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3 September 2025
Emergency Services
Fatal crash on Canowindra road leaves two dead
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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...

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31 Aug 2025
Drones trialled in Ambulance operations
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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...

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20 Jul 2025
Raising the alarm on rural fire service fleet
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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...

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20 Jul 2025
Raising the alarm on rural fire service fleet
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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...

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20 Jul 2025
Thank you to flood volunteers
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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...

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13 Jul 2025
Inaugural emergency services award shines light on volunteers
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Inaugural emergency services award shines light on volunteers

Emergency volunteers to be recognised

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12 May 2025
Firebugs spark up Cowra streets
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Firebugs spark up Cowra streets

Fireworks mishap leads to FRNSW callout

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12 May 2025
Man dies in single vehicle crash in Cowra
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Man dies in single vehicle crash in Cowra

Man dies in single vehicle crash in Cowr

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05 May 2025
Specialist paramedics begin in region
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Specialist paramedics begin in region

New special operations medics to the regions

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14 Apr 2025
Man dies in single vehicle crash in Cowra
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Man dies in single vehicle crash in Cowra

Man dies in single vehicle crash in Cowr

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05 May 2025
Specialist paramedics begin in region
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Specialist paramedics begin in region

New special operations medics to the regions

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14 Apr 2025
Easter Crash north of Canowindra.
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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...

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27 Apr 2025
Battery fires spark wakeup call
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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...

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13 Apr 2025
Tractor rollover into Lachlan river
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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...

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13 Apr 2025
Man in critical condition after farm accident.
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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...

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27 Mar 2025
Exercise at Wyangala Dam enhances emergency skills
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Exercise at Wyangala Dam enhances emergency skills

Emergency services hold joint training exercise

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09 Jan 2025
Police charge hundreds of speeding, drunk and dangerous drivers
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Police charge hundreds of speeding, drunk and dangerous drivers

Operations over holidays net hundreds of offenders

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09 Jan 2025
18 year old airlifted after crash
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18 year old airlifted after crash

P1 driver on Canowindra road in ‘serious but stable condition’ - Police

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09 Jan 2025
Exercise enhances emergency skills
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Exercise enhances emergency skills

RFS crews from the region spend weekend training

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19 Dec 2024
Cowra Prepares for Fire Season
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Cowra Prepares for Fire Season

Fire season begins

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12 Dec 2024
Central west, southern slopes, lashed by storms
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Central west, southern slopes, lashed by storms

Heavy rainfall smashes region over weekend

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12 Dec 2024
More bad weather to come: SES
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More bad weather to come: SES

Central West residents urged to prepare for more bad weather

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05 Dec 2024
Seasonal Bushfire Outlook released
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Seasonal Bushfire Outlook released

Summer outlook has region listed as an area of concern

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05 Dec 2024
Neighbourhood Watch launches newsletter: 'Chicken Chinwag'
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Neighbourhood Watch launches newsletter: ‘Chicken Chinwag’

Neighborhood Watch Cowr

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04 Sep 2024