Media releases

Nine RFS members receive Kings Birthday Honours Today nine members of the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) have been awarded Australian Fire Service Medals (AFSM) in recognition of their dedication and support of the community as part of the 2025

NSW teams respond to Canadas call for firefighting supportA deployment of 54 NSW firefighting specialists will depart Sydney today to support Canadian authorities battling more than 200 wildfires across the country, which have already burned over

Decades of dedication honoured at RFS regional conferenceMore than 640 years of dedicated service to the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) and local communities will be recognised tomorrow at a special medal presentation in Tumut, part of the RFS South

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai volunteers honoured at medal ceremonyMore than five hundred years’worth of dedication to the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai communities will be recognised tonight, when a group of NSW Rural Fire Service volunteers are honoured.RFS Acting

Dapto Rural Fire Brigade celebrates 85th anniversaryMembers of the Dapto Rural Fire Brigade will come together tonight to celebrate 85 years of dedicated service to their local community.Assistant Commissioner Stuart Midgley will join district staff,

Celebrations for Greta Rural Fire Brigade on 60th anniversaryMembers of the Greta Rural Fire Brigade will gather today to celebrate 60 years’service to their local community.Area Commander Chief Superintendent Kam Baker will join Member for

RFS awards New England volunteers and welcomes four new fire trucksThe New England District will today celebrate the outstanding dedication of 57 Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers at a special ceremony in Armidale, where four new vehicles will

Mid Murray volunteers honoured at medal ceremonyClose to 15 centuries worth of dedication to Mid Murray communities will be recognised today, when a group of NSW Rural Fire Service volunteers is honoured.RFS Acting Director Area Operations Southern,

Firefighters to showcase their skills at annual Western ExerciseThis weekend, Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers will converge at the NSW Sport and Recreation Centre at Burrendong for the annual Western Field Exercise, an important training event

Cultural burning supported by gifted bush fire truckA NSW southwestern Aboriginal Corporation has received a boost in its work carrying out important cultural burns and bush fire mitigation in the state’s southwest, with the delivery of a bush