He joined the RFS in 1985 and held a number of senior roles until his appointment as commissioner in 2008. Getting by on just a few hours of sleep each night, Fitzsimmons led a team of 70,000 brave ...

The Australian Fire Service Medal was awarded to eleven recipients representing Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS). The Emergency Services Medal was awarded to five ...

The NSW Government will oversee the construction of the new shared NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) brigade station and NSW State Emergency Service (SES) unit in Surf Beach at Batemans Bay to build this ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. The commissioners of Fire and Rescue NSW and the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) both confirmed to The Saturday ...

For more information about bushfires visit the NSW Rural Fire Service at http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au NSW Fire Weather Districts differ from Weather Forecast Districts ...

"Do not light campfires without adhering to the rules" is the message the Shoalhaven's NSW RFS firefighters will be pushing on the upcoming Australia Day long weekend. Damian McGill covers a range of ...

The NSW firefighters union has claimed a man who died in a house fire at Medowie on Australia Day may have been able to be saved if a fully resourced fire station was based in the town.

The NSW firefighters union has claimed a man who died in a house fire at Medowie on Australia Day may have been able to be saved if a fully resourced fire station was based in the town.

Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out in bushland southeast of Goulburn on Tuesday, January 28. If you have a story to tell, drop me a line at louise.thrower@ ...

Experts say it is only a matter of time until major Australian cities experience “house-to-house ignition” on a similar scale to Los Angeles.

State-of-the-art drones and unmanned surface vessels were introduced as part of a NSW State Emergency Services trial in November, and the state Rural Fire Service received $3m for a two-year ...