News and events
| NSWFB Schoolies Week fire safety blitz [23.11.09] Minister for Emergency Services Steve Whan today announced the NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) is cracking down on fire safety at accommodation and entertainment venues around Bryon Bay and Tamworth ahead of Schoolies Week and the 2010 Tamworth Country Music Festival. |
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| Fire help from above: Air Crane lands in Sydney [22.11.09] NSW bush fire fighting resources have been boosted with the arrival today of the first of the State's two Air Crane heavy firefighting helicopters, 'Isabelle'. |
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| Nursing home hero honoured with bravery award [22.11.09] A nursing home director this week (Thursday November 19) received the NSW Fire Brigades' highest civilian award for her courage in saving the lives of elderly residents in a nursing home fire in Kensington earlier this year. |
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| New fire station for Cambewarra volunteer firefighters [21.11.09] Bush fire protection for the village of Cambewarra in the Shoalhaven has been boosted with the opening today of a new $320,000 Rural Fire Station. |
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| New stations and awards for Griffith RFS Volunteers [21.11.09] Country Labor MLC, Tony Catanzariti today officially opened the new Wyangan and Bilbul Rural Fire Brigade stations, in the Griffith area. |
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| New stations and Awards for Narrandera RFS Volunteers [21.11.09] Country Labor MLC, Tony Catanzariti today officially opened the new Paynters Siding, Gillenbah and Coboromilla Rural Fire Brigade stations, in the state's South West. |
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| Bushfire threat remains for parts of NSW [21.11.09] Premier Nathan Rees today visited the headquarters of the Rural Fire Service in Homebush to receive a briefing on bushfire threats facing the state. |
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| Dangerous fire days ahead for NSW [19.11.09] Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan has warned NSW residents to be prepared, with searing temperatures increasing the risk of bush fires over the next few days. |
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| Ongoing fire safety concerns around poorly installed ceiling insulation [18.11.09] The Minister for Emergency Services Steve Whan today urged homeowners to check that ceiling insulation had been installed properly following a spate of 15 fires involving ceiling insulation over the past three weeks. |
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| RFS on target for the next generation [18.11.09] The NSW Rural Fire Service will be looking to engage with the next generation of potential volunteers at a symposium in Parramatta today. |
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| Turn in hazardous Halon extinguishers [17.11.09] NSW residents and business owners have been warned that old yellow fire extinguishers are hazardous and should be turned in to the nearest fire station. |
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| New Camden SES Headquarters opened [17.11.09] Member for Camden Geoff Corrigan was joined by Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan today to officially open the new Camden State Emergency Service Unit Headquarters, in Bridge Street Narrellan. |
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