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Going like blazes at training: rural firefighters gearing up for fire season

CREATING situation reports about fires and accidents for uploading on social media were among the pre fire season exercises for rural firefighters on Sunday.

Published Date: 17 Sep 2015

Highway hell: RFS volunteers deal with crashes on Mitchell Highway blackspots

THEY signed up as volunteer firefighters but over the last year the Lucknow and Summer Hill Creek Rural Fire Service (RFS) brigade has rushed to scores of serious and fatal crashes on the Mitchell Highway east of Orange.

Published Date: 16 Sep 2015

Winter Review and fire season ahead

Prime 7 news takes a look back at the cold winter the Central West encountered during the previous winter.

Published Date: 01 Sep 2015

Thor ready for action at the fire front

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service has unveiled its newest firefighting tool, a massive water-bombing aircraft named Thor.

Published Date: 01 Sep 2015

Barry House Fire

Two NSW Rural Fire Service Brigade crews attended a house fire at Barry.

Published Date: 31 Aug 2015

Canobolas Training August 2015

Preparing for the fire season. Lessons are being learnt in Operations, Planning, Logistics and Incident Control.

Published Date: 18 Aug 2015

Regional Fire Exercise

The NSW Rural Fire Service conducted a major exercise for a large number of staff and volunteers in mid August in preparation for the upcoming fire season.

Published Date: 18 Aug 2015