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GREENACRE | #FRNSW crews are on scene at a four car crash on Greenacre Road. Firefighters are stabilizing one of the involved vehicles with a trapped occupant. @ourcbcity View on X [external link]
GREYSTANES | UPDATE #FRNSW firefighters have extinguished a large truck fire on Betts Road and are currently working to contain a large spill from the trucks ruptured fuel tank. View on X [external link]
GREYSTANES | #FRNSW firefighters are working to extinguish a truck engulfed by fire on Betts Road. View on X [external link]
EDMONSON PARK | #FRNSW Crews are on scene at a multi vehicle crash involving two cars and a truck on the M5 south of Moorebank Avenue. Traffic delays to be expected. @Lpool_Council View on X [external link]
A crew from the Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) station at Wyong has proved too good after the first regional heats of the 2024 Firefighter Championships at the weekend. One of 19 teams competing at Tumut, in the foothills of the... Learn more about the Central Coast crew dominates regional firefighting championships - VIDEO at Tumut.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has used drone technology to inspect damage and detect hotspots after fire engulfed a former service station at Narrandera, in the state's Riverina, overnight. The blaze broke out in Larmer Street just before midnight, taking... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW extinguishes blaze at abandoned Riverina service station - VIDEO at Narrandera.
MASCOT | #FRNSW firefighters are working to extinguish a truck fire on Gardeners Road. @BaysideNSW View on X [external link]
ISLINGTON | #FRNSW have commenced firefighting operations at house well involved in fire on Norfolk Avenue. View on X [external link]
MACQUARIE PARK | #FRNSW crews are en route to a building fire on Waterloo Road after reports of smoke issuing from a high rise building. View on X [external link]
MOUNT OUSLEY | #FRNSW Firefighters have commenced firefighting operations at house fully involved in fire on Dumfries Avenue. @Wollongong_City View on X [external link]
GRANVILLE | #FRNSW crews are responding to reports of a building fire on East Street. @parracity View on X [external link]
MERRYLANDS | #FRNSW firefighters are working to remove a tree that has fallen across Merrylands Road. @CumberlandSyd View on X [external link]
The tranquility of the Snowy Mountains foothills will make way for the clanking of hydrants, the pounding of fire boots and the urgent barking of orders this weekend when the NSW Regional Firefighting Championships take place at Tumut. The first round... Learn more about the Regional Firefighter Championships reach the Snowy Mountains at Tumut.
CAMPBELLTOWN | #FRNSW crews are working to extinguish a building fire on Queen Street after numerous calls were received by 000 of large amounts of black smoke issuing from the commercial building. @campbelltownnsw View on X [external link]
CLAYMORE | #FRNSW crews have commenced firefighting operations at a house fire on Longstaff Way. Adjoining properties have been evacuated. @campbelltownnsw View on X [external link]
From vintage truck displays to historical reflections, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) will pay homage to the state’s oldest regional brigades as it takes its 140-year celebrations to the 2024 Sydney Royal Easter Show. The icon of the Sydney events calendar... Learn more about the History honoured as Fire and Rescue NSW returns to Sydney Royal Easter Show at Sydney Olympic Park.
Firefighters at Fire and Rescue NSW’s Glen Innes station have received a new multi-purpose Tanker to deal with emergencies in the state’s Northern Tablelands. The FRNSW crew has been familiarising itself with its new Mercedes Atego Class 1 Tanker this week... Learn more about the New multi-purpose fire engine to protect the Northern Tablelands at Glen Innes.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has deployed a new firefighting tanker at Umina, boosting protection measures for the state’s Central Coast. Valued at $450,000, the Isuzu Category One tanker is the latest of 34 new tankers funded by the NSW Government... Learn more about the New Fire and Rescue tanker to protect Central Coast at Umina.
UMINA | New Fire and Rescue tanker to protect Central Coast. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has deployed a new firefighting tanker at Umina, boosting protection measures for the states Central Coast.Valued at $450,000, the Isuzu Category One tan... View on X [external link]
ERSKINEVILLE | #FRNSW firefighters have extinguished a unit fire on Charles Street. All persons safely evacuated. @cityofsydney View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters from the state's Central Coast have discovered a young fire safety champion, moments after they saved her family's home from ruins. The Doyalson brigade was called to a home at Blue Haven after a small... Learn more about the Mamma Mia! Three-year-old girl surprises firefighters with her safety knowledge at Blue Haven.
NORTHBRIDGE | #FRNSW crews are working to extinguish a fire in the sub floor of a town house on Kameruka Road. @WilloughbyCity View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) experts are investigating the cause of a fire which engulfed a car detailer at Wetherill Park, in Sydney's west, overnight. More than 50 firefighters and 14 fire trucks were deployed to the business in Davis Road,... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW investigators probe cause of fire in car workshop at Wetherill Park.
WETHERILL PARK | Fire and Rescue NSW investigators probe cause of fire in car workshop. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) experts are investigating the cause of a fire which engulfed a car detailer at Wetherill Park, in Sydney's west, overnight.More... View on X [external link]
SEFTON | #FRNSW are continuing firefighting operations at a house fire on Batt Street. View on X [external link]
PROSPECT | #FRNSW Crews remain on scene after a car crashed through the brick wall of a garage on Bromfield Avenue. @blacktowncc View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has expressed concerns about the rising rate of Lithium-Ion battery fires as crews responded to four separate incidents yesterday. Nine fire trucks rushed to an address in Apprentice Drive at Berkeley, on the state’s Central Coast,... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW recording Lithium-Ion battery fires at a rate of five a week at NSW.
NSW | Fire and Rescue NSW recording Lithium-Ion battery fires at a rate of five a week. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has expressed concerns about the rising rate of Lithium-Ion battery fires as crews responded to four separate incidents yesterday... View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is reminding the community about the dangers of Lithium-ion batteries after an e-bike caught fire in an apartment at Bankstown, in Sydney's south-west, today. Four people were inside when the blaze broke out on the third... Learn more about the Man injured as e-bike explodes into flames in south-west Sydney apartment - VIDEO at Bankstown.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has deployed a new firefighting tanker at Kiama, boosting protection measures for the state’s south coast. Valued at $450,000, the Isuzu Category One tanker is the latest of 34 new tankers funded by the NSW Government... Learn more about the New Fire and Rescue tanker to protect south coast at Kiama.
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