Emergency Services

Prepare for the warmer months

As Cowra heads into the warmer months, Fire and Rescue NSW Station 270 is stepping up its preparations with new safety measures, a recruitment phase and important reminders for residents. Captain Stephen Overman said the station’s focus is not...

Cara Kemp >

05 Oct 2025

Emergency Services

Two people injured, driver airlifted after crash

Three people were involved in a serious two vehicle crash in Cowra on Monday afternoon, with a 74-year-old man airlifted to Sydney for medical treatment. Emergency services were called to Darby Falls Road, near the intersection of Camp Road and...

Cara Kemp >

05 Oct 2025

Emergency Services

Rescue ready: SES volunteers train on Wyangala

Rescuers build water skills over day, night exercise

Cowra Guardian >

18 Sep 2025

Emergency Services

Rescue ready: SES volunteers train on Wyangala

Rescuers build water skills over day, night exercise

Cowra Guardian >

18 Sep 2025

Emergency Services

Fatal crash on Canowindra road leaves two dead

Two people are dead following a tragic accident on Sunday afternoon between Cowra and Canowindra. As of Monday morning, road closures were still in place along the B81, between Billimari Road and Rivers Road. Police confirmed that at about 2:20pm on...

Dan Ryan >

31 Aug 2025

Emergency Services

Drones trialled in Ambulance operations

New technology could soon be utilised across complex search and rescue operations, following a drone trial to enhance aeromedical and ambulance responses. The two-month Remotely Piloted Aeromedical Clinical Systems (RPACS) trial, utilised...

Dan Ryan >

20 Jul 2025

Emergency Services

Raising the alarm on rural fire service fleet

In a significant win for local government, a NSW Parliamentary committee has recommended that the state’s Rural Fire Service fleet should be legally recognised as NSW Government assets. The Public Accounts Committee has tabled the report for its...

Dan Ryan >

20 Jul 2025

Emergency Services

Thank you to flood volunteers

State Emergency Service volunteers have responded to 8895 incidents, completed 806 flood rescues and 416 resupply missions in response to heavy rainfall and severe flooding in the Hunter and Mid North Coast. The numbers have been released as the NSW...

Mid West Media >

13 Jul 2025

Emergency Services

Inaugural emergency services award shines light on volunteers

Emergency volunteers to be recognised

Dan Ryan >

12 May 2025

Emergency Services

Thank you to flood volunteers

Mid West Media >

13 Jul 2025

Emergency Services

Inaugural emergency services award shines light on volunteers

Emergency volunteers to be recognised

Dan Ryan >

12 May 2025

Emergency Services

Firebugs spark up Cowra streets

Fireworks mishap leads to FRNSW callout

Dan Ryan >

12 May 2025

Emergency Services

Man dies in single vehicle crash in Cowra

Man dies in single vehicle crash in Cowr

Dan Ryan >

05 May 2025

Emergency Services

Specialist paramedics begin in region

New special operations medics to the regions

Dan Ryan >

14 Apr 2025

Emergency Services

Easter Crash north of Canowindra.

The Easter weekend has been a testing one for families and emergency services, with the death of a driver following a single-vehicle crash in the state’s Central West. Emergency services were called to Canowindra Road, 15km north of Canowindr...

Dan Ryan >

27 Apr 2025

Emergency Services

Battery fires spark wakeup call

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has urged the public to wake up to the risks of lithium-ion battery products amid a spate of dangerous fires. FRNSW crews have responded to multiple across NS, including four incidents in a 12 hour period. So far in 2025...

Dan Ryan >

13 Apr 2025

Emergency Services

Tractor rollover into Lachlan river

A man in his 80’s has been transported to Orange Hospital after his tractor rolled into the riverAt 3pm on Wednesday 5th March, emergency services were called to a property on Vernon Drive, near Savages Lane, to find the tractor had rolled down an...

Dan Ryan >

13 Apr 2025

Emergency Services

Man in critical condition after farm accident.

Just after 2pm Thursday 27th February, ambulance and other emergency services were called to reports of a male in his forties who had crashed an all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) on a rural property at Millamolong, near Mandurama. The patient was several...

Dan Ryan >

27 Mar 2025