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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to multiple Triple Zero (000) calls from 6.41am today to a house alight on Piper Street in Broken Hill. Attending crews found a shed at the rear of the property with a car inside well... Learn more about the Shed Fire at Broken Hill.
RT @NSWRFS: Watch and Act: Booderee Fire (Shoalhaven LGA) Crews are undertaking back burning operations, which may cause more smoke to visi… View on X [external link]
RT @NSWRFS: Watch and Act: Booderee Fire (Shoalhaven LGA).Bush fire burning to the SW of Jervis Bay Airport. The fire is burning in a SE d… View on X [external link]
BURST WATER MAIN | #Firefighters from Fire and Rescue NSW Station 060 Avalon are working with @nswpolice and @SydneyWaterNews to minimise the damage caused by a burst water pipe in #Newport, #Sydney. Fortunately no homes are badly affected. View on X [external link]
Just after 10:00am this morning Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) were called to reports of a large water main that had burst on Attunga Road, Newport. On arrival fire crews found the large main had burst and was completely flooding Attunga... Learn more about the Burst Water Main at Newport.
RT @PaulBaxterFRNSW: Congratulations Deputy Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell, Superintendent Norman Buckley and Captain John Dun - each awarded… View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has extinguished a fire that caused damage to a rail bridge at Rhodes. Firefighters from Rhodes, Ryde and Concord fire stations were called to the scene at 3.54pm where a number of disused railway sleepers... Learn more about the Rail bridge fire at Rhodes .
CROWS NEST | #FRNSW is on scene of major structural collapse of the rear of a building in Alexander Street. Technical and heavy rescue crews are en route. 10 ppl self evacuated View on X [external link]
Multiple Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are on the scene of a major structural collapse at the rear of an office building in Alexander Street, Crows Nest. FRNSW received a Triple Zero (000) call at 3.25pm reporting large cracks and... Learn more about the Building Collapse at Crows Nest.
RT @PaulBaxterFRNSW: Two of our @FRNSW firefighters who were injured when a tree fell on their truck during the 2019/20 bushfires, recently… View on X [external link]
This was the exact moment Hawkeye discovered that a full fire truck’s tank of water was used to coax him down from the tree where he found himself stuck. Hawkeye is a domesticated cockatoo and was rescued today by Mt Druitt Stn. He soon warmed to the crew and thanked FF Jess. View on X [external link]
MOONSCAPE | 12 hours and 25 minutes from Sydney is the city of Broken Hill, where we have dedicated crew of permanent and on-call FRNSW firefighters working to protect their community. They’ve been working hard in the heat to contain and extinguish a tip fire since noon yesterday View on X [external link]
Just after 6pm this evening Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to multiple calls to Triple Zero (000) to smoke issuing from a unit on Charles St, Canterbury. Firefighters arrived to find a unit on level three of the building... Learn more about the Unit Fire at Canterbury .
Just before 5pm this evening, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to multiple triple zero (000) calls reporting a unit alight. While responding, crews reported large volumes of smoke issuing from a building on Allen St, Leichhardt. First arriving crews... Learn more about the Unit Fire at Leichhardt .
Fire and Rescue NSW responded this afternoon to reports of a miniature pony stuck upside down on his back in a trench at a property on Coorara Rd, Lisarow. Firefighters came up with an extrication plan and requested a specialist... Learn more about the Pony Rescue at Lisarow .
RT @PaulBaxterFRNSW: Station Officer Brett Johnson tells a powerful story about the need for emergency services to have mental health and w… View on X [external link]
RT @MarkJesser: .@FRNSW crews remain on scene blacking out View on X [external link]
Just after 4pm, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to a building on Bay Street, Tweed Heads after receiving repeat calls to Triple Zero (000) with reports of smoke and flames issuing from a second-level unit. Upon arrival, crews from Tweed... Learn more about the Barbecue Fire at Tweed Heads.
A home on Kosciuszko Rd in Thurgoona has been significantly damaged by fire early this afternoon. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews from Albury and Albury North responded to a house fire after Mulitple Triple Zero (000) calls reported the... Learn more about the House Fire at Thurgoona.
GAS EXPLOSION: A man is lucky to be alive after the car he was in exploded around 6:30am this morning.Firefighters from Maroubra arrived to find a gas bottle inside the car had exploded. The car’s owner was in the car at the time and received facial burns. View on X [external link]
RT @USAembassyinOZ: One year ago today, three Americans lost their lives in a tragic air tanker crash while fighting fires in Peak View, NS… View on X [external link]
Multiple FRNSW crews worked to extinguish a fire on lvl 44 of a building on Kent Street, Syd. Initially called by Automatic Fire Alarm, firefighters arrived to find a confirmed fire which activated overhead sprinklers. The fire was contained and salvage and overhaul was completed View on X [external link]
A man is lucky to be alive after the car he was in exploded early this morning. Fire and Rescue NSW received reports of an explosion just before 6:30am. Firefighters from Maroubra arrived to find a severely damaged car and its... Learn more about the Gas Bottle Explosion at Maroubra .
RT @9NewsSyd: Fire and Rescue NSW have responded to a serious car accident on Glossop Street in North St Marys after a ute collided with a… View on X [external link]
Just after 6:30pm, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to a large unit block on Ocean Parade, The Entrance after receiving numerous Triple Zero (000) calls reporting a unit fire. Multiple crews from fire stations across the Central Coast arrived shortly... Learn more about the Unit Fire at The Entrance.
On Friday evening, just before 6:30pm, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to a unit fire in a high rise residential building on Kent Street. Initially called by an Automatic Fire Alarm, they were informed of multiple Triple Zero (000)... Learn more about the High Rise Unit Fire at Sydney City.
RT @FortemAustralia: Peak Fortem is a mental fitness toolkit for Australia’s first responder families to help equip them with practical too… View on X [external link]
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) responded to a serious car accident on Glossop Street, North St Marys after a utility collided with a telegraph pole at around 1:35pm this afternoon. Crews from St Marys and Rope Crossing Fire Stations arrived on... Learn more about the Motor vehicle accident at North St Marys .
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) have saved a valuable Olympic torch from destruction during a fire that completely destroyed a home in McCudden Street, Griffith this morning. Crews from Griffith, Yenda and Leeton were called to the address at 10.53am following... Learn more about the House Fire at Griffith.
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