The NSW Rural Fire Service confirmed about 7:30pm the bushfire had been lowered to a Watch and Act, ... Picture: Supplied. Firefighting crew spent the night trying to contain the blaze.

The NSW Rural Fire Service has been warned a program designed to help leverage private water supply during blazes had “ceased to be effective” and was putting firefighters’ lives at risk.

Neighbours called emergency services to the scene on Silver Beach Rd, in Kurnell, after spotting flames on Sunday evening. Firefighters tackle the blaze. Picture: NSW Rural Fire Service A Fire and ...

Total fire bans have been issued for several parts of NSW on Monday. Picture: RFS. Rural Fire Service Inspector Ben Shepherd urged Christmas campers to be vigilant.

There is growing pressure on the NSW Rural Fire Service to conduct an audit to determine the correct size of the state’s ‘fluctuating’ volunteer firefighting force.

The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) was on hand to defend Kurri Kurri Hospital, at Kurri Kurri, between Cessnock and Newcastle, after fast-moving scrub fires broke out about 3pm Thursday in Abermain ...

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews responded after fire and smoke was noticed inside the building in Sports St at Nambucca Heads shortly before 6am on Wednesday.