What we're doing

• Aug 19, 2018, 4:42 pm - RT @NSWRFS: Watch & Act: Salt Ash Fire (Port Stephens LGA). Easing conditions on the fire ground has seen the threat to homes reduced. Resi…
• Aug 19, 2018, 4:40 pm - RT @NSWRFS: EMERGENCY WARNING: Mothersoles Rd Fire (Richmond Valley LGA). A bush fire is burning off Mothersoles Road SW of Coraki. The fir…
• Aug 19, 2018, 3:45 pm - RT @NSWRFS: EMERGENCY WARNING: SALT ASH FIRE (PORT STEPHENS LGA). Fire activity is slowly starting to ease, however there is still some err…
• Aug 19, 2018, 2:05 pm - RT @NSWRFS: EMERGENCY WARNING: Salt Ash Fire (Port Stephens LGA) Fire activity has increased and is approaching Lemon Tree Passage Road. Fi…
• Aug 19, 2018, 12:48 pm - RT @NSWRFS: EMERGENCY WARNING: SALT ASH FIRE (PORT STEPHENS LGA) Residents in the area of Brownes Road and Rookes Road should seek shelter…
• Aug 19, 2018, 12:10 pm - From one extreme to the other. #FRNSW firefighters from Jindabyne went from helping with the bushfires in Bega yest… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1031000428329062401 [external link]

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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]

Hazard reductions

If you see a fire unattended, call Triple Zero (000)

For a list of planned hazard reduction burns, visit:
NSW RFS: Hazard reduction advisories [external link]

For health information relating to smoke from bush fires and hazard reduction burning, visit:
NSW Health: Bushfire smoke [external link]
Asthma Australia: Bushfires and burnoffs [external link]

For current and forecasted air quality, visit:
Office of Environment and Heritage: Current and forecast air quality [external link]