Post Views: 21 NSWRFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons has announced that all bushfires in NSW are now CONTAINED! It’s been an incredibly difficult and traumatic season. Our firefighters have been tested like never before but that have continued to fight these enormous blazes and today can see the result.
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Post Views: 17 3 Dead in C-130 Large area tanker crash Body of man found in burnt out house on the south coast. 6 NSWRFS Firefighters injured in tanker roll over. Horror Thursday for NSWRFS, as the news broke Thursday afternoon that a large area tanker had crashed killing all 3 American aviation firefighters. It’s […]
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Post Views: 25 Around 12pm on Wednesday emergency services responded to a grass fire at Weston which took hold pretty fast and threatened business in the area, in all 14 fire crews attended the fire and firebird 287 commenced water bombing. Fortunately no business we’re damaged as a result of the quick response from fire […]
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Post Views: 27 FIRE HAS BEEN CONTAINED AT 2:42PM NSW Fire n Rescue are on scene at a grass fire on Seventh St Weston, Central RFS, Neath RFS are on route to support NSW Fire and Rescue. Currently 2ha has already been burnt. 3 to 5 meter flame heights have been spotted by Fire n […]
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Post Views: 23 On Tuesday 21JAN2020 @ approximately 16:00hrs firefighters from Singleton Fire + Rescue station and Whittingham Rural Fire Service responded to reports of a building fire off Cemetery lane Singleton. Upon arrival firefighters found that a fire had started after a power transformer had made contact with the ground, setting both the ground […]
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Post Views: 15 Wollombi RFS fire crews are investigating a confirmed smoke sighting a few km west of Andrews Rd. Stay tuned for infomation as the situation unfolds. 4:15pm update firebird in the air heading to Wollombi to assess the fire from the air
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Post Views: 24 Major Update NSW INCIDENT ALERTSthe post was removed in order for the NSWRFS to discuss it with the person involved. it may actually be a misunderstanding, the person was maybe using the wrong words on his posts which gave the impression he was working for the NSWRFS A Hunter Valley photographer who […]
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Post Views: 17 Key points 1 fire in the hunter remains not contained, 69 fires continue to burn across NSW Emergency services kept busy with wet weather related incidents. Hot weather set to return on Tuesday With all the rain falling across the state 69 bushfires continue to burn with 19 of them still out […]
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Post Views: 52 Parramatta council has decided to cancel their annual Australia fireworks display and donate $40,000 to NSWRFS. Lord Mayor Bob Dwyer issued this statement on Friday. Cancelling the fireworks was also a mark of solidarity with the many communities affected by the fires across the country. While I know the fireworks are always […]
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Post Views: 30 Be alert people have been door-knocking asking for donations for the RFS in Heddon Greta yesterday., these people are phoneys and your money will not go to the RFS. THE RFS OR NSW FIRE AND RESCUE WILL NEVER KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND ASK FOR MONEY. if anyone does knock on your […]
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Post Views: 22 Key Points 30mm to 80mm rain expected over the east coast. Rain is expected to fall from Thursday to Sunday. Slow-moving thunderstorms to deliver much-needed rain over fire grounds. Flash flooding is expected Dangerous conditions for fire grounds as fire-affected trees may fall or landslides may occur. Water Supplies may become contaminated […]
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Post Views: 21 You all seen the singing magpie last week, mimicking the sirens of fire trucks in Newcastle, now it appears magpies are starting fires as well. Around 5:40pm on the 14th of January, it’s believed a magpie was feasting on a dead flying fox which had attached itself to power line insulators which […]
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Post Views: 18 A suspicious fire broke out near the cemetery at Boomerang Park earlier today, it quickly spread to the forest with flames engulfing koala food trees planted by the community. Five fire trucks from the RFS and NSW Fire and Rescue attended promptly and use thousands of litres water to put out the […]
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Post Views: 13 Owendale fire started at the beginning of November. Countless man-hours have been dedicated to containing this fire. The fire is now under control Forestry NSW and NSWRFS have been working in rough terrain now for almost 3 months to contain and stop the spread of the Owendale fire burning in the Pokolbin […]
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Post Views: 27 The South Coast has been devastated over the last few weeks by bushfire, Yesterday another fire started around 2:20pm in bushland near Lake Mulwala in Mulwala, about 80km west of Albury. The fire quickly spread and burnout 35ha before it was contained by exhausted firefighters who have been working around the clock […]
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Post Views: 19 Impact Assessment teams are continuing to work around the clock to assess the damage caused by NSW bushfires, this bushfire season has now seen more than 2,000 homes destroyed and still counting. Insurance claims have already topped $700 million dollars and are expected to rise into the billions of dollars. LATEST IMPACT […]
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Post Views: 24 NSWNSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE MEDIA RELEASE Tourists encouraged to return to the Far South Coast 11 January 2020 Tourists are encouraged to start returning to the villages and towns along the Far South Coast as weather conditions improve. The Clyde Mountain fire has been burning in the Eurobodalla area for the past […]
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Post Views: 15 Key Points Kerrys Ridge is being controlled Back Burning on the East Flank incendiaries utilized on the ridge top Increased Smoke Flames will be visible Crews will work behind properties on Wednesday and Thursday around Inlet Road and Wambo Rd Operation Update- Kerry’s Ridge FireBack burning operations have continued today to contain […]
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Post Views: 13 Key Points 3000 ADF Reservest have been called up. Troops arrive on Kangaroo Island 400 troops from the 7th Brigade arrive in NSW/VIC Deployment of a Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) (Wasp) Our helicopters (CH-47F Chinooks, MRH 90s and Black Hawks) A week ago everyone was asking where the army was, we’ll […]
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Post Views: 15 Building impact assessment key points 672 homes destroyed this year. 1,588 homes destroyed this fire season. 633 homes damaged. 10,068 homes saved. 3,122 Outbuildings destroyed. 153 Facilities destroyed. 672 have been confirmed destroyed since the start of the year which brings the total number of homes destroyed to 1,588. Impact Assessment teams […]
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