List of New South Wales Rural Fire Service brigades

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This is a list of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service brigades.

Listing by Rural Fire Service district[]

Greater Sydney metropolitan area[]

Blue Mountains district[]

Located in the Blue Mountains, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district with 23 brigades (plus 1 Support Brigade), covering an area of 143,000 hectares (350,000 acres),^[1] with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles & Equipment (as specified)
Blue Mtns Support	1		1		1	1	6	1	6 Support PCs, 1 OCV, 1 Support flatbed truck (formally Winmalee Pumper), 1 catering truck.
Bell	1			1			1
Blackheath / Mount Victoria	2			2			2		1A 7A & PCA at Blackheath 1B & 7B & PCB at Mt Victoria
Blaxland	1			1			1	1940s Blitz	[2]
Bullaburra	1			1			1
Faulconbridge	1			1			1	Tom Chalmers memorial vehicle	[3]
Glenbrook / Lapstone	1			1	1		1		[4]
Hazelbrook	1	1		2			1	1943 Chevy Blitz & trailer & Blue Mountains training trailer	[5] 7B is Non operational
Katoomba / Leura	1			2			1
Lawson	1			1			1
Linden	1						1	RAFT Trailer
Medlow Bath	1			1			1	1940's Stewie Baker which is at the Valley Heights Railway Museum
Megalong Valley	1			1	1		1
Mount Riverview	1			1			1		[6]
Mount Tomah	1			1			1		[7]
Mount Wilson / Mount Irvine	1		1	1	2	1	1		[8]
Shipley	1			1			1	pump trailer
South Katoomba	1			1			1		[9]
Valley Heights	1		1				1		(Cat 6 Bulk Water)[10]
Warrimoo	1			1			1
Wentworth Falls	1			1			1		[11]
Winmalee	2			1		1	1		Winmalee 1B housed at Yellow Rock fire station. (Winmalee 1A/1B/Pumper all carry CABA)[12]
Woodford	1			1			1	trailer	[13]

Cumberland Zone[]

Located in the Cumberland region of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this zone that incorporate the Blacktown, Fairfield, and Penrith local government areas, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carrier)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Berkshire Park	1			1			1		[14]
Castlereagh	1			1			1
Eastern Creek	1						1
Erskine Park	1			2			1
Horsley Park	2				1		1		[15]
Llandilo	1			1			1
Londonderry	1				1	1	1		[16]
Marsden Park	1						1
Mulgoa	1			1	1
Orchard Hills	2						1		[14]
Plumpton	1			1			1		[17]
Regentville	2					1	1	Fire Boat
Schofields	2						1
Shanes Park	1				1		1		[14]
Wallacia	2						1
Cumberland Support			1						Located at Regentville
Cumberland Communications								Cumberland FCV (Field Communications Vehicle)	Located at Regentville

Hawkesbury District[]

Located in the Hawkesbury region of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district that incorporate the Hawkesbury local government area, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Bilpin	2				1
Blaxland Ridge	1			1
Colo Heights	1			1			1
East Kurrajong	1			1			1
Ebenezer	1						1
Freemans Reach	1						1
Glossodia	1			1			1
Grose Vale	2				1
Grose Wold	1								[18]
Hawkesbury Headquarters	1		1		1				[19]
Kurrajong	1			1			1		[20]
Kurrajong Heights	1			1
Lower Portland	1				1			Fireboat
Lower Macdonald	2				1		1
Mountain Lagoon	1				1
Oakville	3						1
St Albans	1				1				[21]
Tennyson	2			1
Upper Colo	1				1
Wilberforce	1			1
Yarramundi	1				1

The Hills District[]

Located in the Hills District, or north-west region, of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district that incorporates The Hills local government area, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Annangrove	1			1	1		1		[22]
Box Hill / Nelson	1			1
Glenhaven	1				1		1		PC newly added in partnership with ex Glenhaven Captain now Hills Senior Deputy Group Captain
Glenorie	2				1		1
Hills Headquarters/FCC	3	1		1			5	Operation Command Caravan Fireboat	One PC is assigned to Operation Command Caravan
Hillside	1				1				[23]
Kellyville	1					1	1	Lighting Trailer
Kenthurst	2				1		1		[22]
Maroota / Canoelands	2				2		1
Maroota South	2				1		1
Middle Dural	1				1		1		[24]
North Rocks	1			1			1
Round Corner	1	1	2	1	1		1		(Cat 5 & Cat 13 Bulk Water) (Non-operational Cat2)
Rouse Hill	1	1				1	1		(Cat2 Recovery Vehicle)
Sackville North	1			1	1		1	Fireboat
Wisemans Ferry	1			1	1			Fireboat	[25]

Hornsby / Ku-Ring-Gai District[]

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Located in the upper north shore and northern suburban region of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district located within the Hornsby Shire and Ku-ring-gai Council local government areas, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Arcadia	2		1
Berowra	1			1
Berowra Waters							1	x3 Fireboats
Brooklyn	1					1	1	Fireboat
Cherrybrook	1			1				Category 17 (BA/Village Support Vehicle)
Cowan	1						1
Dangar Island				1				Fireboat
Dural	1			1			1
Galston	1		1			1	1
Hornsby Heights	1						1
Hornsby	1			1			1
Killara	1			1
	2				1		1	Utility vehicle ('KU Ute')
Milsons Passage								Fireboat
Muogamarra	1			1			1
Mount Kuring-gai	1			1			1
Hornsby/Ku-ringai Support Brigade	1						1	x4 Category 17. x1 Transport bus. x4 Category 16
Westleigh	2						1

Macarthur Zone[]

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Located in the Macarthur region in south-western Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this zone located within the Camden, Campbelltown, and Liverpool local government areas, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Bringelly	1			1
Camden West	1			1			1
Casula	1				1	1	1
Cobbitty	1			1			1
Gledswood	2			1			1
Georges River	2			1			1
Kemps Creek	1				1
Kentlyn	1				1		1	Lighting Trailer
Luddenham	1			1
Lynwood Park	1		1	1			1
Menangle Park	1			1
Middleton	2				1		2 (One Catering)	Catering Trailer
Narellan	1					1	1
Wedderburn	2				1		1

State Mitigation[]

Area Command	Hub	Firefighting and support vehiclesa
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Category 17	Other Vehicles (as specified)
North Western	Tamworth
	Moree
	Coonabarabran
North Eastern	Glen Innes	1	1			2
	Ulmarra
	Urunga
	Coffs Harbour
	Casino
Western	Bourke
	Brewarrina
	Orange
	Mudgee
	Bathurst
	Cowra
	Dubbo
South Western	Albury
	Griffth
	Wagga Wagga
South Eastern	Nowra
	Braidwood
	Yass
	Batemans Bay
	Cooma
	Bega
	Tumut
Hunter	Bulga
	Maitland
	Taree
	Cameron Park
	Wyong
	Kariong
	Macksville
Greater Sydney	Glendenning
	Bargo
	Illawarra
	Mittagong
	Sutherland

Sutherland District[]

Located in the Sutherland region of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Bundeena	2						1		[26]
Engadine	2						1		[27]
Grays Point	2						1		[28]
Heathcote Headquarters	2		1	1			1		[29]
Illawong	2						1		[30]
Kurnell	2						1
Loftus	2						1		[31]
Maianbar	2						1
Menai	2						1
Sandy Point	2						1		[32]
Sutherland Communications							1	x1 Operational Command Vehicle	[33]
Waterfall	2						1
Woronora							1	x3 Fireboats	[34]

Northern Beaches District[]

Located in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the stand-alone Warringah Pittwater district,^[35][36] with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Beacon Hill	1			1			1		[37]
Belrose	2						1
Coal and Candle	2						1		[38]
Cottage Point	1						1
Davidson	1			1	1		1		[39]
Duffys Forest	1				1		1
Ingleside	1					1	1
Scotland Island				1	1		1	Fireboat
Terrey Hills	1					1	1
Tumbledown Dick	1			1			1		[40]
Warringah Headquarters	1		2			1	1	x12 Logistics/Support Vehicles x10 Trailers
West Pittwater				2			1	x2 Fireboats	7A PC & 15 at Elvina 7B at Lovett[41]

Rural and regional New South Wales[]

Bland Temora Zone[]

Located in part of the South West Slopes and centred on the regional town of West Wyalong, spanning the Bland and Temora local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Bland Temora Zone,^[42] and with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Bland		1			1
	Back Creek	1
	Barmedman	1			2
		1		1
		1
	/
	Gubbata	1
		1
		1
	Mandamah	1			1
		1
	Mirrool	1
	Naradhan	1			1
		1			1
	Tallimba	2			2
		1
	Ungarie		2		1
	Weethalle	2			1
	West Wyalong	1		1	1
		1
	Yalgogrin	1
	Yiddah	1
Temora	Ariah Park	2
	/	2
		2			1					1 X CAT 1, 1 X CAT 3
	/	1			1
		2								1 X CAT 1, 1 X CAT 3
		2
	Narraburra	1			2
		2			1
	Quandary /	2								1 X CAT 1, 1 X CAT 3
	Springdale	1			1
	/	2								1 X CAT 1, 1 X CAT 3
			1	1	1

Canobolas Zone[]

Located in the area surrounding Mount Canobolas and centred on the major city of Orange, spanning the Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, and Orange City local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Canobolas Zone within an area of 10,636 square kilometres (4,107 sq mi),^[43] and with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Blayney	Barry / Hobbys Yards	1			1					[44]
	Blayney	1			1	1
	Carcoar	1			1	1
			1		1
	Lyndhurst	1			1	1
	Mandurama	1			2
	Millthorpe	1			1
	Neville	1			1
	Newbridge	1
	/ Burnt Yards	1			2	1
		1			1
Cabonne		2			2
		1
		2
	Borenore	1			1
		1
		1				1
	Cargo	1			1
			1
	Cudal	1			1
	Cumnock	1	1		1	1
	Eugowra	1			1
		1
			1
			1		1
					1
			1
		1			1
		1			1
			1		1
	Manildra	1			1
			1		1
		1
	Molong	1			1
		1			1
		1
	Mullion Creek	1			1	1
	Murga		1
		1
		1
	Orange Molong Road	1			1
			1
			1		1	1
	Toogong	1
	Towac ()	1			1	1
		1
		4
	Yeoval	2			1	1
Cowra					2
					1
	Billimari	1
		1
	Darbys Falls	1			1
	Gap				1
	Gooloogong	1	1		1
		1	1
	Koorawatha Rural		1
			1
		1
	/ Cucumgilliga	1
		1			1
		1
					1
	Rivers	1			1
	Torrington	1
	/ Islands	1			1
	/	1			1
		1			1
		1			1
	Woodstock	1			1
	Wyangala	1			1
Orange City	Canobolas Support	5		2	2	1		3
	/ Ophir	1			2	1
	Lucknow / Summer Hill Creek	1			1
	North West (Orange)	1	1		1	1				Cat 1 Village setup CABA equipped (2 Sets) Cat 2 Village setup. CABA Equipped (4 Sets)
	Orange	1
	Spring Hill /	1			1
		2			1

Castlereagh Zone[]

The Castlereagh zone incorporates the council areas of the Warrumbungles and Gilgandra. The NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Castlereagh Zone with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)

Central Coast district[]

Located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, within the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Central Coast district, covering an area of 1,029 square kilometres (397 sq mi),^[45] with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other vehicles (as specified)
Avoca Beach	1								[46]
Awaba	1				1
Berkeley Vale	1			1
Brisbane Waters	1			1				Fireboat
Calga / Mount White	1			1
Cameron Park	1		1			1			[47]
Charmhaven	1			1	1
Tuggerah	1					1
Cooranbong	1					1
Copacabana	1				1	1
Dooralong	1				1
Dora Creek	1				1	1
Empire Bay	1			1
Gosford Bulk Water			3						Located at Kariong
Gwandalan	1				1	1
Kariong	2						1		[48]
Killcare / Wagstaffe	1			1	1				[49]
Killingworth	1					1
Kulnura	1				1
Lake Munmorah	1			1		1
Macmasters Beach	1			1
Mandalong	1			1
Mangrove Mountain	1			1
Mannering Park	1				1
Martinsville	1				1				[50]
Matcham / Holgate	1			1
Mooney Mooney	1							Fireboat
Narara	2
Ourimbah	1				1
Patonga Beach	1				1			Fireboat
Pearl Beach	1						1
Peninsula	1					1			[51]
The Bays	1			1
Seahampton	1			1					[52]
Somersby	1			1
Spencer	1			1
Wadalba	1				1
Wakefield	1			1
Wallarah	2		1		1				1A & 7 & 13 at Murrays Beach 1B & 9 at Nords Wharf
Wamberal	1				1
Warnervale	1			1
Wendoree Park	1				1
Wyee Point	1			1				Fireboat
Wyee	1			1
Wyong Operational Support			1
Yarramalong	1			1	1

Clarence Valley district[]

The Clarence Valley district incorporates the council area of the Clarence Valley. The NSW RFS has the following brigades in the district with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)

Cudgegong district[]

Located in the district surrounding Mudgee and within the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area and covering an area of 9,595 square kilometres (3,705 sq mi),^[53] the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Cudgegong district, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Birriwa	1			1
Bogee				2	2
Bylong				1	3
Cainbil – Bungaba	1
Clandulla	1			1
Communications
	1			3	2		1
	1	1		2	2
				1
Goolma	1			1	1
				2	2
Gulgong	1			2	1	1	1		[54]
Hargraves				2	1
Ilford /		1		2
Lawson	1			2	1			Aviation Trailer
Lue / Havilah				1	2
Moolarben				2	2
Mudgee HQ	1		1		1	1	1
	1			1	1
				2
				1	1
				2	2
				2
Rylstone	1			1	1
		1		1
Windeyer	1			2	1
Yarrabin				1	1

Far North Coast district[]

The Far North Coast district incorporates the council areas of Ballina, Byron and Tweed. The NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Far North Coast district with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)

Far South Coast district[]

Located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, spanning the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Far South Coast Team, and with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Bega Valley	/				1	1
	Bega HQ	1				1
	Bemboka	1			1	1
	Bermagui	1			1	1
			1		1	1
					1
					1	1
	Candelo	1			2	1
	Cobargo				1	1
	Eden		1		1	1
			1		2
					1
	Merimbula	1			1
					1	1				[55]
	Numbugga				1	1
	Pambula	1			1	1
	Quaama				2	1
					1	1
	Tanja				1	1
					1
	Tathra	1								[56]
	Towamba	1			1
	Wolumla				2	1
	Wonboyn		1		1	1
	Wyndham		1		1	2
Eurobodalla	Batemans Bay	1			1	1
					1
		1			1	1
	Bodalla	1
	Broulee	2				1
	Central Tilba	1			1
	Dalmeny / Kianga	1			1	1	1
	Deua River					1
		1			1
	Long Beach	1			1
	Malua Bay	1			1
					1
	Mogo	1			1
	Moruya	1			1	1
	Narooma	1				1
	Nelligen	1			1
	Nerrigundah				1	1
	Potato Point	1				1
		1
	Surf Beach	1				1	1
					1
	Tuross Head	1			1

Far West District^[57]

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Bourke	Barwon Darling Comms
	Bourke HQ
	Byrock
	Enngonia
	Fords Bridge
	Louth
	Pera Bore
	Wampralea
	Yantabulla
Brewarrina	Brewarrina
	Gongolgon
	Goodooga
	Narran Lake
	New Angledool
	Twin Rivers
	Weilmoringle
Central Darling	Darnick
	Ivanhoe
	Menindee HQ
	Mossgiel
	White Cliffs
	Wilcannia HQ
	Wilcannia Rural
Cobar	Canbelego
	Cobar HQ
	Cubba
	Eremeran
	Geandale
	Irymple
	Kerrigundi
	Kulwin
	Louth Road
	Mt Hope
	Noona
	Nymagee
	Sandy Creek
	Tilpa
	Tindarey
Unincorporated	Barrier Range
	Far West
	Koonenberry
	Little Topar
	Milparinka
	Netley
	Silverton
	Tibooburra
	Wanaaring Rural

Illawarra zone[]

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Located in the Illawarra district surrounding the greater Wollongong area and within the Kiama, Shellharbour and Wollongong local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Illawarra zone, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Albion Park	2					1	1
Austinmer	1			1			1
Bulli	2		1	1			1	CAT 17
Calderwood	1			1
Communications								OCV
Dapto	2			1			1
Darkes Forest	1			1			1
Dunmore	1			1			1
Farmborough Heights	2						1
Foxground	1			1			1
Gerringong	1					1	1
Helensburgh	2						1
Illawarra Community Safety Brigade							1
Illawarra Support Brigade			1				2	Tilt Tray, cargo/ute and Porto potty trailer
Jamberoo	1				1	1	1
Mount Keira	1			1			1
Mount Kembla	1				1		1
Oak Flats	1			1			1	Boat Trailer
Otford	1			1			1
Stanwell Park	1			1			1

Lake George zone[]

Located in the zone surrounding Lake George and within the Queanbeyan–Palerang local government area, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Lake George zone, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Araluen
Bombay
Boro / Mount Fairy
Braidwood
Bungendore									[58]
Burra
Captains Flat	1			1	1				[59]
Carwoola	1			2					Previously Stoney Creek [60]
Farringdon
/ Rossi	1			1
	2			1
Jerrabomberra Creek	1			2					[61]
Majors Creek		1		1
Mongarlowe
Mulloon
Nerriga
Operations Support Group
Queanbeyan	1			2			1		[62]
	2
Wamboin	2			2					[63]

Chifley Lithgow District[]

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Located in the district surrounding the Bathurst, Oberon and Lithgow local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this district, with the following vehicles:

LGA	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers	Category 12 & 17 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Bathurst					1
	Bathurst HQ	1			1
					1	1
	Chifley Operational Support								OCV
	Eglinton	2		1			1 (Cat 11)
		1
					1	1
	/	1			1
	Hill End	1			2	1
	O'Connell	1			1
	Peel	1			1
	Perthville/Georges Plains	1			1	1
	Raglan	1					1
	Rockley	1			1
					1
	Sallys Flat				1	1
					1
	Trunkey Creek	1			1	1
		1			1	1
	Wattle Flat/Sofala	1			3
	Yetholme	1			1
Oberon					1
	Black Springs	1			1			1
	Burraga	2	1		2
					1
					1
					1
	Gurnang	1			1
		1
					1
	Jenolan Caves	1			1			2
	/	1			1	2
					1
		1
		1			1
	Oberon HQ	1			1			2
					1
	Shooters Hill /				1
Lithgow	Capertee	1			1	1		1
	Clarence / Dargan	1			1	1
	Cullen Bullen	1			2
	Dark Corner				2	1
	Glen Alice	1			3	2		1
	Hartley	1			2	1			Catering Van
					3	1
	Lithgow Comms
	Lowther / Hampton	2			5	2
	Marrangaroo	1			2
					2	1
	Portland	1			1	1
	Rydal	1			1	1
	South Bowenfels	2			1
	Sunny Corner / Meadow Flat	1			1	1
	Tarana	1			3	1
	Wallerawang	1			3

Lower Hunter Zone[]

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Located in part of the Hunter Region and within the Cessnock, Dungog, Maitland, and Port Stephens local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Lower Hunter zone, with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other vehicles (as specified)
Anna Bay	1			1		1
				1		1
	1				1
	1		1	1
	1			1
Bucketty	1					1
Central (Cessnock)	1			1
Clarence Town	1			1				CFR Vehicle (Medical Response)
Dungog	1			1
Duns Creek				1
East Maitland	1		1	1	1
Fingal Bay	1			1
				1
Gresford	1			1		1
Greta	1		1	1
Karuah	1
Kearsley	1
Laguna				2		1
Lochinvar	1			2
Maitland Vale	1					1
Martins Creek	1
Medowie	1			1		1
Millfield	1
Mulbring	1			1		1
	1			1
North Rothbury	1					1
Paterson	1			1		1
Pokolbin	1			1
Quorrobolong	1			1
Raymond Terrace	1			1
Rothbury	1			1
Salt Ash	1			1		1
Seaham	1						1
Soldiers Point	1			1			1	Fireboat
Thornton	1			1		1
	1			2		1
Vacy	2			1
				2
Wollombi	2					1

MIA district[]

Located in the Riverina region in southern New South Wales, spanning the Carrathool, Griffith, Hay, Leeton, Murrumbidgee, and Narrandera local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area or MIA district,^[64] with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Carrathool
	Carrathool Town
	/
	Goolgowi District
	Gunbar
	Hillston
	Hillston Strategic
	/
Griffith	Beelbangera
	Bilbul
	Hanwood
	MIA Operational Support Group
	Warburn
	Widgelli /
Hay	Area A
	Area B
	Area C
	Area D
	Area E
	Booligal
	Hay Headquarters
	Maude
Leeton	/ Leeton
	/ Stony Point
	Gogeldrie
	Murrami
	Whitton
	Yanco / Wamoon
Murrumbidgee
	Coleambally
	Darlington Point
Narrandera	Barellan
	Binya / Narrandera
	Birrego /
	Colinroobie
	Corobimilla
	Grong Grong
	Kamarah
	Moombooldool
	Sandigo

Mid Lachlan Valley Team[]

Located in the central west region of New South Wales, spanning the Forbes, Lachlan, Parkes, and Weddin local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Mid Lachlan Valley Team, comprising 29,058 square kilometres (11,219 sq mi),^[65] with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Forbes
	Cookamidgera
	Eugowra North
	Forbes – Central
	Lake
	Nanima
	– North
	Ootha
	- Forbes
Lachlan	Albert
	Avondale
	/
	Burcher
	Condobolin HQ
	Derriwong
	Fifield
	Lachlan Communications Branch
	Lake Cargelligo
	Tottenham
	Tullibigeal
Parkes	Alagala Road
	Alectown
	Backwater / Parkes
	/ Parkes
	Bogan Gate South
	Bogan Gate Village
	Coradgery
	Mickibri
	/
	Parkes East
	Parkes Headquarters
	Parkes West
	Peak Hill
	/ Parkes
	Trundle Village
	Tullamore
	Waratah
Weddin	Bimbi
	/
	Caragabal
	Greenethorpe
	Quandialla
	Weddin Headquarters

Mid Murray Zone[]

Located in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, spanning the Edward River, Murray River, and parts of the Murrumbidgee local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Mid Murray Zone, comprising 25,000 square kilometres (9,700 sq mi),^[66] with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5 & 6 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Barham
Blighty
Booroorban
Bunnaloo
Caldwell
Conargo
Deniliquin	2		1
Goolgumbla
Jerilderie
Koraleigh
Kyalite
Mairjimmy
Mallan
Mathoura
Mayrung
Moama
Moulamein
Murray Downs
Nyora
Tantonan
Thyra
Tooleybuc
Tullakool
Tuppal
Wakool
Wanganella
Womboota

Monaro Team[]

Located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, spanning the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro, and Snowy River local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Monaro Team,^[67] with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Bombala	Ando
	Bombala
	Cathcart
	Delegate
Cooma-Monaro	Anembo
	Bredbo
	Colinton
	Cooma
	Jerangle
	Michelago
	Nimmitabel
	/
	Shannons Flat / Yaouk
Snowy River	Adaminaby
	Anglers Reach
	Berridale
	Dalgety
	Dry Plain

Snowy River district[]

• Adaminaby
• Anglers Reach
• Berridale
• Brothers
• Dalgety
• Dry Plain
• Ingebyra
• Jindabyne
• Jindabyne East
• Wollondibby

Orana Team[]

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Located in the central west and Orana regions of New South Wales, spanning the Dubbo, Narromine, and Wellington local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Orana Team, comprising 12,803 square kilometres (4,943 sq mi),^[68] with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Dubbo	Ballimore
	Eumungerie	1	1						Category 17
	Orana Communications
	Dubbo HQ
	Minore
	Mogriguy
	– Dubbo
	Wongarbon
Narromine	Bogan Gate
	Burroway
	Frost
	Mungeribar
	– Narromine
	Narromine Shire
	North West – Narromine
	Spring Creek – Narromine
	Timbrebongie
	Tomingley
	Trangie Township
	Waterloo
	Weemabah
Wellington
	Dripstone
	Elong Elong
	Euchareena
	Geurie
	Maryvale
	Mumbil
	Neurea
	Ponto
	Stuart Town

Riverina Zone[]

Located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, spanning the Coolamon, Junee, Lockhart, Urana, and the Wagga Wagga local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Riverina Zone, with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Coolamon	Ardlethan	1	1							[69]
	Beckom		1							[70]
	Berry Jerry North	1								[71]
	Coolamon		1							[72]
	Cowabbie	1								[73]
	Ganmain		1	1	1					[74]
	Marrar	2								[75]
			1							[76]
	Matong	1			1					[77]
	Methul	1								[78]
		1								[79]
	Rannock	1			1					[80]
	Walleroobie									[81]
Junee	Bethungra	1			2					[82]
	Dirnaseer	2								[83]
					1					[84]
	Eurongilly		1							[85]
	Harefield	1								[86]
	Illabo	1	1							[87]
	Junee	1	1	2						[88]
	Junee Reefs	1								[89]
	Marinna									[90]
	Old Junee									[91]
	Wantabadgery	1			2					[92]
		1								[93]
		1								[94]
Lockhart	Bidgeemia									[95]
										[96]
										[97]
	Lockhart Central									[98]
	Milbrulong	2								[99]
										[100]
	Osborne									[101]
	Pleasant Hills									[102]
	The Rock	2								[103]
	Urangeline									[104]
				1						[105]
	Yerong Creek	2								[106]
Urana	Boree Creek									[107]
	Cullivel									[108]
	Morundah									[109]
	Oaklands	1								[110]
	Rand									[111]
	Urana	2								[112]
										[113]
	Yuluma									[114]
Wagga Wagga		2								[115]
	Book Book	3								[116]
	Borambola	2	1							[117]
	Brookdale									[118]
		1								[119]
	Collingullie									[120]
	Currawarna	3								[121]
	Downside	2
	Euberta									[122]
										[123]
	Forest Hill	1					1			[124]
	Galore									[125]
	Glenfield	1	1							[126]
	Humula				1					[127]
										[128]
	Ladysmith	2								[129]
	Lake Albertf	2								[130]
		2								[131]
	Mangoplah	2								[132]
										[133]
										[134]
	Oura				1					[135]
	Pulletop	2								[136]
	Riverina Zone Aviation				1					[137]
	Tarcutta	2	1		1					[138]
	The Gap									[139]
		1								[140]
	/ Oberne									[141]
	Uranquinty									[142]
		2								[143]

Shoalhaven district[]

Located in the district surrounding Berry, within the Shoalhaven local government area and the Jervis Bay Territory, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Shoalhaven stand-alone district with an area of 4,660 square kilometres (1,800 sq mi),^[144] with the following vehicles:

Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
	Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Basin View	1			1
Bawley Point	1			1	1		1
Beaumont		1
Broughton Vale / Berry		1			1
Callala Bay	1			1
Callala Beach	1
Cambewarra	1			1			1
Christians Minde, Jervis Bay Territory				1	1
	1			1
Vincentia	1			1	1
Cudmirrah / Berrara		1			1
Culburra	1					1	1
Currarong	1				1		1
		1		1
Falls Creek	1			1
Fishermans Paradise	1
Greenwell Point	1				1
Huskisson	1				1	1
West Nowra	1			1	1		1
Kangaroo Valley	1			2					[145]
Kioloa	1			1
Manyana	1
Milton	1				1			1	[146]
Shoalhaven Heads	1			1		1
St Georges Basin	1			1		1	1
Sussex Inlet	1			1		1	1		[147]
	1		1	1
Tomerong		1
Wandandian					1
Wreck Bay, Jervis Bay Territory	1			1

Southern Highlands team[]

Located in the Southern Highlands district, spanning the Wingecarribee and Wollondilly local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades comprised in the Southern Highlands team with an area of 525,700 hectares (1,299,000 acres),^[148] with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Wingecarribee	Alpine				1		1			[149]
	Avoca	1
	Balmoral	1				1
	Berrima					1	1
	Bundanoon	1						1
	Burrawang		1							[150]
	Canyonleigh	1				1		1		[151]
	Colo Vale	1				1		1
	Exeter	1						1
	Hill Top	1			1
	Mandemar	1	1					1		[152]
	Mittagong	1			1			1		[153]
	Moss Vale	1			1
	Penrose	1			1					[154]
	Robertson					1	1	1		[155]
	Wingello	1			1			1
		1			1
	Woodlands		1					1
	Yerrinbool	1			1
	Wingecarribee Fire Control Centre							1	Caterory 12 (bus) Category 17 Bulk water carrier
Wollondilly	Appin	1					1	1
	Bargo	1					2	1e
	Buxton	1			1
	Cawdor	1				1
	Douglas Park	1			1
	Lakesland	1			1	1			BBQ Trailer
	Menangle	1				1
	Mount Hunter		1			1
	Oakdale	1			1
	Orangeville / Werombi	1			1
	Pheasants Nest	1				1
	Picton	1				1
	Silverdale	1				1
	Tahmoor	1			1
	The Oaks	1					1
	Theresa Park	1			1
	Thirlmere	1			1
	Wilton	1				1
	Yanderra	1
	Wollondilly Communications								Forward Control Unit
	Wollondilly Fire Control Centre				1				Category 12 (bus)
	Wollondilly Operational Support								Welfare Support Category 17 Pumping Trailer Lighting Unit

Southern Tablelands Zone[]

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Located in the Southern Highlands district, spanning the Goulburn Mulwaree, Upper Lachlan and Yass Valley local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades comprised in the Southern Tablelands Zone, with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Goulburn Mulwaree	Bungonia		1		1
	Currawang
	Goulburn Mulwaree Support	2				1
	Gundary
	Marulan	2				1
		1			2
	Parkesbourne
	Pomeroy
	Tallong
	Tarago	1	1							[156]
	Tarlo				2
	Towrang	1
	Windellama	1	1		2	1				[157]
Upper Lachlan	Bannister
	Bevendale
	Biala
	Big Hill
	Bigga
	Binda
	Blakney Creek
	Broadway
	Burra Lake
	Collector
	Cotta Walla
	Crookwell
	Cullerin
	Dalton	1
	Fullerton
	Golspie
	Grabben Gullen	1
	Gunning – Fish River	1			1	1
	Gurrundah
	Jerrawa
	Laggan
	Merrill
	Narrawa
	Oolong	1
	Peelwood
	Roslyn	1
	Taralga	1			2	1
	Tuena
	Winduella
Yass Valley
	Binalong
	Bookham
	Bowning
	Cavan
	Fairlight
	Gundaroo	2			1	1			At least two trucks CAT1 and/or 7 size but combination unknown.
	Jeir
			1
	Manton
	Mullion
	Murrumbateman
	Springfield	2	1		1	1			Catering Trailer
	Sutton	1
	Wallaroo	1	1		1	1		1	Wallaroo Bus Zone Aviation Trailer Support Trailer (Quick-fill pump, pressure pump, lighting)
	Wee Jasper				1
	Yass River / Nanima	1			1	1
	Yass Support

South West Slopes[]

Located in the South West Slopes district, spanning the Boorowa, Cootamundra, Harden, and Young local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades,^[158] with the following vehicles:

Local government area	Brigade	Firefighting and support vehiclesa								Notes
		Category 1 & 3 (Heavy Tankers)	Category 2 & 4 (Medium Tankers)	Category 5, 6 & 13 (Bulk Tankers)	Category 7 & 8 (Light Tankers)	Category 9 (Strikers)	Category 10 & 11 (Pumpers)	Category 12 (Personnel Carriers)	Other Vehicles (as specified)
Boorowa	Boorowa North
	Boorowa –
	Boorowa Support
	Frogmore
	Reids Flat
	Rugby
	Rye Park
Cootamundra	Brawlin
	Cootamundra HQ
	Cootamundra Aviation Support
	Cullinga
	Frampton
	Stockinbingal Rural
	Stockinbingal Town
	Wallendbeen
Harden
	Beggan Beggan
	Cunningar
	Galong
	Jugiong
	Nubba
	South West Group Comms Unit
	Wombat
Young	Bendick Murrell
	Bribbaree
	Crowther
	Koorawatha
	Maimuru
	Milvale
	Monteagle
	Murringo
	Tubbul
	Young

Notes[]

^a : Refer to the equipment list of the NSW Rural Fire Service for a detailed explanation of vehicle categories.

^b : Previously known as Rooty Hill.

^c : One of only a few fireboat brigades in New South Wales.

^d : Previously known as Liverpool Brigade HQ.

^e : Named "Betty" in memory of Betty Brown, whose husband donated the PC in her memory.

^f : The Lake Albert brigade is the second oldest brigade in New South Wales.^[130]

References[]