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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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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 X [external link]
KIRRAWEE | #FRNSW firefighters have set up an exclusion zone after a truck has brought down powerlines on Monro Avenue. @SuthShireCncl View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is reminding travellers heading to and from the snowfields this winter to exercise patience and safety on the icy roads. The FRNSW crews of permanent firefighters, seconded to the Perisher Valley Fire Station for the next... Learn more about the Firefighters urge safety in the snowfields this winter at Perisher Valley.
ROOTY HILL | #FRNSW firefighters are working to extinguish a car fire on Rooty Hill Road North. @blacktowncc View on X [external link]
PRESTONS | #FRNSW crews are continuing firefighting operations at a factory fire on Kurrajong Road. Approximately 100 people have been evacuated from the site. @Lpool_Council View on X [external link]
MONA VALE | #FRNSW firefighters are working to free a trapped occupant after a two car crash on Mona Vale Road. @beachescouncil View on X [external link]
CHATSWOOD WEST | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after wires have come down on Delhi Road. A traffic contraflow has been established. @WilloughbyCity View on X [external link]
A lithium-ion battery from an e-bike has caused a fire in a unit at Lethbridge Park in Sydney's west earlier today. Crews were called to the second floor unit in Hawaii Avenue just before 3.00am after reports of a blaze in... Learn more about the Lithium-ion battery causes unit fire at Lethbridge Park.
SOUTH PENRITH | #FRNSW crews are on scene and working to free two trapped occupants after a car has crashed and flipped onto its roof. @penrithcouncil View on X [external link]
Three people have escaped an intense house fire, started by furniture too close to a heater this afternoon at Doonside, in Sydney’s west. Seven Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews rushed to the single level home in Graham Street around 2.30pm. A... Learn more about the Firefighters extinguish intense house fire at Doonside.
DOONSIDE | #FRNSW crews are on scene and working to extinguish a house that is well alight on Graham Street. @blacktowncc View on X [external link]
MASCOT | #FRNSW firefighters have commenced firefighting operations at a unit fire on Maloney Street. @BaysideNSW View on X [external link]
AUBURN | #FRNSW has extinguished the fire in a metal recycling warehouse with the assistance of heavy machinery. No injuries reported, approx. 10 evacs from the site. Not being treated as suspicious, site handed back to occupants. View on X [external link]
AUBURN | #FRNSW working to extinguish a deep seated fire in a scrap metal warehouse on Stubbs Street Auburn. We have 14 fire trucks and appox 50 firefighters responding, the large number is to safely rotate crews through the firefighting effort. View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have door-knocked more than 60 homes at Macquarie Fields, in Sydney’s south-west, in the wake of a devastating house fire in the neighbourhood. On 28 May, 10 people made a narrow and very lucky... Learn more about the - Lucky escape from house fire prompts neighbourhood safety checks at Macquarie Fields.
BELFIELD | #FRNSW firefighters remain on scene after wires have come down on Bazentin Street. @ourcbcity View on X [external link]
LAKEMBA | #FRNSW firefighters have extinguished a unit fire on Fairmount Street. All occupants were accounted for. @ourcbcity View on X [external link]
SEVEN HILLS | #FRNSW crews have set up an exclusion zone after a truck has brought down powerlines on Prime Drive. @blacktowncc View on X [external link]
CONCORD | #FRNSW firefighters have freed a trapped occupant after a car crashed through a fence on Ian Parade. @CanadaBay View on X [external link]
A firefighter has been treated for minor burns to his face after a car fire this morning at Camperdown in inner Sydney. The cabin of the hybrid Volvo SUV caught on fire in Ross Street around 4.40am. A Fire and Rescue NSW... Learn more about the Firefighter suffers minor burns extinguishing hybrid car fire at Camperdown.
DEE WHY | #FRNSW firefighters are working to remove a large tree that has fallen across Pittwater Road blocking all 3 southbound lanes. @beachescouncil View on X [external link]
The driver of an overturned car carrier has escaped without injury at Kembla Grange, in the state’s Illawarra. Fire crews responded to the crash just before 1am today, finding the semi-trailer, with seven new cars on board, had toppled over. Six FRNSW... Learn more about the Firefighters carry out complex recovery following semi-trailer rollover at Kembla Grange.
KEMBLA GRANGE | Firefighters carry out complex recovery following semi-trailer rollover. The driver of an overturned car carrier has escaped without injury at Kembla Grange, in the states Illawarra.Fire crews responded to the crash just befor... View on X [external link]
MULGOA | #FRNSW crews are responding to reports of a car fire on Mulgoa Road. @penrithcouncil View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have rescued a person from a house fire this morning at Lakemba, in Sydney's south-west. Neighbours contacted Triple Zero (000) when they noticed smoke billowing from the roof of the single level house in Barremma... Learn more about the Firefighters rescue person from house fire at Lakemba.
LAKEMBA | #FRNSW firefighters are working to extinguish a house fire on Barremma Road. @ourcbcity View on X [external link]
More than 80 Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters are slowly starting to get the upper hand of a large structural fire at Revesby in Sydney’s south-west. Crews have managed to stop the fire from spreading to adjoining properties in... Learn more about the **VISION ALERT** Wrecking yard inferno at Revesby.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters are working to contain a large structural fire at Revesby, in Sydney’s south-west. Shortly after 2:10pm today, FRNSW received multiple Triple Zero (000) calls about a fire at a car wrecking yard in Fitzpatrick... Learn more about the UPDATED WITH PICTURES - Firefighters working to contain wrecking yard inferno at Revesby.
MARRICKVILLE | #FRNSW firefighters are on scene after a gas main has ruptured on Station Street. All persons have been evacuated from the immediate area. @IWCouncil View on X [external link]
REVESBY | Firefighters working to contain wrecking yard inferno. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters are working to contain a large structural fire at Revesby, in Sydneys south-west. Shortly after 2:10pm today, FRNSW received multiple Tr... View on X [external link]
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