Sydney Emergency

11/09/2026

Never Forget 🇦🇺🇺🇸

Today we remember the 343 fire fighters, 60 police officers, 8 EMTs and countless civilians who died in the most barbaric, pointless, horrific attack the world has ever seen.

An unusual token of respect, randomly numbered is Fire and Rescue NSW 343 station Katoomba. When the number was assigned to the station, 343 meant nothing, just a random a number. It now represents not only bravery, heroism and the stance of the free world against terrorism but also the supreme sacrifice made by the FDNY on the 11th of September, 2001.

Without the efforts of the FDNY, the 20,000+ people inside the World Trade Centre would not have stood a chance against intense fire raging throughout the towers and the imminent structural collapse.

We will never let the sacrifices of the men and women of the FDNY on that day go to waste.

We will never forget the companies of:

Battalion 1, Battalion 2, Battalion 4, Battalion 6, Battalion 7, Battalion 8, Battalion 9, Battalion 11, Battalion 12, Battalion 22, Battalion 43, Battalion 47, Battalion 48, Battalion 49, Battalion 50, Battalion 57, Division 1, Division 11, Division 15, Engine 1, Engine 4 , Engine 5, Engine 6, Engine 8, Engine 10, Engine 21, Engine 22, Engine 23, Engine 26, Engine 29, Engine 33, Engine 37, Engine 40, Engine 50, Engine 54, Engine 55, Engine 58, Engine 74, Engine 201, Engine 205, Engine 207, Engine 214, Engine 216, Engine 217, Engine 219, Engine 226, Engine 230, Engine 235, Engine 238, Engine 279, Engine 285, Engine 320, Ladder 2, Ladder 3, Ladder 4, Ladder 5, Ladder 7, Ladder 8, Ladder 9, Ladder 10, Ladder 11, Ladder 12, Ladder 13, Ladder 15, Ladder 16, Ladder 20, Ladder 21, Ladder 24, Ladder 25, Ladder 27, Ladder 35, Ladder 38, Ladder 42, Ladder 101, Ladder 105, Ladder 111, Ladder 118, Ladder 131, Ladder 132, Ladder 136, Ladder 166, Rescue 1, Rescue 2, Rescue 3, Rescue 4, Rescue 5, Squad 1, Squad 18, Squad 41, Squad 252, Squad 288, HazMat 1 and the many other specialist divisions of the FDNY.

We will never forget the fire fighters who died during the attack, from illness and injury after the attack, nor will we forget those who fight daily battles emotionally with the loss of countless brothers.

We will never forget there family members and friends, supporting them through their struggles for the past 15 years and into the future.

We will never forget the events of September 11, 2001.

06/09/2026

Fire Rescue NSW Station 89 Terrey Hills

Following the severe bushfires of January 1994 which burnt across the Warringah Pittwater area, local residents and government advocated for the establishment of a full time fire station in Terrey Hills to support the increasingly stretched volunteer crews of the district. With projected growth forecast for the area, Fire & Rescue NSW (then NSW Fire Brigades) purchased a site on Myoora Road, Terrey Hills, where a new fire station was built with facilities to house a full crew of permanent firefighters.

Following the completion of the station, the decision was made not to immediately open the station and to instead wait for the development of the local area to expand before staffing it with firefighters. During the years since, the station has been used for a number of interim roles including housing Forestville Fire Station’s permanent crew during renovations at their own station. The station was expanded during the 2000s to include training facilities which surrounding FRNSW crews use to conduct specialist training such as search & rescue and breathing apparatus operations.

The projected growth in the area has remained quite small, as a result the area has a very low number of incident callouts with very few major fires since 1994. In the interim NSW RFS continue to provide cover for the area, including the use of paid RFS staff and volunteer firefighters working pre organised shifts to cover gaps from local volunteer crews, responding to the small number of callouts supported by surrounding FRNSW stations.

With anticipated developments in Ingleside, Belrose and other surrounding areas and the ever expanding growth of the region as a whole, the station remains ready to be transitioned to full operations when required.

03/09/2026

Ryde Truck Crash 2-9-26

Yesterday afternoon emergency services responded to reports of a truck rollover on North Road at North Ryde. Crews arrived to find a truck carrying construction materials had rolled onto its side coming down the hill, crushing the cabin into the steel guard rail. The driver and one passenger of the truck were able to climb free, however one passenger remained crushed between the wreckage and the armco railing.

Firefighters stabilised the truck with a winch, working from ladders with hydraulic rescue tools to cut apart the cabin of the truck, allowing paramedics to access the passenger and provide monitoring and treatment. Firefighters then worked with a combination of airbags and hydraulic rams, supported with large amounts of timber stabilisation, to slowly lift the truck off the railing.

An Alpha Heavy Towing Truck was positioned in case the patients condition rapidly deteriorated and crews needed to perform an emergency lift, along with staging additional equipment such as demo saws and thermal lance if the railing needed to be cut.

In a co ordinated effort between rescue and medical teams the truck was able to be lifted inch by inch enough to free the passenger, who was transported to hospital in a stable condition.

FRNSW Response
Pumper 42 (Ryde)
Rescue Pumper 59 (Eastwood)
Heavy Rescue 59 (Eastwood)
Duty Commander Parramatta

NSWA Response
Wahroonga 521 (Primary Care)
St Ives 567 (Primary Care)
Ryde 917 (Intensive Care)
Bankstown SOT 32 (Special Operations Team)
Homebush SOT 52 (Special Operations Team)
Caringbah SOT 36 (Special Operations Team Manager)
Aeromedical 93 (Bankstown Retrieval Team)
Inspector 53 (North Duty Operations Manager)

20/08/2026

Bradfield Building Fire 20-8-26

This morning Fire & Rescue NSW and NSW RFS crews responded to a fire in a car wrecking yard on a rural property at Bradfield in Sydney's South West. Crews arrived to find a converted structure alight containing several vehicles, car parts and a gas cylinder powered forklift.

Firefighters in breathing apparatus worked to control the fire with multiple foam lines, managing to stop the fire from spreading into the rest of the wrecking yard. Multiple trucks were required to relay water, with the closest hydrants several kilometres away. Once the fire was extinguished RFS crews assisted with mop up and overhaul. One person was treated on scene by paramedics for burns.

FRNSW 2nd Alarm Response
Pumper 100 (Badgerys Creek)
CAFS Hazmat Pumper 95 (Oran Park)
Pumper 7 (Horningsea Park)
Rescue Pumper 93 (Narellan)
Pumper 248 (Camden)
CAFS Aerial Pumper 86 (Penrith)
Bulk CAFS Tanker 92 (St Andrews)
Heavy Hazmat 95 (Oran Park)
Duty Commander South West (St Andrews)

NSWRFS Response
Wallacia 10 (Medium Pumper)
Mulgoa 1 (Heavy Tanker)
Catherine Field 1A (Heavy Tanker)
Orchard Hills 1 (Heavy Tanker)
Middleton 10 (Medium Pumper)
Regentville 10 (Medium Pumper)
Macarthur BA Support
Macarthur Group Officer 2
Cumberland Group Officer 3
Cumberland Macarthur On Call Officer

04/08/2026

NSW RFS Coulson Aviation Bell 412 (Helitak 204) and CH-47 Chinook (Helitak 211)

HT211 and 204's sister aircraft HT201 are currently deployed to France to assist with the European Wildfires.

03/08/2026

Ultimo Building Collapse 3-8-26

Just before 11am this morning emergency services were called to Wattle Street at Ultimo where a building under demolition had collapsed onto an adjoining petrol station, crushing several cars and people standing nearby. First arriving crews located several people within the rubble, who were quickly removed and treated by paramedics. Two victims were transported to hospital with a further five assessed on scene.

Police and firefighters used drones and thermal cameras to search above the rubble as well as laser monitors to detect any further signs of collapse. No further victims were located and crews are working with local council, structural engineers and SafeWork to make the site safe.

FRNSW
Pumper 38 (Pyrmont)
Technical Rescue 8 (Liverpool)
Hazmat Pumper 13 (Alexandria)
Heavy Hazmat 13 (Alexandria)
USAR 1 (Orchard Hills)
Team Leader Aviation
Manager USAR
Duty Commander City (City of Sydney)
Zone Commander City (City of Sydney)

NSW Police Rescue
Rescue 20 (Alexandria Heavy Rescue)

NSW Ambulance
416 (Central Sydney Primary Care)
691 (Haberfield Primary Care)
638 (Kogarah Primary Care)
965 (Central Sydney Intensive Care)
952 (Randwick Intensive Care)
Cycle 1 (Central Sydney Intensive Care)
SOT 31 (Bankstown Special Operations Team)
SOT 33 (Picton Special Operations Team)
SOT 71 (Homebush Special Operations Team)
Supervisor 160 (Drummoyne Station Manager)
Inspector 66 (Randwick Duty Operations Manager)
Inspector 41 (Haberfield Duty Operations Manager)

25/07/2026

NSW Ambulance Inspector 89 - Duty Commander

21/07/2026

FRNSW Pumper 100 (Badgerys Creek) at their temporary fire station converted from a house in Bringelly

26/06/2026

26-6-26 Firefighting & demolition operations continuing at Storage King Chipping Norton.

25/06/2026

25-6-26 Building Fire Chipping Norton

Fire & Rescue NSW crews remained on scene throughout last night and into today continuing to fight a fire which started in a large self storage facility yesterday on Wednesday 24th June. The fire has spread through multiple levels of the facility, with the building beginning to show signs of structural collapse forcing firefighters to attack the fire from the outside. Crews are working from ladder platforms with power saws to cut their way through the walls and roof of the building, as well as using a large excavator to pull apart the building’s iron cladding so firefighters can reach inside. The incident is now a 9th Alarm response and crews continue to fight the fire into Thursday night.