Fire and Rescue NSW

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...

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Home Safety Visits

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.

Lithium-ion batteries: shop, charge, and recycle safely.
Lithium-ion batteries: Shop, charge, and recycle safely

Portable lithium-ion batteries are the fastest growing fire risk. Click here to understand the risks and be prepared.

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On-call recruitment

Want to become an on-call firefighter? Learn more about joining the team that's prepared for anything.

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

CAVES BEACH - small electrical pillar box fire on Silky Oak Drive. Firefighters protected exposures. Electricty Company called. No water goes onto the electrical box until power has been shut off. No injuries reported - time of call 09:55 View on X [external link]

access_time 11:27am • Sep 03, 2025
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SOUTH GRAFTON | Just after 9am today FRNSW assisted the @NSWRFS to extinguish a fire in a vehicle wrecking yard on Bessie Street. Support included firefighting and aerial observations using a drone. View on X [external link]

access_time 03:49pm • Sep 02, 2025
place South Grafton
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Granville - Wallace Street - firefighters have extinguised two cars that were on fire. No injuries reported. Called in a 5:30 site left with NSW Police. View on X [external link]

access_time 06:18am • Sep 02, 2025
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RT @NSWRFS: Watch and Act: Wang Wauk Rd, Wang Wauk (Mid-Coast LGA). A grass fire is burning and moving east under strong westerly winds. Cr View on X [external link]

access_time 11:35am • Aug 30, 2025
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Denham Court - (Campbelltown Area) FRNSW remote pilot aircraft footage of the grass fire on Campbelltown Rd near the Hume Highway. FRNSW has a number of fire trucks assisting the RFS to contain the fire. For updates on the fire, monitor Hazards Near Me or contact the @NSWRFS. View on X [external link]

access_time 02:33pm • Aug 29, 2025
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Firefighters to take on Furber Steps in full gear for Motor Neurone Disease charity, celebrating 10 years of fundraiser | Katoomba

A group of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters will embark on a gruelling 24-hour climb of the Furber Steps at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, to support research into Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The 10th annual ‘Firies Climb for MND’... Learn more about the Firefighters to take on Furber Steps in full gear for Motor Neurone Disease charity, celebrating 10 years of fundraiser at Katoomba.

access_time 01:38pm • Aug 29, 2025
place Katoomba
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DENHAM COURT - (Campbelltown) FRNSW is a assisting the Rural Fire Service with a number of fire trucks at a grass fire. (See map for general area). Community to monitor Hazards Near Me for updates on fire. Media contact RFS for comment on the iresponse. View on X [external link]

access_time 01:11pm • Aug 29, 2025
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RT @NSWRFS: RFS crews are working to contain a grass fire burning on the western side of the Hume Highway in the vicinity of Campbelltown R View on X [external link]

access_time 12:53pm • Aug 29, 2025
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KATOOMBA | Firefighters to take on Furber Steps in full gear for Motor Neurone Disease charity, celebrating 10 years of fundraiser. A group of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters will embark on a gruelling 24-hour climb of the Furber Steps... View on X [external link]

access_time 11:39am • Aug 29, 2025
place Katoomba
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@DanMurphyMusic These posts are written on the ground by our operational media liaison, which sometimes results in spelling and grammar mistakes, however, we take this feedback on board and will implement some tools to avoid this. View on X [external link]

access_time 10:02am • Aug 29, 2025
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@rabbit613 These posts are written on the ground by our operational media liaison, which sometimes results in spelling and grammar mistakes, however, we take this feedback on board and will implement some tools to avoid this. View on X [external link]

access_time 10:00am • Aug 29, 2025
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Petersham | FRNSW have extinguished a fire in two shed on the property some fire sread to an asjoing, firefighters cut the fire off before is spread to the home. No injuries, no information on how it ignited. View on X [external link]

access_time 12:20pm • Aug 28, 2025
place Petersham
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PETERSHAM - 10:35 - FRNSW working to extinguish a structure fire on Corunna Road. Second Alarm response six fire trucks with 22 firefightes on scene. Operations supported by NSW Police and Ambulance not reports of any persons missing at this stage - more to follow !!! View on X [external link]

access_time 10:52am • Aug 28, 2025
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Wyong - Working smoke alarm alerts a young family to a battery fire in their home just before midnight. Fortunately, the fire did not take hold but it did fill the home with deadly smoke. Three occupants were assessed by paramedics for smoke inhalation but not transported. View on X [external link]

access_time 08:52am • Aug 28, 2025
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Illawarra Area - FRNSW responded to a house fire just before midnight in Windang. Firefighters forced entry and extinguished the fire. Tragically a person was located by FF but could not be revived. Investigations have commenced. Currently not being treated as a deliberate fire. View on X [external link]

access_time 11:09am • Aug 27, 2025
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