YOU WONT BELIEVE: 2 - What They Never Told You

Mambo Wetlands bushfire: wind change key to keeping fire under control

A FIRE which reached the rear of several properties at Salamander Bay on Tuesday will be monitored carefully while water bombing helicopters attempt to douse the flames.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 8, 2022

We spoke to the exhausted flood-response teams in the Hunter Valley. Here's what they need when the next floods strike

People living in the Hunter region of New South Wales know all too well the devastation disasters can bring. After enduring the 2019-2020 horror bushfire season, La Niña settled in for three wet summers and residents experienced back-to-back floods.

The Conversation · Oct 28, 2022

Rural Fire Service volunteers hope restructure will fix uncertain legal authority

The association representing Queensland's 28,000 Rural Fire Service volunteers says a major shake up of the state's emergency services should fix the uncertainty around their legal authority.

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

Future unclear for Wollongong SES headquarters after flood report recommends RFS merger

Questions are being raised about the future of the facility's 200 staff and what a "back office" merger between the two agencies would look like.

ABC News · Aug 17, 2022

Neigh Way Out: Firefighters Hoist Trapped Horse To Safety From Water Tank

The Narellan fire department, police, and the Rural Fire Service were subsequently called in to aid in a major haul-out.

Zenger · Jul 11, 2022

RFS volunteer firebug 'exceptional case'

A Rural Fire Service volunteer has been spared jail time for lighting 10 fires after the NSW District Court judge found his subjective case was exceptional.

AAP · Jun 22, 2022

Disaster agencies defend flood response

The commissioners of Resilience NSW and the SES have used a parliamentary inquiry to push back on criticism of their flood response earlier in the year.

AAP · Jun 14, 2022