Media releases

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) today congratulated 25 Clarence Valley Anglican School students on their successful completion of the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Secondary Schools Cadet Program.

Attached files:

• 180803 Clarence Valley Anglican School cadet graduation.pdf (PDF, 85.0 KB)

Eleven students from Wade High School today celebrated their successful completion of the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Secondary Schools Cadet Program.

Attached files:

• 180802 Wade High School cadet graduation.pdf (PDF, 84.9 KB)

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) today congratulated 13 students from St Columba’s Catholic College in the Blue Mountains for successfully completing the NSW RFS Secondary School Cadet Program.

Attached files:

• 180802 St Columba's Catholic College cadet graduation.pdf (PDF, 85.1 KB)

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) South West Slopes Zone today offered congratulations to 13 Gundagai High School students who have successfully completed the NSW RFS Secondary School Cadet Program.

Attached files:

• 180801 Gundagai High School cadets.pdf (PDF, 85.5 KB)

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has sent additional fire investigators to the Northern Rivers, Northern Tablelands and Clarence Valley regions following a recent spike in the number of illegal and escaped hazard reduction burns.

Attached files:

• 180726 Don't be the fire risk to your community.pdf (PDF, 87.3 KB)

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Southern Tablelands Zone today congratulated the 15 students who successfully completed the Secondary School Cadet Program at Crookwell High School.

Attached files:

• 180730 Crookwell High School cadets.pdf (PDF, 169.9 KB)

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Riverina Zone today celebrated the achievements of volunteers while celebrating the official opening of a new brigade station.

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• 180725 Riverina Medals and Tarcutta Station.pdf (PDF, 220.1 KB)

Long serving members of the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) were today honoured at a medal presentation held during the annual Region West All Staff Conference.

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• 180725 Region West All Staff Conference medals.pdf (PDF, 222.6 KB)

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) today announced 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs) will commence the Bush Fire Danger Period (BFDP) on Wednesday 1 August 2018, due to prevailing dry conditions.

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• 180723 Ten LGAs to commence Bush Fire Danger Period on 1 August (PDF, 224.2 KB)

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is urging land managers and landholders undertaking hazard reduction to carefully consider current weather conditions after firefighters across the state had to be called to contain and extinguish escaped hazard reduction burns during the past week.

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• 180720 Landholders urged to exercise caution before burning in current climate.pdf (PDF, 172.7 KB)