FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SUMMER ALL NSW BUSHFIRES ARE CONTAINED

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NSWRFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons has announced that all bushfires in NSW are now CONTAINED! It’s been an incredibly difficult and traumatic season. Our firefighters have been tested like never before…

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Power transformer made contact with the ground, sparking small grass fire.

On Tuesday 21JAN2020 @ approximately 16:00hrs firefighters from Singleton Fire + Rescue station and Whittingham Rural Fire Service responded to reports of a building fire off Cemetery lane Singleton. Upon…

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Parramatta cancels Australia 🇦🇺 Day Fireworks show

Parramatta council has decided to cancel their annual Australia fireworks display and donate $40,000 to NSWRFS. Lord Mayor Bob Dwyer issued this statement on Friday. Cancelling the fireworks was also…

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Three cheers to Forestry NSW and NSWRFS – Owendale fire now contained

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Owendale fire started at the beginning of November.Countless man-hours have been dedicated to containing this fire.The fire is now under control Forestry NSW and NSWRFS have been working in rough…

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Here comes the ADF

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Key Points 3000 ADF Reservest have been called up.Troops arrive on Kangaroo Island400 troops from the 7th Brigade arrive in NSW/VICDeployment of a Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) (Wasp)Our helicopters…

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672 homes in NSW destroyed since 1st of January.

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Building impact assessment key points 672 homes destroyed this year.1,588 homes destroyed this fire season.633 homes damaged.10,068 homes saved.3,122 Outbuildings destroyed.153 Facilities destroyed. 672 have been confirmed destroyed since the…

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