Fire and Rescue NSW Emergency Services Academy

We are closed this year for the Fire and Rescue NSW annual Open Day 😢.

You can find a list of stations hosting Open Day by visiting: www.fire.nsw.gov.au/OpenDay

Yesterday Fire and Rescue NSW Station 001 City of Sydney were first arriving at the huge blaze in the Sydney CBD.
Today they are out training at the Academy, refining their skills even more in preparation for whatever tomorrow brings.

Our second huge event in less than a week!
Congratulations to all graduating Recruits and their trainers. Welcome to the best job in the world.
To the support staff and event organisers who planned and coordinated the day - Bravo!

It's official...... PAW PATROL TO ATTEND OPEN DAY 2023!!!!!!!!

Yes, that's right, our friends Chase and Marshall were here yesterday to check out their kennel for this Saturday, and they were impressed!

Both of our new pawesome pals will be here on Saturday from 10am to 2pm to participate in displays, meet our community members and even give some things away - but more to come on that!

Plus food trucks, displays, demonstrations and plenty of fire safety advice - and it's all free! Be sure to check the website www.fire.nsw.gov.au/esa for information on parking and other important news.

We are at 1 Distribution Drive, Orchard Hills, just off Mamre Road (next to the Sydney Water pipelines).

So mark it in your diary..... Paw Patrol at Open Day, this Saturday!!

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A big weekend at the ESA, with multiple events and courses taking place. Over 125 emergency service workers were on site on Saturday!

NSW SES Members and other agencies from around the country attend the Animal Emergency Incident Management Network (AEIMN) Conference alongside NSW Department of Primary Industries and Local Land Services NSW at the Acadrmy over the weekend.

Participants learned from the best animal rescue experts in the field. They demonstrated how to safely rescue large animals such as horses, cattle and even camels, including lifting a horse onto a rescue boat in flood water. 🐎🚣‍♀️

At the same time, 8 stations were competing high rise fire scenarios, with FRNSW, RFS and even RAAF firefighters participating in the multi agency drills. The next day the local zone hosted a relay pumping drill around the perimeter of the site.

We also completed the last 2 days of a Retained Oncall Program, congratulations to the newest members of the FRNSW family!

The countdown is on - Open Day 2023!!
This Saturday - 10am until 2 pm
Displays, food trucks, giveaways, demonstrations and more!

Most FRNSW fire stations across the state will also be open - check with your local crew.

Here's last year's memories as a refresher!

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OPEN DAY 2023 - SAVE THE DATE!
Yes, it is on again next month - put it in your diary.
Keep an eye out for more information for the biggest FRNSW community engagement event here at the Emergency Fire and Rescue NSW Emergency Services Academy.
There's going to be some huge announcements, so stay tuned!

Proud to have such awesome staff here at the Academy.
It brought a smile to the face of a young fellow going through such a hard time.
Thanks for visiting, Louis.

Last week the Turkish community provided a "thank you" dinner at the Academy warehouse, in recognition of the USAR team that deployed to assist after the recent earthquake.

Our eternal thanks to those amazing food vendors who supported this important event, and to those in the community and FRNSW who arranged it.

We hardly knew that a warehouse could make such an awesome dinner venue!

Drill Night Live 7 about to start live streaming!
Tonight's topic: Turkiye 2023 USAR response.
www.fire.nsw.gov.au/dnl

Welcome home AUS02.
All team members are back home safe and well after demobilisation at the Academy late yesterday.
We are all proud of every team member.

Later this afternoon we will be welcoming back and de-mobilising the NSW Urban Search & Rescue Task Force AUS-2 from their deployment to the earthquake in Turkiye.

This team is based at the Academy, and we are all proud of what they have all done to help our global neighbours in their time of need.

Welcome home.

A Super Monday at the Academy!
This week sees the ESA back in top gear, with a range of programs underway to upskill our people!
Initial Training for both Career and On-Call Recruits, a Leading Firefighter promotional course and Tech Training courses in Rescue and the new CAP aerial pumpers.
We also welcomed crews from Fire and Rescue NSW Station 020 Hurstville, Burwood Fire and Rescue NSW 015 Station and Fire and Rescue NSW Station 030 Lidcombe undertaking skills maintenance in foam, draughting and working on roofs.

Our security alarm sounded over the weekend, we have now found out that someone had a great time looking around the Academy!.

Can anyone spot the intruder in all the photos below?

Merry Christmas to all our followers, firefighters, emergency service friends and friends!

It's on again! FRNSW Open Day at the Emergency Services Academy - Saturday, May 14 from 10am - 2pm.

Open Day is your chance to meet a firefighter, see our trucks in action, check out our equipment and find out more about what we do.

There will be other emergency services in attendance too, all displaying their 000 capabilities - cars, trucks, bikes, boats and more!!

And as always - give-aways galore!

Today the Hazmat Technician course spent time on, in and around the water for their Shoreline Practical Day.

Scenarios included Containment, Deflection and Protection during HAZMAT incidents using booms, small boats, anchor kits, PFDs and waders.

Although the weather was wet for much of the day, our participants successfully navigated these scenarios, taking to them like ducks to water.

NSW Ambulance Special Operations Team attended the ESA to conduct specialist vertical rescue training. NSWA invited staff from FRNSW and Police Rescue. The two day course covered edge management devices and technical roping skills and patient extrications. All services worked extremely well together. Each service will be passing on the skills and techniques learnt to their own staff at vertical rescue stations during training and exercises.

Yesterday participants on the Hazmat Technician course spent time getting familiar with the range of Hazmat assets within the organisation. This included decontamination caravans and showers, boats and booms, specialised detectors and sprayers, and the scientific officer's van.

This equipment ensures our Hazmat Capability is prepared for anything, anytime, across the State of NSW.

The Natural Disasters and Humanitarian (NDH) section scope of operations is a very broad area of response. Responses to both domestic and International natural disasters has led to the development of an extensive array of equipment that is constantly utilised for varying roles. Here, one of NDH’s large Western Shelters was requested by the Covid-19 Incident Management Team to establish a PCR testing site at the emergency Service Academy at Orchard Hills and at Greenacre. As the Orchard Hills testing site has closed, NDH staff have been busy disinfecting, cleaning and drying (as seen in the photos) the tents to have them ready for the next response request.

This large Western Shelter tent has a footprint of 53m2 It can be insulated, air-conditioned and can be used for different roles such as a crew mess room, rehab /sleeping quarters and can even be outfitted and contacted to other tents to create a field hospital as seen here during the 2019/2020 NSW bushfire emergency. FRNSW Commanders can also request the use of the tents to provide relief to crews on the front line on hot/cold days or at protracted incidents. Just another way FRNSW is Prepared for anything.

A three week HAZMAT Technicians Course is underway at the ESA, being facilitated by the HAZMAT Capability Team (HCT). It’s week one and participants have completed detector, chemistry, and toxicology assessments, attended overseas webinars, and received presentations from partner agencies like the EPA and NSW Police.

They’re also being tested in scenarios that require them to problem solve whilst operating in highly restrictive personal protective equipment. This has included chemical identification, managing and stopping leaks, and protecting the environment from contaminated water flows.

The course participants have also been joined by instructors from ACT Fire & Rescue who hope to enhance their delivery skills and further develop the relationship between the two agencies.