Latest News - NSW Rural Fire Service

Team prepares for championships

The Young WitnessYOUNG Rural Fire Service cadets are now heavily in training for the fourth biennial Australian Fire Cadet Championships later this year.

Published Date: 29 Apr 2013

Out-of-control scrub blaze near Wonga

The Young Witness An escaped permit burn turned into an out-of- control scrub blaze on Monday night, lasting more than two hours.

Published Date: 10 Apr 2013

Young fire contained

The Young WitnessRural Fire Service volunteers worked to contained a five hectare grass fire in Young on Milvale/Temora Road within hours on Saturday.

Published Date: 28 Jan 2013

Rural Financial Counselling Service for fire victims

The Rural Financial Counselling Service is providing help landholders who have suffered losses from bushfires across the state over the past three months.

Published Date: 25 Jan 2013

Fire storm

Boorowa NewsA southerly change has averted a grassfire from hitting Boorowa after it moved within 5km of the town and prompted police to evacuate homes.

Published Date: 25 Jan 2013

Police investigate cause

The Young WitnessA police investigation has been launched into the cause of the grass fire that swept through 12 kilometres of land in 20 minutes and threatened the township of Boorowa last Friday.

Published Date: 23 Jan 2013

Local pilots help in Boorowa fire fight

Cootamundra HeraldCOOTAMUNDRA pilot Scott Adams was amongst those who responded from the local area to the fast-moving bushfire which burnt between Young and Boorowa last week.

Published Date: 23 Jan 2013

Passing chopper spots fire

Cootamundra HeraldIT WAS the right place at the right time for a passing fire fighting helicopter, spotting a fire below.

Published Date: 23 Jan 2013

The Young Witness The scene at the Murringo catering staging area on Saturday morning looked to be one of exhaustion after another full night of fire fighting in the third fire local crews had attended in just three weeks.

Published Date: 23 Jan 2013

Firefighter efforts contain massive fire

The Young WitnessFirefighters took advantage of cooler weather over the weekend to contain an out of control grass fire which burnt out more than 1600 hectares in the Black Range area between Boorowa and Young.

Published Date: 21 Jan 2013