Fire & Rescue NSW – The Cobar Weekly

Local firefighters called out to two fires over the weekend

July 11, 2025 tcwadmin

Fire & Rescue NSW firefighters have had a busy weekend with two call outs to attend fires. Police, the Rural Fire Service (RFS), State Emergency Services (SES) and Fire & Rescue NSW attended a truck fire around 7pm on Saturday approximately 20km south of Cobar on the Kidman Way. […]

Locals were invited to have a coffee with firefighters

November 6, 2024 tcwadmin

Locals were invited to have coffee with a firefighter at Gumnuts Café on Saturday morning as part of Fire and Rescue NSW’s recruitment drive. Cobar Station 256 captain Alex Lennon said they were looking for people who want to contribute to the safety of the community, learn new skills and […]

Mobile training unit visits to refresh local firies’ skills

July 10, 2019 tcwadmin

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 […]

Local firies conquer the Sydney Tower

October 18, 2017 tcwadmin

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 […]

Fire Commissioner visits Cobar on his farewell tour

November 29, 2016 tcwadmin

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 […]

Firefighter trains to take on challenge for disease research

July 19, 2016 tcwadmin

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 […]

Waste depot fire

December 22, 2015 tcwadmin

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 […]