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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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TURRAMURRA | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene and providing assistance after a car has collided with a tree on Eastern Road. View on Twitter [external link]
PETERSHAM | #FRNSW crews are on scene after a tree has come down across Brighton Street. @IWCouncil View on Twitter [external link]
OAKHURST | #FRNSW crews are on scene after a water main has burst closing Barnard Crescent. @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
PENRITH | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after a car has left the road and collided with a tree on Kareela Avenue. @penrithcouncil View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is urging the community to be extra vigilant following a fatal house fire at St Huberts Island on the Central Coast this morning. Six fire trucks and more than 30 firefighters, as well as one NSW... Learn more about the Community urged to be extra vigilant following fatal house fire at St Huberts Island.
CLAYMORE | #FRNSW firefighters are working to extinguish a car fire on Julian Way. View on Twitter [external link]
GUILDFORD | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after a gas supply line has been ruptured on Rowley Road. View on Twitter [external link]
ST HUBERTS ISLAND | #FRNSW crews are continuing firefighting operations at a house fire on Mercator Parade. @CCoastCouncil View on Twitter [external link]
BANKSMEADOW | #FRNSW crews are currently in attendance at a hazardous materials incident on Penrhyn Rd. @BaysideNSW View on Twitter [external link]
Firefighters are warning the public not to use outdoor barbecues as indoor heaters this winter, following an emergency that almost claimed the lives of a family this morning at Wentworthville, in Sydney’s west. A family of five was overcome by Carbon... Learn more about the Carbon monoxide scare for Sydney family at Wentworthville.
WENTWORTHVILLE | Carbon monoxide scare for Sydney family. Firefighters are warning the public not to use outdoor barbecues as indoor heaters this winter, following an emergency that almost claimed the lives of a family this morning at Wentworthv... View on Twitter [external link]
ORCHARD HILLS | ***VISION ALERT***GRADUATION DAY FOR MORE THAN250 NEW FIRE AND RESCUE NSW FIREFIGHTERS. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) today welcomed more than 250 new firefighters to its ranks at a graduation ceremony at the Emergency Services A... View on Twitter [external link]
MT DRUITT | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after a two car crash on Carlisle Avenue. @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
COLEDALE | ***Vision Alert*** - Crew gives a big thumbs up to refurbished Coledale Fire Station. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) today has unveiled its new-look, refurbished fire station at Coledale, in the states Illawarra, earning the resoundin... View on Twitter [external link]
CONNELLS POINT | #FRNSW crews are on scene after a large gas main on Connells Point Road has ruptured. Roads are now closed in the immediate area with multiple properties also evacuated. View on Twitter [external link]
STRATHFIELD | #FRNSW crews are working to extinguish the load of a garbage truck after it caught fire. View on Twitter [external link]
SEVEN HILLS | #FRNSW firefighters have extinguished a car fire on Foundry Road. Firefighters were able to stop a second car in close proximity from catching alight but it has been damaged by smoke and heat. @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
RYDALMERE | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after a two car crash, with one car crashing into a power pole on Victoria Road. Traffic is impacted in both directions. @parracity View on Twitter [external link]
WICKHAM | #FRNSW firefighters have set up an exclusion zone after a gas line has ruptured on Hannell St. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has extinguished a fire which broke out in an industrial galvanising factory at Girraween, in Sydney's west, earlier today. More than 20 FRNSW appliances and 60 firefighters responded to the incident in Amax Avenue around 11.45am.... Learn more about the **VISION ALERT** Intense blaze at industrial galvanising factory at Girraween.
GIRRAWEEN | UPDATE #FRNSW crews have commenced firefighting operations at a large industrial building fire on Amax Avenue. More than 20 firetrucks have been responded to the fire. Multiple people have been evacuated from the area. @CumberlandSyd View on Twitter [external link]
GIRRAWEEN | #FRNSW crews are responding to a large building fire on Amax Avenue. A large column of black smoke is visible enroute. Further updates to follow. @CumberlandSyd View on Twitter [external link]
It was the purr-fect ending for an adventurous moggy in Meadowbank in Sydney's north west today. Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters were called to a residence in Constitution Road at 1.00pm after the owner reported the feline, "Vader", was stuck in... Learn more about the **VISION ALERT** Purr-fect ending for adventurous moggy at Meadowbank.
PADDINGTON | #FRNSW firefighters have set up an exclusion zone after a gas main has been ruptured during construction work on Oxford Street. View on Twitter [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has been called to a serious truck crash in Vineyard in Sydney's north west. Two semi-trailers collided head-on at the intersection of Chapman Road and Windsor Road just before 12.30pm. Five fire trucks and 20 firefighters arrived... Learn more about the **VISION ALERT** Fire engulfs two trucks following head-on collision at Vineyard.
VINEYARD | #FRNSW crews are now working to extinguish two trucks, both well alight after a two truck head on crash at the intersection of Windsor and Chapman Roads. A 200m exclusion zone is in place. View on Twitter [external link]
WINSTON HILLS | #FRNSW firefighters have quickly contained a kitchen fire, preventing the fire from spreading through a two-storey home on Jerome Avenue. @parracity View on Twitter [external link]
MERRYLANDS | #FRNSW firefighters remain on scene after a car and truck crashed, knocking over a power pole and water meter on Woodville Road. Traffic is impacted. @CumberlandSyd View on Twitter [external link]
KIRRAWEE | #FRNSW firefighters have set up an exclusion zone after a truck has brought down powerlines on Monro Avenue. @SuthShireCncl View on Twitter [external link]
ROOTY HILL | #FRNSW firefighters are working to extinguish a car fire on Rooty Hill Road North. @blacktowncc View on Twitter [external link]
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