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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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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has deployed a team of senior firefighters to Western Australia to help respond to major flooding in the state's north. Six FRNSW inspectors and an administration support officer flew out of Sydney Airport this morning, bound... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW assists with major West Australian flood emergency response at Regional WA.
MOONEY MOONEY CREEK | #FRNSW Crews are on scene after a multi vehicle crash on the M1. Traffic delays to be expected. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @CCoastCouncil View on X [external link]
TAMWORTH | #FRNSW FFs have set up an exclusion zone and have fire protection and monitoring in place after a gas main burst on Flagstaff Rd. @nswpolice @TamworthCouncil View on X [external link]
RYDE | #FRNSW FFs are on scene after wires have come down on Lane Cove Rd. @CityofRyde @nswpolice View on X [external link]
BANKSMEADOW | #FRNSW Crews are on scene at a train derailment after two merging trains collided. No persons injured. @BaysideNSW View on X [external link]
A high-tech drone and a new fire tanker have proved critical in helping Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews extinguish a major fire in West Wollongong. At its peak, 50 firefighters and 14 fire trucks responded to the blaze in a... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW technology helps crews extinguish large blaze in Illawarra at West Wollongong.
TEA GARDENS | #FRNSW FFs are working to contain a diesel spill after a truck ruptured its fuel tank south bound on the Pacific Highway on the states mid coast. View on X [external link]
SUTTON | #FRNSW FFs are working to extinguish a fire that has engulfed a garage on Bridges Rd. @queanbeyanage View on X [external link]
SOMERSBY | #FRNSW Crews are responding to a truck crash on Peats Ridge Rd. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @CCoastCouncil View on X [external link]
BORENORE | #FRNSW FFs are on scene after a fuel truck has crashed down an embankment on Amaroo Rd in the states west. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @NSWRFS View on X [external link]
ROSEVILLE | #FRNSW Crews are responding to a building fire on Barcoo St. @nswpolice @WilloughbyCity View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are protecting neighbouring properties as an intense house fire continues to burn tonight in Wollongong West. Shortly after 3pm, numerous Triple Zero (000) calls were received about smoke issuing from the property in Highway Ave. More... Learn more about the Firefighters battling intense house fire at West Wollongong.
WOLLONGONG | #FRNSW Crews are on scene at a boat fire on Endeavour Dr. @Wollongong_City View on X [external link]
BELLAMBI | #FRNSW FFs are working to extinguish a house fire on Brompton Rd. @NSWAmbulance @nswpolice @Wollongong_City View on X [external link]
CHARLESTOWN | #FRNSW Crews are on scene at two car crash on Tiral St. No persons trapped. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @lakemac View on X [external link]
More than 50 firefighters and a water-bombing aircraft are attacking a series of grass fires that have broken out along a rail line in Albury on the NSW-Victoria border. A fire initially broke out on an empty grain train that stopped... Learn more about the Firefighters battle grass fires along rail line at Lavington.
RT @NSWRFS: WATCH AND ACT: Batten St fire, North Albury (Albury LGA). A fire is burning in the vicinity of the Hume Highway, Dallinger Road & Vickers Road in Lavington. Crews are on scene & aircraft being sent to assist. No immediate danger. People in the area should prepare now. #NSWRFS View on X [external link]
MAITLAND | #FRNSW Crews are on scene at a building fire on Johnson St. 70 people have been evacuated. @nswpolice @MaitlandCouncil View on X [external link]
A man has been seriously burnt in a gas barbecue mishap at Berkeley Vale on the state's Central Coast. The 58-year-old man was cooking steak on the rear patio of his Kingsford Smith Drive home just before 7pm last night. When he... Learn more about the Man seriously hurt in backyard bbq incident at Berkeley Vale.
PRESTONS | #FRNSW FFs are on scene at a house fire on Burragate Cr after 000 received multiple calls of smoking issuing from the property. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @Lpool_Council @Liverpool_Champ View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators are trying to determine whether faulty heat lamps are responsible for a blaze that has destroyed a home at Moss Vale in the state's Southern Highlands. Fire consumed the battle-axe property in Church Road around... Learn more about the Fire destroys family home at Moss Vale.
NARRABEEN | #FRNSW FFs are using hydraulic rescue tools to remove the side of a car and free a trapped occupant after a car v truck crash on Powder Works Rd. @NSWAmbulance @nswpolice @beachescouncil View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators are examining the scene of a large overnight fire that has destroyed a masonic centre at Ambarvale in Sydney's south-west. The blaze engulfed the Wickfield Circuit hall around 12.44am, causing its roof to collapse. Nine fire... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW investigators determining cause of masonic centre blaze at Ambarvale.
MOSS VALE | #FRNSW Crews are working to extinguish a house that is well alight on Church Rd. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @WSC_media View on X [external link]
KELLYVILLE | #FRNSW FFs are working to free a trapped occupant after a two car crash on Windsor Rd. Traffic delays to be expected. @NSWAmbulance @nswpolice on scene. @TheHillsCouncil View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are at the scene of a truck crash that's blocked north-bound lanes of the NorthConnex tunnel at Pennant Hills. The truck jack-knifed and hit the tunnel wall, 200-metres north of the entrance on-ramp around 1.15pm. The... Learn more about the Truck jack-knifes in NorthConnex tunnel - north-bound at Pennant Hills.
BEECROFT | #FRNSW Crews are responding to a truck crash in the NorthConnex Tunnel. Traffic delays to be expected. @nswpolice @NSWAmbulance @LiveTrafficSyd @HornsbyCouncil View on X [external link]
CHARLESTOWN | #FRNSW FFs are working with @nswpolice rescue and @NSWAmbulance to free the trapped occupant after a single vehicle crash on Smith St. @lakemac View on X [external link]
Media note: Still images now available. Fire crews have extinguished a semi-trailer that exploded in flames overnight, blocking the Pacific Highway on the state's far north coast. The B-double caught fire in the south-bound lanes of the highway outside Pimlico, south of... Learn more about the Firefighters extinguish exploding semi-trailer at Pimlico.
SYDNEY | #FRNSW FFs are on scene at an electrical fire on Wheat Rd. View on X [external link]
Further Information
- For flood information and warnings, visit the NSW State Emergency Service website [external link].
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