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West Parkes Rural Fire Brigade officially open new station

Friday was a big day for the West Parkes Rural Fire Brigade, who not only hosted the official opening of its fire station but so too the receipt of two new fire tankers.

Published Date: 08 Aug 2016

Code of Conduct & Ethics workshop

Senior group officers and members from across Region West at Forbes undertaking a pilot Code of Conduct and Ethics workshop.

Published Date: 07 Jul 2016

Grassland fires

The NSW Rural Fire Service has conducted some trial work with the CSIRO on how grassland fire behave.

Published Date: 15 Dec 2015

Mid Lachlan Valley Recieves new equipment

The Mid Lachlan Valley Team of the NSW Rural Fire Service will received a number of new tankers and stations.

Published Date: 27 Nov 2015

2015 Bush Fire Season Commences

The 2015 Bush Fire Season commenced on 1 October 2015.

Published Date: 01 Oct 2015

Bushfire danger starts today

The bushfire danger period for the Mid Lachlan Valley starts today.

Published Date: 30 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

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

Just before 10am on Saturday, 13 June, Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and NSW Rural Fire Service firefighters were called to reports of a fire caused by a sodium leak from a 120,000 litre storage tank at a solar thermal plant at Jemalong, near Forbes.

Published Date: 15 Jun 2015

Parkes MVA‏

Local Rural Fire Brigade crews from near Parkes assisted in a motor vehicle accident on the Orange Road.

Published Date: 30 Apr 2015