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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have helped rescue a woman from a car that crashed, becoming suspended on a fence at Mosman, on Sydney's north shore. The 70-year-old woman reversed out of her garage in Awaba Street just after 11am... Learn more about the Woman rescued - car caught in fence at Mosman.

Fire and Rescue NSW (RNSW) has caught and removed a venomous snake from a home at Camden South in Sydney's southwest today. A Brown snake had become entangled in garden netting after exiting the residential property in Arndell Street just after... Learn more about the Snake with poisonality removed from home at Camden South.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has removed a cookie cutter from a young girl's hand in Rydalmere in western Sydney this morning. Crews were called to the rescue incident on South Street at 7.40 am. The two-year-old girl was extremely distressed and... Learn more about the Cookie Cutter Rescue at Rydalmere.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) extinguished a unit fire in Mount Pritchard in Sydney's south-west last night. Numerous Triple Zero (000) calls were received about the fire on Meldrum Avenue just after 7:00 pm. When crews arrived on-scene, they reported large volumes... Learn more about the Unit Fire at Mount Pritchard.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) extinguished a large fire at Irrawang Public School in Raymond Terrace near Newcastle last night. Firefighters arrived on-scene and found a demountable building well alight on Geer Street just after 10:30 pm More than 25... Learn more about the School Fire at Raymond Terrace.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) are managing a Hazmat emergency involving a sewerage truck at Cobargo on the State's south coast. The truck crashed on the side of the Princess Highway one kilometre south of Cobargo causing the overturned trailer to... Learn more about the Truck Crash at Cobargo.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to a six-vehicle motor vehicle crash in North Wollongong earlier today. The crash occurred on the University Avenue off-ramp on the Princess Highway. One person was treated by NSW Ambulance and transported to hospital. One of... Learn more about the Six Vehicle Car Crash at North Wollongong.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is battling a fire in an underground car park at Newcastle East. More than 30 firefighters are on scene at the four-level unit block in Colliers Close. Thick black smoke is issuing from the premises where... Learn more about the Underground Carpark Fire at Newcastle East.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) remains in the flood-affected zones of the Northern Rivers and the Hawkesbury today continuing to help with the mammoth clean-up effort. For more than a week, FRNSW crews have joined with residents, the Australian Defence Force,... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW continues flood clean-up at Northern Rivers/Hawkesbury.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has prevented a deep fryer fire in a Kebab shop from spreading to nearby properties at Enfield in Sydney's inner west earlier today. Shops on adjoining sides of the Kebab Shop were evacuated as crews checked... Learn more about the Nearby properties saved from Kebab shop fire at Enfield.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have overcome heavy fire conditions to extinguish a blaze at a house in Ingleburn in South Western Sydney overnight. Fire crews arrived at Piggott Way to find a two-storey house engulfed with flames just before... Learn more about the House Fire at Ingleburn .

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has extinguished a fire on the top floor of a three-storey apartment building at Hamilton South in Newcastle. Firefighters quickly gained entry to the smoke-filled Fowler Street unit to find an unattended stove on fire, just... Learn more about the Unit Fire at Hamilton South.

One person has died and three more people have been hospitalised after an intense fire in a Newtown boardinghouse overnight. The blaze engulfed the two level building at the corner of Albermarle and Probert Streets around 1am. Flames quickly spread throughout the... Learn more about the Boardinghouse fire at Newtown.

A pedestrian has been airlifted to hospital after being involved in a crash between a car and a minibus at Uralla in the state's Northern Tablelands earlier today. Firefighters provided emergency medical care to the female patient after arriving first on... Learn more about the Car Crash-Pedestrian injured at Uralla.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have contained a house fire at Georges Hall in Sydney. The blaze started in the rear of the property on Henry Lawson Drive, just before midday. The fire was quickly contained by FRNSW crews which also... Learn more about the Dog saved from house fire by neighbours at Georges Hall.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have prevented fire from spreading from a granny flat to neighbouring homes today at Greenacre in Sydney's west. The blaze broke out in Lauma Avenue just before 11am.. Firefighters arrived to find fire through the roof... Learn more about the House saved from granny flat fire at Greenacre.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have located a helicopter, forced to make an emergency heavy landing in the Snowy Mountains. Firefighters are using winches to perform a vertical rescue as there are five passengers with reported injuries after the... Learn more about the Helicopter Crash at Kosciuszko National Park.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews continue to assist communities in their flood disaster clean-up efforts across the state. FRNSW has carried out more than 2500 aerial and ground-based Rapid Damage Assessments of homes and critical infrastructure in Sydney and the... Learn more about the Update - FRNSW activity in flood zones at Hawkesbury/Northern Rivers.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews responded to a garage alight this morning at Grays Point in southern Sydney. Firefighters have extinguished the fire in the garage which is attached to a split level house in Mansion Point Road. A 45-year-old man... Learn more about the Garage Fire at Grays Point.

As a result of floodwaters entering homes and businesses it is possible that household chemicals, bulk chemicals, and dangerous goods may have travelled large distances from their location. If you locate a secure container, cylinder or vessel which poses no... Learn more about the Public Safety Advice - Dangerous chemicals at Lismore.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) contained a large fuel spill following a truck crash at Orangeville in south-west Sydney today. Just after 8.00 am, a tanker carrying 30,000 litres of fuel crashed into a tree on Silverdale Road. The front tank, containing... Learn more about the Ruptured Fuel Tanker at Orangeville.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has released a truck driver following a crash near Kew on the State's Mid-North Coast early this morning. Firefighters arrived at the crash site on the Pacific Highway at 5.30 am and found a B-double truck... Learn more about the B-double driver released from truck crash at Kew.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is using high-tech drones and ground crews to assess widespread flood damage in Sydney and the Northern Rivers district. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, or drones, are assessing damage to critical infrastructure from the air whilst... Learn more about the FRNSW flood damage assessment teams at Northern Rivers and Sydney.

Firefighters are in the flood-ravaged town of Coraki today performing community liaison roles to help local residents get back on their feet. Around 20 Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters are carrying out the vital community engagement role after floodwaters eased... Learn more about the Firefighters helping Coraki residents at Coraki.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and the Rural Fire Service (RFS) are teaming up to provide much-needed supplies to remote communities in the flood zones of NSW. FRNSW and the RFS are jointly running daily shuttles of trucks, carrying vital supplies,... Learn more about the Supplies bound for flood zones at Northern Rivers.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has sent in another wave of strike teams to help flood-affected communities on the State’s North Coast. Six strike teams from Sydney arrived late yesterday at the base of operations at Wollongbar TAFE, near Alstonville, along... Learn more about the More FRNSW strike teams to help flood-affected communities at Wollongbar.

A large section of the road and a retaining wall has collapsed behind a row of shops at Castle Cove on Sydney's north shore. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) arrived on the scene to find part of Deepwater Road washed away... Learn more about the Road damaged by Floods at Castle Cove.

Fire Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is currently experiencing an increased number of Triple Zero (000) calls for assistance due to flooding across Sydney. Heavy rainfall continues to fall across the greater Sydney area, inundating low-lying areas and roadways. FRNSW is encouraging people to... Learn more about the Increased Triple Zero calls as severe weather lashes Sydney at Sydney.

A Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crew has obtained extraordinary footage of the moment a flashflood tore through a number of houses last night at Birrong in Sydney. The crew, from Rhodes Fire Station, attended three homes in Larien Street just... Learn more about the Fire crews respond to flashflooding at Birrong.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have rescued trapped motorists from vehicles stuck in floodwaters at Wollongong overnight. Just after 10:30pm, firefighters responded to reports of a number of vehicles submerged in flood water on Springhill Road. On arrival, crews reported several... Learn more about the People rescued from floodwaters at Wollongong.