Local crews from Fire and Rescue NSW 340 Umina have been busy this last week helping their northern neighbours, helping out flood-effected communities in Lismore and battling a huge blaze in Newcastle.
The local tanker crew remains stationed in Lismore to assist with the significant clean-up efforts.
A Umina crew also travelled north to help extinguish a large fire that engulfed a warehouse in Newcastle on March 1.
At the height of the incident there was more than than100 FRNSW firefighters attacking the blaze at the former wool storage facility in Wickham.
Fire crews from 30 trucks successfully prevented the flames spreading to a third such auction house and an adjacent depot of fuel tanks, containing more than 8M litres of diesel and unleaded.
Source: Social media, March 8, 2022, FRNSW Umina 340