Fire and Rescue NSW - Prepared for anything.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is one of the world's largest urban fire and rescue services and is the busiest in Australia. Our overriding purpose is to enhance community safety, quality of life, and confidence by minimising the impact of hazards and emergency incidents on the people, property, environment and economy of NSW.
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Emergency contacts
In an emergency call Triple Zero (000)
Bushfire Information: Call the NSW Rural Fire Service: 1800 679 737
www.rfs.nsw.gov.au [external link]
Floods and Storms: Call the SES: 132 500
www.ses.nsw.gov.au [external link]
Latest news and updates
Four Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have been recognised in the King’s Birthday honours. Captain Edwin Gray; Chief Superintendent, Steven Hayes; and Station Officer, Mark Porter, have each been awarded an Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM) for their commitments to... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters recognised in King’s Birthday honour roll at NSW.
NSW | Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters recognised in Kings Birthday honour roll. Four Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have been recognised in the Kings Birthday honours.Captain Edwin Gray; Chief Superintendent, Steven Hayes; and Sta... View on X [external link]
Breakfast Point Update - Fire and Rescue NSW has extinguished a fire in a unit on level 6. Firefighters now ventilating the smoke from levels 6 and 7 and will check all other areas of the building. No injuries reported at this stage... NSW Police and NSW Ambulance also on scene. View on X [external link]
Breakfast Point (Mortlake) FRNSW has six fire trucks on scene fire in a unit on one of the upper levels of an apartment complex on Peninsular Drive. Three occupants have self evacuated. more to follow View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has issued a warning to residents, affected by the recent floods, to use caution around hazardous materials in and around the home. A range of household chemicals and fluids may be among the materials compromised by... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW warns flood-affected households about hazardous materials threats at NSW.
NSW | Fire and Rescue NSW warns flood-affected households abouthazardous materials threats. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has issued a warning to residents, affected by the recent floods, to use caution around hazardous materials in and around th... View on X [external link]
Crash Update - Greenacre - FRNSW have freed one occupant out and continue to work on freeing a second person out of the wreckage. NSW Ambulance Paramedics have already transported one person to hospital and continue to treat at least two more on scene. View on X [external link]
MONA VALE - FRNSW specialist rescue trucks on scene at a crash on Waratah Street where a car is on its side against a tree. NSW Ambulance Paramedics on scene treating a person who has just been removed from the vehicle. Local traffic impacts... View on X [external link]
EAGLE VALE - Crash update - FRNSW has cut the roof and side of a car away to free a driver who was trapped in the wreckage after crash between a car and a truck at approx 11:30. Watch live traffic for updates on road... TAKE CARE WHEN DRIVING View on X [external link]
EAGLE VALE - Multi vehicle crash FRNSW specialist rescue trucks are on scene, one person is trapped in the wreckage. NSW Ambulance treating the injured , FRNSW will free the trapped person from the crash. ROAD BLOCKED Nth Bound View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators today are trying to determine the cause of a major fire at Villawood, in Sydney’s south-west. The third-alarm blaze in the single-level chocolate factory in Marple Avenue broke out just before seven o’clock last night. More... Learn more about the Investigation underway into cause of factory fire at Villawood.
VILLAWOOD | ***VIDEO ALERT*** Investigation underway into cause of factory fire. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators today are trying to determine the cause of a major fire at Villawood, in Sydneys south-west.The third-alarm blaze in th... View on X [external link]
VILLAWOOD - Update 2 - firefighters continue to fight the fire from outside the building. All persons accounted for. The building is unsafe to enter. The fire appears to involve large quantities of cardboard. Hazmat crews will monitor water runoff. Only site evacuations required View on X [external link]
VILLAWOOD - Update 1 - FRNSW is still working to contain and extinguish a fire in a single level commercial building on Marple Ave that ignited just before 7pm. All workers are accounted for. Numerous hose lines and a ladder truck are putting water on the fire. View on X [external link]
VILLAWOOD - FRNSW has approx 40 of 12 working to contain and extinguish a fire in a single level industrial building on Marple Ave. All workers have evacuated and are accounted for. Police and Ambulance also on scene... View on X [external link]