Fire & Rescue
Latest
Lost dog rescued from 13th-floor ledge in Dee Why
It took fire and rescue teams several hours to retrieve two-year-old Jack Russell Elbie – missing for several days – from its precarious position.
- Emily Kaine
- Updated
- Emergency services
Perilous Sydney cliffside rescue after teen swept into sea
The injured boy was trapped at the base of a jagged cliff face after being washed into the sea and sucked into a coastal cave.
- Amber Schultz
Burnt-out Toyota may be linked to missing 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian
Suspicious vehicle fires in Westmead are thought to be linked to the grandfather’s disappearance. Detectives are appealing to the public for information.
- Julie Power
‘They couldn’t put them out’: Blaze sinks superyachts at Mosman marina
Three vessels have been sunk by a fire that also destroyed a fourth, as the operators of a lower north shore marina take stock of the damage.
- Jack Gramenz
- Updated
- Fire
Firefighters battle enormous blaze at factory in Sydney’s south-west
The fire engulfed a timber furniture factory, showering bricks to the ground as dozens of firefighters pumped water from nearby streets.
- Jack Gramenz
- Exclusive
- House of Merivale
The fire station in the middle of Justin Hemmes’ expanding Byron Bay empire
Justin Hemmes bought two tin-roofed beach shacks in Byron Bay for $3.6 million. Now the fire station next door is being relocated.
- Eryk Bagshaw
Factory explosion blasts chemical tank into air, huge fireball erupts
Firefighters are still battling the huge blaze after a monster explosion at a factory in St Marys.
- Jessica McSweeney
- Exclusive
- AI
‘Cheats let through’: Firefighters caught out in AI recruitment bungle
Recruitment of NSW fire station leaders is in turmoil after dozens of candidates were disqualified – then reinstated – after using AI in their applications.
- Eryk Bagshaw
- Exclusive
- Workplace safety
Online surveillance of injured workers ‘relatively common’: insurer
Last week, a parliamentary inquiry heard a surveillance company contracted by Fire and Rescue NSW’s insurer looked through a 15-year-old girl’s social media to investigate her father.
- Max Maddison