Independent tests have linked PFAS contamination in the Blue Mountains to the site of a 1992 petrol tanker crash.
Sydney’s northern beaches are having another smoky day as firefighters battle to keep a wild hazard reduction burn under control.
Independent tests near Medlow Dam in the Blue Mountains show contamination at far higher levels than the government has admitted.
Forever chemicals had been found at high levels in the dam which feeds into the drinking water supply to around 41,000 residents. Now authorities have stepped in.
Rescuers had to use a boat to retrieve the man from the beach,which can only be accessed by a steep bushland track.
Monday will cap off a glorious run of sunny weather before a week of rain sets in,with the potential for heavy downpours by the weekend.
New world-first guidelines seek to tackle the human cost to first responders and the high rates of PTSD.
A backburn escaped containment lines within hours of ignition during the Black Summer bushfires but the NSW Rural Fire Service never investigated the cause.
Five employees of the RFS will head to the Supreme Court in a case that will have an impact for hundreds of their colleagues.
In the age of global warming,how are firefighting agencies learning from past catastrophes to combat bushfires?
The death of Michael Kidd at a home north-west of Sydney will not become a “cliche”,the Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner vowed in an emotional funeral on Friday.