helped evacuate homes being threatened by floodwaters, and carried out aerial surveillance in the hardest-hit areas of the state. FRNSW strike teams are currently positioned in Barraba, Moree and Narrabri in the North West,... Learn more about the FRNSW assists with flood evacuations and aerial surveillance at Regional NSW.
The State’s best firefighters are battling it out at the 2022 Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) State Firefighter Championship, currently underway in Port Macquarie. More than 60 FRNSW on-call firefighters from 15 different fire stations across NSW as well as representatives... Learn more about the 2022 Firefighter Championships underway - *vision available* at Port Macquarie.
RYDALMERE | #FRNSW crews are working to extinguish a single level house totally involved in fire. All residents have been evacuated. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is warning the public to be especially cautious when handling damaged lithium-ion batteries after a man was seriously injured in an explosion in Wollongong earlier this week. Around 1.30pm on Tuesday 18 October, a worker was... Learn more about the FRNSW issues lithium-ion battery warnings after explosion and corrosive gas cloud - Video at North Wollongong.
A Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) 'In-water' strike team today has helped rescue a wallaby from floodwaters in the state's Riverina region. Around 10:45am, specialist swift-water rescue crews were carrying out reconnaissance work around the Murray River in Moama when they... Learn more about the FRNSW helps rescue native animals trapped in floodwaters at Moama.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators have determined that a line marking machine left on charge started the fire which caused an estimated half-a-million dollars damage to a boarding school at Riverview in Sydney overnight. The blaze broke out around 3.45am... Learn more about the FRNSW determines cause of large fire at a Sydney boarding school at Riverview.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators, trying to determine the cause of a house fire this morning at Dapto, in the state's Illawarra, are focusing their inquiries on a fire pit at the rear of the property. Five FRNSW fire engines... Learn more about the Partial collapse during house fire at Dapto.
Today's sunrise over the #MurrayRiver with @NSWSES and @SLSNSW. View on Twitter [external link]
DAPTO | #FRNSW FFs are working to extinguish a fire in a single level home. Residents have been evacuated. @NSWAmbulance @nswpolice are in attendance. View on Twitter [external link]
BROOKVALE | #FRNSW are currently responding to reports of a building fire on Old Pittwater Rd. View on Twitter [external link]
A man has suffered significant facial injuries following a lithium battery explosion in North Wollongong. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) was called to a business in Ralph Black Drive around 1.30 pm after reports of a loud blast. Firefighters found a small... Learn more about the Man injured in lithium battery explosion at North Wollongong.
PEAKHURST | #FRNSW FFs are currently on scene after a car has crashed into a studio. No persons are injured @nswpolice are in attendance. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and NSW Police are investigating a house fire in Sydney's west which has left one person dead and another seriously injured. Firefighters found a bedroom engulfed in flames, after arriving at the property on Eltham Street... Learn more about the FRNSW helps investigate fatal house fire at Blacktown.
A man has been seriously injured in a light plane crash at Luskintyre, in the state's Hunter Valley. The aircraft is believed to have exploded in flames as it crashed into a field on approach to an airstrip, 50-metres from Luskintyre... Learn more about the Man badly injured in light plane crash at Luskintyre.
Further Information
- For flood information and warnings, visit the NSW State Emergency Service website [external link].
- For bushfire and grass fire warnings or more information on bushfire incidents, visit the NSW Rural Fire Service website [external link].
- For the latest information on changes to traffic conditions, visit Live Traffic NSW [external link].
- During major incidents look and listen for information on TV, radio, the internet, mobile phones and neighbours.
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