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.
What you need to know about...
A safety visit can assist in helping you reduce the risk of an accidental fire in the home and safely escape in the event of a fire. Click here to request a safety visit.
Portable lithium-ion batteries are the fastest growing fire risk. Click here to understand the risks and be prepared.
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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
YAGOONA | Sutherland Street - FRNSW have pulled a person out of a burning two level home. Call came in at 13:32. Ambulance treating casualty. View on X [external link]
AUSTRAL | Update - FRNSW used powered hydraulic rescue tools to free a person who was trapped in the wreckage of a ute that crashed into a tree and rolled onto its side at approx 7pm. Paramedics treated and transported the casualty to hosp with fractures. View on X [external link]
AUSTRAL - (Liverpool Area) FRNSW is cutting a vehicle on its side away from an occupant who is severly trapped in the wreckage after a crash on Fourteenth Avenue. NSW Ambulance Paramedics are stabilising and treating the patient. RFS and Police also in attendance. View on X [external link]
WINMALEE | FRNSW assisted by the RFS are working to contain a fire in a home on Wahroonga Road. Firefighters have conducted a search and it appears nobody is home. Police and Ambulance also in attendance. No information yet on how fire started. View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has donated two tonnes of specialist rescue equipment to assist firefighters and protect communities in the Solomon Islands. FRNSW has had a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force’s fire service to... Learn more about the Fire and Rescue NSW providing specialist rescue equipment to Solomon Islands firefighters at .
| Fire and Rescue NSW providing specialist rescue equipment to Solomon Islands firefighters. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has donated two tonnes of specialist rescue equipment to assist firefighters and protect communities in the Solomon Islands... View on X [external link]
GLADESVILLE - The gas leak that caused some local evacuations including the police station on Victoria Road has been stopped. Firefighters have given the all clear. No injuries reported. View on X [external link]
EAST LISMORE - FRNSW have contained a fire in a building on Ballina Road. Five fire trucks with approx 20 firefighters are on scene with Police and Ambulance. Firefighters continue to search the building. View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have contained a major fire in an e-bike shop at Chippendale, in Sydney's CDB. Just after 7am, FRNSW received numerous Triple Zero (000) calls reporting flames and smoke coming from the ground floor of a... Learn more about the Firefighters contain fire in e-bike shop at Chippendale.
CHIPPENDALE | ***VISION ALERT*** Firefighters contain fire in e-bike shop. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews have contained a major fire in an e-bike shop at Chippendale, in Sydney's CDB.Just after 7am, FRNSW received numerous Triple Zero (000... View on X [external link]
CHIPPENDALE | FRNSW firefighers are placing lithium ebike batteries into bins full of water to keep them cool and stable. This is to prevent ignition which we know can occur without notice when lithium batteries are exposed to a fire. View on X [external link]
CHIPPENDALE | A fire in an electric bike shop took 40mins to extinguish on Regent street just after 7am. Approx 80 evacs from units above. No injuries. View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is seeking to attract a new generation of first responders in the state’s Clarence Valley region, rolling up the doors of Maclean Fire Station to showcase its capability and recruit for local on-call firefighters. The rural... Learn more about the Maclean Fire Station recruiting the next generation of firefighters at .
| Maclean Fire Station recruiting the next generation of firefighters. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is seeking to attract a new generation of first responders in the states Clarence Valley region, rolling up the doors of Maclean Fire Station to... View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has again played a leading role in a large-scale drill at Lake Macquarie, the fifth of its kind designed to sharpen the response of emergency services at serious vehicle accidents. The exercise was developed following previous... Learn more about the FRNSW leads multi-agency exercise, boosting collaboration and skills at Edgeworth.