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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.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a house fire this morning at West Tamworth. Firefighters found the small home vacant when they arrived in Matheson Street just after 4am. The house was well alight. Three crews, from the Tamworth and South... Learn more about the House Fire at West Tamworth.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished an overnight fire in a granny flat at Sadleir, in Sydney's south-west. Firefighters were alerted to the fire in Gambo Crescent just after 3:30am. Initial calls informed FRNSW of possible people inside the... Learn more about the Granny Flat Fire at Sadleir.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews rushed to Brodie Street around 10 pm last night and found the two-level building well alight with a major structural collapse imminent. Firefighters deployed multiple hose lines around the building and worked to prevent the... Learn more about the Factory Fire at Rydalmere.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews, at the scene of a flooding incident at Kurnell in Sydney's south, say there is no risk of danger, despite the smell of fuel in the air. Significant rainfall overnight has filled a refinery retention... Learn more about the Kurnell fuel odour at Kurnell.

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is working to contain and extinguish a fire that has torn through the roof of a two-level house on Raglan Street in Mosman. More than 20 firefighters are battling the blaze both within and outside the... Learn more about the Two-level house fire at Mosman.

Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) has extinguished a large waste pile alight inside a factory at Wetherill Park, just before 11am today. Six workers self-evacuated from the building whilst other factory staff assisted fire crews by separating the pile... Learn more about the Waste Management Fire at Wetherill Park.