The Cobar Fire and Rescue NSW Station 256 crew has weekly training sessions to ensure their firefighting skills are up to date. Station 256 deputy captain Alex Lennon said getting the training they need can be a challenge in a remote country town. “But we are always willing to travel […]
Four Cobar firefighters conquered the Sydney Tower Eye building as part of the Fire Fighters Climb for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) on Saturday. Fire & Rescue NSW Station 256 retained firefighters Khan Fugar, Alex Lennon, Pete Vardanega and Jamie Peters climbed the 1,504 stairs of the tower wearing their full […]
NSW’s longest-serving urban fire service chief in more than a century, Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Commissioner Greg Mullins, was in Cobar yesterday to visit firefighters as part of his farewell tour before he retires from the service early next year. The Commissioner’s tour took in FRNSW fire stations at […]
Firefighters have a pretty tough job and that job isn’t made any easier by the 20kgs of protective clothing and equipment they need to carry to do their job. Now imagine a firefighter carrying his 20kg of kit and having to race up 98 floors, now that just made his […]
Cobar Shire Council staff along with staff from the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and Fire & Rescue NSW were quick to act to control a fire at council’s waste depot last Wednesday morning. Stephen Poulter from council’s planning and environmental services department said council was notified of the fire at […]
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