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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) is warning the public to be especially cautious when handling damaged lithium-ion batteries after a man was seriously injured in an explosion in Wollongong earlier this week. Around 1.30pm on Tuesday 18 October, a worker was... Learn more about the FRNSW issues lithium-ion battery warnings after explosion and corrosive gas cloud - Video at North Wollongong.
A Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) 'In-water' strike team today has helped rescue a wallaby from floodwaters in the state's Riverina region. Around 10:45am, specialist swift-water rescue crews were carrying out reconnaissance work around the Murray River in Moama when they... Learn more about the FRNSW helps rescue native animals trapped in floodwaters at Moama.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators have determined that a line marking machine left on charge started the fire which caused an estimated half-a-million dollars damage to a boarding school at Riverview in Sydney overnight. The blaze broke out around 3.45am... Learn more about the FRNSW determines cause of large fire at a Sydney boarding school at Riverview.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators, trying to determine the cause of a house fire this morning at Dapto, in the state's Illawarra, are focusing their inquiries on a fire pit at the rear of the property. Five FRNSW fire engines... Learn more about the Partial collapse during house fire at Dapto.
Today's sunrise over the #MurrayRiver with @NSWSES and @SLSNSW. View on X [external link]
DAPTO | #FRNSW FFs are working to extinguish a fire in a single level home. Residents have been evacuated. @NSWAmbulance @nswpolice are in attendance. View on X [external link]
BROOKVALE | #FRNSW are currently responding to reports of a building fire on Old Pittwater Rd. View on X [external link]
A man has suffered significant facial injuries following a lithium battery explosion in North Wollongong. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) was called to a business in Ralph Black Drive around 1.30 pm after reports of a loud blast. Firefighters found a small... Learn more about the Man injured in lithium battery explosion at North Wollongong.
PEAKHURST | #FRNSW FFs are currently on scene after a car has crashed into a studio. No persons are injured @nswpolice are in attendance. View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and NSW Police are investigating a house fire in Sydney's west which has left one person dead and another seriously injured. Firefighters found a bedroom engulfed in flames, after arriving at the property on Eltham Street... Learn more about the FRNSW helps investigate fatal house fire at Blacktown.
A man has been seriously injured in a light plane crash at Luskintyre, in the state's Hunter Valley. The aircraft is believed to have exploded in flames as it crashed into a field on approach to an airstrip, 50-metres from Luskintyre... Learn more about the Man badly injured in light plane crash at Luskintyre.
LUSKINTYRE | #FRNSW are currently on scene after reports of a plane crash. @NSWAmbulance and @nswpolice are in attendance. View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters have trekked through bushland and abseiled down a cliff face to rescue a trapped dog on the state's Central Coast. 'Marley,' the Shar-Pei cross, and his owner were bushwalking along a fire trail near Somersby... Learn more about the Daring mission to rescue dog on cliff ledge at Somersby.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) investigators are working with NSW Police to determine the cause of a major factory fire yesterday at Smithfield, in Sydney's west. The blaze broke out at the Woodpark Road pharmaceutical business around 1.45pm and took more... Learn more about the Investigations into large factory fire underway at Smithfield.
We recently joined forces with Guide Dogs NSW to deliver a specialised fire safety education program for children with low vision or blindness. The kids learnt about fire and train safety, and they got to feel what a firefighter's uniform feels like #WhiteCaneDay View on X [external link]
MOSMAN | | #FRNSW working with @NSWAmbulance to rescue a person who has fallen some distance down an embankment or the like. @nswpolice in attendance. @MosmanCouncil - Three fire trucks on scene. View on X [external link]
Authorities have evacuated at least 20 people as firefighters battle a fire in an apartment block car park at Merrylands in Sydney's west. The blaze broke out around 10.50am sending a large amount of smoke from the basement of the three-level... Learn more about the Residents evacuated during basement car park fire at Merrylands.
MERRYLANDS | #FRNSW fire in the carpark of a unit complex on Newman St. FFs gaining access, local residence have evacuated. Reports of people suffering smoke inhalation @NSWAmbulance also responding. @nswpolice @CumberlandSyd View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) specialists are attempting to free a worker whose hand has become stuck in a garbage truck compactor at Wetherill Park in Sydney's south-west. The incident occurred in an industrial site in Davis Street, just after 8.30am. Heavy... Learn more about the Worker's hand caught in garbage truck compactor at Wetherill Park.
WETHERILL PARK | #FRNSW are working to release a person who has an hand trapped in the rear of a garbage truck on Davis Rd. @NSWAmbulance will stabilise and treat the casulty whilst FF work to remove. @FairfieldMayor View on X [external link]
This week we launched new training props at the Emergency Services Academy including a train station with carriages and a level crossing These new props will help our firefighters practice their skills in train related incidents such as rescues and working in confined spaces. View on X [external link]
TAMINDA (Tamworth) | #FRNSW #HAZMAT specialist are leading an operation to contain a zinc based product that has escaped on Hawker Rd. @TamworthCouncil and owner of the product are assisting to render safe. No injuries at this stage, waterways will be monitored and assessed. View on X [external link]
An elderly resident has suffered smoke inhalation during a kitchen fire this afternoon at Maitland in the State's Hunter Valley. Smoke alarms sounded inside the home in Valentia Parade, Tenambit, around 2pm. Neighbours, including two home care workers, guided the 80-year-old woman... Learn more about the Working smoke alarms save elderly resident from kitchen fire at Tenambit.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a blaze in a mixed business at Hassall Grove in Sydney's west. Five fire trucks from Mount Druitt, Blacktown and Ropes Crossing Fire Stations rushed to the Melanie Street shop after reports of... Learn more about the Firefighters extinguish mixed business fire at Hassall Grove.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) In-water experts have rescued two women and four children, aged under seven, from their car, stranded in floodwaters near Forbes in the state's central west. The family was travelling from Young to Forbes around 3pm when... Learn more about the Firefighters rescue women and children from stranded car in floodwaters - Video at Forbes.
One of our teams has moved to Mudgee to undertake medical evacuation and resupply missions to isolated communities along the Cudgegong River Crews will continue to assist @NSWSES in affected areas, and request that people take extreme and never drive through floodwaters. View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have extinguished a fire in a grain elevator at Hanwood in the state's Riverina. Five trucks from the Griffith and Yenda Fire Stations were called to a feed mill in Jack McWilliam Road just before... Learn more about the Firefighters extinguish fire in grain elevator at Hanwood.
Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire in an electrical kiosk at Auburn in Sydney's west. The fire broke out around 1.45pm in Auburn Road. Five Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) trucks have responded to the incident. Authorities evacuated two nearby home units... Learn more about the Firefighters extinguishing electrical kiosk fire at Auburn.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are battling a fire that's engulfed a two-storey home in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Rathmines. Just after 1pm, eight fire trucks arrived at the Somersham Avenue address to find a large cloud of black... Learn more about the Firefighters battle large house fire at Rathmines.
AUBURN | #FRNSW working to contnain a fire in an electrical kiosk on Auburn Rd. Oil from the substation is burning off, heavy smoke and fire conditions, 6 fire trucks in attendance. @LiveTrafficSyd @CumberlandSyd View on X [external link]
Further Information
- For flood information and warnings, visit the NSW State Emergency Service website [external link].
- For bushfire and grass fire warnings or more information on bushfire incidents, visit the NSW Rural Fire Service website [external link].
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- During major incidents look and listen for information on TV, radio, the internet, mobile phones and neighbours.
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