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This page displays all bush and grass fires attended by fire services in NSW and other incidents attended by NSW RFS volunteers.

You can click on any incident to see more information, and zoom in to see the latest mapped incident area. Incident maps may differ from the update time of each incident.

When there is insufficient information about an incident location, the incident may be placed in the centre of the local government area. These are marked as an unmapped incident.

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Each incident is given a name to assist with managing multiple incidents. The name of an incident does not necessarily reflect the exact location of that incident.

Incident Type	Incident Description
Bush Fire	Forest and/or Scrub Fire
Grass Fire	Grass Fire
Hazard Reduction	Planned controlled burns to reduce bush fire hazards
Structure Fire	A fire involving a residential, commercial or industrial building
Haystack Fire	Haystack fire
HAZMAT	The NSW RFS provides operational support to the Fire & Rescue NSW for hazardous materials incidents
MVA/Transport	Transport incidents including motor vehicle accident, aircraft incident and incidents involving a railway or railway rolling stock
Assist Other Agency	Assist other agency such as Fire & Rescue NSW, NSW Police, NSW SES, NSW Ambulance, Defence Force, interstate deployments etc
Search/Rescue	Search and Rescue, rescue animal
Flood/Storm/Tree Down	Assisting with Flood or storm damage or tree down
Vehicle/Equipment Fire	Vehicle or Equipment fire such as car fire, farm machinery fire, transformer fire etc
Burn off	Burn off such as stubble fire, pile burn etc
Fire Alarm	Automatic Fire Alarm or Domestic Smoke Alarm
Medical	Medical incident such as medical evacuation
Other	Other incidents such as smoke in vicinity, gas leak, building collapse etc

Status	Description
Responding	An incident has been reported in this location, firefighters are currently responding.
Not Yet Controlled	A fire which is spreading on one or more fronts. Effective containment strategies are not in place for the entire perimeter.
Being Controlled	Effective strategies are in operation or planned for the entire perimeter.
Under Control	The fire is at a stage where fire fighting resources are only required for patrol purposes and major re-ignition is unlikely.

Alert Level	Description
Emergency Warning	An Emergency Warning is the highest level of Bush Fire Alert. You may be in danger and need to take action immediately. Any delay now puts your life at risk.
Watch and Act	There is a heightened level of threat. Conditions are changing and you need to start taking action now to protect you and your family.
Advice	A fire has started. There is no immediate danger. Stay up to date in case the situation changes.