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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is continuing to assist residents, struggling to deal with flood damage to their homes. With floodwaters receding, FRNSW Strike Teams have hit the streets of the Hawkesbury and Central Coast areas, helping neighbourhoods mop up water,... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW continues flood clean-up efforts - Video at Tuggerah Lakes.

A working smoke alarm has woken a sleeping tenant during a fire this morning in an apartment block at Granville in Sydney's west. The blaze broke out just before 5.30am on the third level of the unit block in Blaxcell Street. 15... Learn more about the Working smoke alarm saves sleeping tenant at Granville.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has extinguished a unit fire in Dulwich Hill in Sydney's Inner West. Crews received multiple Triple Zero (000) calls about smoke issuing from a three-storey unit block in Denison Road at 9.30 am. On arrival, firefighters... Learn more about the Unit fire at Dulwich Hill.

A fire that ripped through a three-storey apartment building in Parramatta earlier this morning has claimed the life of a man. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) received multiple Triple Zero (000) calls about the fire in Campbell Street around 2:45 am.... Learn more about the Fatal unit fire at Parramatta.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Strike Teams are currently on the ground, assisting residents in the Sydney streets worst affected by flooding.   Dozens of FRNSW firefighters have been going door-to-door, conducting Rapid Damage Assessments (RDA’s) and offering advice and support... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW Strike Teams assessing flood damage at Windsor.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) extinguished a house fire in Rockdale this morning. Crews attended the property on Kent Street around 8:10 am. On arrival, firefighters found large volumes of smoke issuing from the single-level home. Crews went to work quickly and contained... Learn more about the House fire at Rockdale .

Five additional Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Strike Teams have been sent into the Sydney flood zones today to assist clean-up and damage assessment efforts. The crews were assembled and briefed this morning at FRNSW's Emergency Services Academy at Orchard Hills. Tasked... Learn more about the Additional Fire and Rescue NSW Strike Teams deployed to flood zones at Orchard Hills.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) extinguished a house fire in Parramatta early this morning. Crews responded to the fire in a two-level property on George Street around 6.15 am. More than 30 firefighters worked to contain and extinguish the blaze which started... Learn more about the House Fire at Parramatta.

Senior Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have praised the actions of a passer-by who entered a burning house and saved a woman's life today at Batlow, in the state's south-west slopes. The local school cleaner was walking to work around... Learn more about the Firefighters praise hero neighbour after house fire at Batlow.

A joint Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and State Emergency Service in-water team has rescued two families in separate operations in the Hunter flood zones. Strike Team Charlie One, comprising two FRNSW in-water experts and two SES technicians, arrived at an... Learn more about the Firefighters and SES rescue stranded families at Hunter Valley.

More than 100 people were evacuated following a unit fire in a multi-storey residential building in Ultimo early this morning. A fire broke out in a sixth-floor unit in Quay Street around 3.15 am. A sprinkler system activated and extinguished the fire.... Learn more about the 100 people evacuated following unit fire at Ultimo.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are at the scene of a fire at Crows Nest in Sydney where multiple people, including a baby, have been overcome by smoke. The fire broke out in a building in Clarke Street around 10am. The... Learn more about the Multiple people suffering smoke inhalation at Crows Nest.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have entered a burning house to search for occupants at Berkeley in the state's Illawarra. The blaze broke out in the single-level, fibro home in Leicester Street, just before 1.45pm today. Firefighters from 10 FRNSW trucks... Learn more about the Firefighters battle house fire at Berkeley.

At least two people have been injured by a gas bottle explosion in a hotel kitchen at Warners Bay, at Lake Macquarie. A man turned on the portable gas bottle to start up a deep fryer at the Hillsborough Road property... Learn more about the Two people injured in kitchen gas blast at Warners Bay.

Resourceful Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have used a sling and an excavator to rescue a horse, which fell into a water tank today at Belimbla Park, south-west of Sydney. "Jester," a five-year-old Chestnut, fell into the storage tank at... Learn more about the Resourceful firefighters rescue horse - Video at Belimbla Park.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have rescued a man stuck in a stormwater drain this morning at Naremburn, on Sydney's lower north shore. Fire trucks from Crows Nest and Lane Cove arrived in Park Road by Flat Rock Creek just... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW saves man in stormwater drain at Naremburn.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews have extinguished an explosive truck fire that blocked the Pacific Highway, north of Coffs Harbour, on the state's north coast, this morning. The B-double was travelling north near Halfway Creek... Learn more about the Firefighters extinguish explosive B-double blaze at Halfway Creek.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is deploying drones over Sydney's north-west to provide flood assessments to the State Emergency Service. The FRNSW Aviation Unit has been operating Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) as "eyes in the sky" for the SES commanders,... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW drones conduct reconnaissance flights for SES flood effort at McGraths Hill.

A Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crew is at the scene of a hazardous materials incident, caused by a B-double trailer rollover at Trentham Cliffs, near Mildura, on the NSW-Victoria border. The rig was travelling on the Sturt Highway just before... Learn more about the B-double rollover causes Hazmat incident at Trentham Cliffs.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are at the scene of a Hazardous Materials incident on Dangar Island, on the state's Central Coast. Hazmat-trained crews from the Berkeley Vale Fire Station are working to isolate a leaking hydraulic oil bulk container... Learn more about the Fire crews respond to Hazardous Material incident at Dangar Island.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews across the state are continuing to assist flood emergency efforts as the dangerous weather system moves north of Sydney. FRNSW is working very closely with the State Emergency Service which is leading the flood response. As... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW crews ready to respond as heavy weather front moves north of Sydney at .

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have helped rescue two people and six horses, trapped by floodwater in Sydney’s north-west. Emergency services were called to Pages Wharf Road in Sackville North at 2pm after a woman raised concerns for her parents... Learn more about the FRNSW helps rescue people and horses at Sackville North.

Fire and Rescue NSW and SES crews have combined to rescue 14 greyhounds and two adults from a flooded property at Londonderry in Sydney's north-west this morning. The residents of the Kenmare Road location contacted authorities around 5.45am, concerned about rising... Learn more about the Greyhounds rescued in floodwaters (further details) at Londonderry.

Tens of thousands of years of bush fire knowledge will be shared when traditional Aboriginal cultural burns take place in north west NSW this Wednesday (6 July).   Aboriginal Australians have constantly been adapting to the changing climate and other pressures on... Learn more about the Media Alert: Cultural burns on-show in Tamworth at Tamworth.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews remain in the field, assisting the State Emergency Service with flood incidents across affected areas of Sydney. FRNSW has played a major role in many of the 249 flood rescues since the weather emergency began... Learn more about the Firefighters assisting with Sydney flood rescues - Video at .

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have extinguished flames that destroyed a house in the state's Riverina region this morning. The abandoned property on Heath Crescent in Griffith was already well alight when FRNSW crews were called to the scene around... Learn more about the FRNSW crews battle house fire at Griffith.

A Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crew has saved a family of five, including a pregnant mother, from a car in floodwaters tonight at Revesby Heights in Sydney. The FRNSW crew, from Hurstville, was dispatched to the corner of The River... Learn more about the Firefighters save family of five including pregnant mum from floodwaters at Revesby Heights.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has assisted three workers overcome by carbon monoxide gas whilst pumping water out of a site at Pleasure Point in Sydney's south-west. The workers were using petrol-powered pumps to remove water that had infiltrated the basement... Learn more about the Three workers overcome by carbon monoxide gas at Pleasure Point.

Fire and Rescue (NSW) crews are among emergency services responding to a mini-bus rollover this morning near Berridale in the NSW snowfields. The bus reportedly lost control around a sweeping bend on Kosciuszko Road and rolled several times just after 10am. There... Learn more about the Mini-bus rollover at Berridale.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) extinguished a house fire in Wheeler Heights on Sydney's Northern Beaches earlier today. FRNSW received numerous Triple Zero (000) calls about the property on Rose Avenue just before 11:00 am. The fire had started on the... Learn more about the House Fire at Wheeler Heights.