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Emergency crews called to two-car crash near Kyogle

VOLUNTEER firefighters and other emergency services are attending the incident.

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22nd Dec. 2020 1:12 PM

ON SCENE: Rural Fire Service volunteers from the Woodenbong Fire Brigade are at the scene of an MVA at Lindesay Creek. File Photo: Woodenbong Fire Brigade

FIRES: Glenugie a ‘taste test’ of what Sunday can bring

Region’s fire crews have been prepped and now on standby for horror heatwave weekend.

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27th Nov. 2020 11:11 PM

Firefighters battle bushfires in Angourie on September 10, 2019. (AAP Image/Jason O'Brien)

Myall Creek Road fire: ‘It was going straight for the house’

In his 13 years as a volunteer firefighter, Andrew Paull had never battled anything as angry and opportunistic as the Myall...

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23rd Nov. 2020 1:11 AM

Firefighters warn of challenging conditions this weekend

FIREFIGHTERS are working on four fires across the region and want to ensure permitted burns are extinguished

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13th Nov. 2020 12:11 AM

HIGH FIRE DANGER: Temperatures and wind speeds are expected to rise this weekend and the RFS asks everyone to remain vigilant. File Photo courtesy Kyogle RFS.

Teen firey charged with deliberately lighting blazes

THE young RFS volunteer has been accused of deliberately lighting more than a dozen grass fires over the past month.

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05th Nov. 2020 6:11 AM

FIREFIGHTER CHARGED: Police have charged an volunteer RFS firefighter with deliberately starting grass fires. File Photo: NSW Rural Fire Service.

Premier springs surprise during Nymboida visit

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s first visit to Nymboida since it was devastated by bushfire almost one year ago was a...

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27th Oct. 2020 7:10 AM

‘Be ready’: This fire season, don’t assume RFS will save you

AFTER last year’s devastating bushfires, the messages to be prepared are starting early.

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14th Sept. 2020 2:09 PM

Lismore City Council general manager Shelley Oldham with mayor Isaac Smith, local emergency management officer Scott Turner and Paula Newman, strategic planning co-ordinator.

Thousands of RFS volunteers kicked out over blue cards

Many RFS fireys unwilling to comply with the requirement won’t be allowed to fight bushfires.

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12th April 2020 10:04 AM

RFS women talk up volunteer culture

‘It becomes something that you will find the time for because it is awesome’

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27th Feb. 2020 11:02 PM

Glenreagh RFS volunteers Clare Palmer, Shaunagh Willman, Maree Law and Theresa Schofield.

’Your father loved you’: MP tells of fireys’ last moments

RFS volunteer and Labor MP Hugh McDermott will pay tribute to fallen firefighters Andrew O’Dwyer and Geoff Keaton in NSW...

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04th Feb. 2020 10:02 AM

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