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A fire has destroyed a large fish factory and aircraft hanger in Haast, New Zealand. Helicopters with monsoon buckets were called in to assist the local fire station with the fire, which involved putting out other helicopters. The building housed aircraft, fishing machinery and bulk chemical storage which presented multiple issues for the arriving crews.

Illawarra Police Rescue Squad were first arriving to a fire south of Sydney recently and deployed their drone for evidence gathering and observations. They released the video which shows a large pile of dumped rubbish alight which has spread to the surrounding grass and bushland. Great clip of P474 arriving and getting to work.

Whoa! Jesse Tonge captured this amazing video of Thor on a mission whilst at the Summer Cloud Bay fire in southern NSW. Have a look at the cross winds she was under!

Hats off to those pilots, they do amazing work. 

Getting new gear can sometimes be a battle, particularly for volunteer stations – but the local community has pitched in by supporting Pirongia RFB’s local raffle’s, sale days and fundraisers. This has allowed them to raise the funds to purchase a whole range of scene lighting options and they are pretty bloody nifty! There’s even a sweet bonus breakdancing video!

More great footage coming from ‘Mr Aussie Man’ capturing the large bushfire in Kurnell, Sydney. These two videos show ‘raw’ vision of the fire with crews from both FRNSW and the NSW RFS working throughout the night to extinguish it. There was a significant amount of resources from both agencies in attendance. If you know a station or firie who went to this incident, tag away!

Great stuff.

Filmed by ‘Mr Aussie Man’, this video shows the fire conditions that crews were up against in the recent 7th alarm in Sydney. The video below is a “raw” cut showing the fire’s progression from various angles on the night.

Great capture and hats off to the crews that were up and down those stairs all night – you can skip leg day this week!

Watch as crews meet the fire front of the Caloundra fire in QLD. As you can see in the video, things would have gotten pretty bloody hot here! Speaking with a couple of the guys from that station, they said they were able to save every single house along that fireline.

High winds again wreak havoc for NSW firefighters – multiple units from the NSW RFS and Fire & Rescue NSW were responded to a reported structure fire in Oxford Falls. On arrival, crews found a large structure well alight along with vehicles and parts of the bushland. The fire was fanned by strong winds which caused spot fires to occur over 100M away from the house. 

Know the signs, back your crew. What a great little video clip to help promote standing by your team and looking out for your mental health. Tag a firie, share this post and let’s treat mental health with just as much importance as we do physical health.

Here is a recent metal breaching operation “from the inside”! Our team carries a number of options to penetrate through metal obstructions. These include thermal lance, petrol powered cutter (seen in video), grinders, power saws and more!