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Come and meet your local firefighters and learn about home fire safety at the Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Open Day on Saturday, 14 May 2022.   Many fire stations across NSW will be throwing open their doors between 10.00 am... Learn more about the Come and meet your local firefighters on Open Day at .

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has recognised the courage and commitment of 44 firefighters today as it marks St Florian’s Day - the International Day of Firefighters. St Florian is the Patron Saint of firefighters and the annual awards ceremony at... Learn more about the 44 firefighters honoured for bravery and dedication on St Florian’s Day at City of Sydney.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have rescued a man crushed by a boulder at a worksite in Penrith. The incident occurred on a property in Fitch Avenue, just after 11.30 this morning. The man, aged in his late 20's, was working... Learn more about the Man rescued under fallen rock at Penrith.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have assisted in the rescue of two people after a four wheel drive crashed into a house yesterday at Largs in Maitland. It's believed the male driver of the Toyota Landcruiser suffered a heart attack... Learn more about the Car into Building at Largs.

  It will be a case of hydraulic cutters at the ready this weekend when Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) takes on the State Emergency Service and other emergency agencies in the 2022 Road Crash Rescue Challenge at Dubbo.   The three-day event... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW crews prepare for Road Crash Rescue Challenge at Dubbo.

It will be a case of hydraulic cutters at the ready this weekend when Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) takes on the State Emergency Service and other first response agencies in the 2022 Road Crash Rescue Challenge at Dubbo.   The three-day... Learn more about the FRNSW hone skills ahead of Road Crash Rescue Challenge - Video at Dubbo.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and NSW Ambulance paramedics have rescued an elderly woman from a car teetering on the edge of a steep embankment at Newport on Sydney's northern beaches. Three FRNSW trucks rushed to Hillside Road around 5.45 last... Learn more about the Elderly woman saved in embankment rescue at Newport.

Fire and Rescue NSW crews have helped police locate the body of a person after a house fire at Ben Lomond, in the state's north. Three FRNSW trucks rushed to the New England Highway home, 40-kilometres south of Glen Innes, joining... Learn more about the Person killed in house fire at Ben Lomond.

Bystanders rescued five people, trapped inside the burning wreckage of a two car crash last night at Liverpool in Sydney's south-west. The collision occurred around 8.40 pm on Elizabeth Drive. Three Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) trucks rushed to the scene amid... Learn more about the Bystanders rescue five people from fiery car crash - Video at Liverpool.

The Acting Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner is appealing to the public to take extra safety precautions amid a spate of house fires across the state that's already claimed one life overnight. Fire crews from four appliances forced their way into... Learn more about the House fire safety warning at .

Decommissioned fire hoses are finding new life as enrichment items at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, thanks to an environmentally friendly partnership between Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and the animals’ keepers.   Under the partnership, decommissioned hoses from fire stations across the state... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW partnership to aid Taronga Zoo animals - Video at Taronga Zoo.

Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that's destroyed an abandoned house this morning at Adamstown in Newcastle. The large blaze broke out around 4.30am in Park Avenue. 11 Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) trucks from Lambton, Charlestown, Newcastle, Merewether and... Learn more about the Abandoned building fire - Video at Adamstown.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) extinguished a house fire in Prestons in Sydney's southwest yesterday afternoon. Crews responded to the incident on Plukavec Circuit just before 3:30 pm. Firefighters reported large volumes of smoke en route to the property and called for... Learn more about the Fire destroys home in Prestons at Prestons.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are at an irrigation farm, north of Walgett, where a man has become trapped in a combine harvester. The incident occurred around 12.30pm today, about 10-kilometres north of the township. The 19-year-old man fell into the... Learn more about the Combine Harvester incident at Walgett.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have tended to a young child, whose face has been pierced by wire, at Lidcombe in Sydney. The boy, aged six, reportedly fell face first onto a 60cm length of wire in Carter Street today,... Learn more about the Child's face pierced by wire at Lidcombe.

A barking dog has alerted authorities about the plight of his owner who fell into a septic tank today at Terrey Hills, in Sydney's north. The dog's barks were heard by a child in Myoora Road about 12.30 this afternoon. The child... Learn more about the Dog's barks save owner at Terrey Hills.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have prevented a house fire spreading to neighbouring homes at Port Macquarie on the state's mid-north coast. A family safely escaped the two-storey Elparra Close home just before 9.30 last night. The blaze started in a... Learn more about the Family safe after house fire - Port Macquarie - Video at Port Macquarie.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have assisted in a fishing trawler emergency at Eden on the state's south coast. The vessel, carrying 50-tonnes of salmon, began taking on water at the middle wharf of the port around 3.30 this ... Learn more about the Fishing Trawler Sinks at Eden.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews battling a hazardous materials fire at St Marys in Sydney’s west are urging local residents to remain indoors to avoid dangerous fumes. The fire broke out around 6.30 this morning at a large chemical warehouse... Learn more about the Large chemical fire at St Marys.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have pulled off an Easter rescue this morning, saving a bunny from a unit fire at Belmore in Sydney. The blaze broke out in a two-level apartment block in Tudor Street, just before 9am. Crews... Learn more about the Bunny rescue - Belmore at Belmore .

Just after midday Fire and Rescue NSW crews from Lithgow fire station were called to assist with a kangaroo rescue, after it was reported that a female kangaroo had been swept away in flood waters and was stuck in a... Learn more about the Kangaroo rescue at Lithgow.

Just after 6pm this evening Fire and Rescue NSW crews from Gulgong and Mudgee attended reports of a house fire in Gulgong. Crews arrived to find a fire in the ceiling of a home. They used hose lines and breathing apparatus... Learn more about the Ceiling Fire at Gulgong.