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Total Fire Ban Today

Posted: 03/11/2009
Hot, dry and windy conditions are expected to increase fire dangers to dangerous levels in parts of NSW today - including the Blue Mountains District.

Severe Fire Danger [50-74] is forecast for the Greater Sydney Area (including Blue Mountains) today.

The NSW Rural Fire Service warns that any bush fire that starts has the potential to threaten lives and destroy homes.

TOTAL FIRE BAN

The Commissioner, NSW Rural Fire Service will TOTALLY BAN THE LIGHTING OF FIRES until midnight tonight [Saturday 21 November] in the following NSW Fire Areas:
Greater Hunter, Central Ranges, Northern Slopes, North Western,
Upper Central West Plains, Lower Central West Plains,
Far Western, Greater Sydney Region.

The Rural Fire Service advises that if you are in an area of Severe Fire Danger:

If you plan to leave finalise your options and leave early on the day
Only stay if your home is well prepared and you can actively defend it.
Prepare for the emotional, mental and physical impact of defending your property - if in doubt, leave

In general you are advised to:

Check your bush fire survival plan - Now
Monitor the fire and weather situation in any way you can: through www.rfs.nsw.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au radio or television
Call Triple Zero if you see a fire

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Posted: 30/09/2009
As part of the extension to our Public Information services for the coming fire season, we have now added another on-line repository that is linked to our Email Updates service - one that also allows better access to the information updates.

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Prepare, Act, Survive Television Clips

The NSW Rural Fire Service has now released a new series of TV Advertisements about the new Fire Danger Ratings and the "Prepare, Act, Survive" campaign. These videos are now able to be viewed on YouTube.

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Call 000 for all fire emergencies

Sometimes, when there is a fire, people will try to telephone their local fire station. As most fire stations in the Blue Mountains are manned by either volunteer or part-time firefighters, the stations are unlikely to be manned.

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