Wild weather leads to busy night for fire brigade

Wild weather on the night of Sunday, May 18, led to a busy night for the Fire and Rescue NSW Umina station.

They attended an alarm sounding in an Ettalong house, resulting from water from a leaking roof triggering a 240-volt smoke detector.

They were called to a house fire in another Ettalong house which turned out only to be smoke caused again by water in a smoke detector from a leaking roof.

The brigade attended flooding, with water across Empire Bay Dr at Empire Bay.

They were called to a fire in South Umina following lightning. After investigation of the area, no fire was found.

Finally, they were called to an alarm after lightning at an aged care facility in Umina. The premises were searched and no fire was found, but the alarm needed repair.

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Social media, 19 May 2025

Station 340 Umina, Fire and Rescue NSW

Interested people invited to drop in to fire station

The Bays Rural Fire Brigade is inviting people who may be interested in becoming a volunteer firefighter to stop by at The Bays fire station at 8am on Saturday morning.

"We'd love to help you decide if the Rural Fire Service is right for you," said captain Mr Stephen O'Donoghue.

"Stop by to have a chat and meet some of our crew.

"The NSW Rural Fire Service is the world's largest volunteer fire service, made up of more than 70,000 volunteers right across NSW.

"The volunteers are ready to respond to emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round, attending a range of incidents from bush and grass fires to house and structure fires, road accidents and assisting at other events like floods, storms and searches."

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Social media, 19 May 2025

The Bays Rural Fire Brigade