Dunmore Rural Fire Brigade

18/10/2026

17/10/2026

Did you know?

NSW Rural Fire Service firefighters are all Volunteers, and we often get called from our homes and jobs?

When you call 000, your call is answered by our friends at Fire and Rescue NSW, after they identify the responsible agency, they send the message across to our Operational Communications Centre (OCC) in Sydney Olympic Park. Once received, our OCC Operators (Firecom) uses a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system to activate the nearest, most appropriate resource to the incident, and sometimes plus some for the right type of job.

At a brigade level, our pagers are activated via an app called RFS ACTIV, and in the first 30 seconds, our members "Thumbs up" if their attending the job, they rush from their work or homes, get to the station, pop their PPE on and once the crew minimums and an Officer/Crew Leader is around, out the door they go!

This all happens in rapid succession, often within 5-10 minutes from the call to a truck rolling out the door. And for a brigade with volunteers, that's a big effort to put bums on seats!

That's where you come in!

Dunmore Brigade is always looking for members to join the team! With the ability to learn new skills, make new friends and get involved in a good cause. Members come from all sides of life, from the younger, older, male or female, corporate or tradie backgrounds - we don't discriminate, and we provide all the training!

If you want to join a service that helps your local community, and those afar, come and join Dunmore Brigade today!

Visit https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/join-the-rfs and follow the prompts, we look forwarding to seeing you!

Want a more in-depth look at our call-out methods?
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6NwYhh5a50

WIN News Illawarra
NSW RFS Illawarra Sutherland Team
NSW Rural Fire Service

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23/09/2026

Hey Shellcove!

This Sunday Dunmore brigade is excited to have our own Get Ready Weekend!

At shell cove on the 27th of September from 9am till 2pm, come and check out the gear, meet the time and get some goodies for the kids!

Get Ready Weekend is all about learning how to prepare for bushfires, learning to deal with them and gives residents the time to make the tough questions early, should I stay or leave home in a fire? Where do we go? What happens to the animals? What next?!

If this sounds like a conversation you need to have with your family then come and give us a visit this Sunday!

Dunmore brigade is also encouraging members to join the team and experience the thrill of volunteering for your local community!

Volunteering with us offers the amazing opportunity to work around our 24/7 availability, turning out to incidents your available for and learning new skills to assist the community!

Shellharbour City Council
NSW RFS Illawarra Sutherland Team
WIN News Illawarra
NSW Rural Fire Service
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16/09/2026

This morning Dunmore brigade was called to a Bush Fire in Tallawarra at around 0245am

Our crew arrived on scene and assisted other RFS appliances from a number of stations with mopping up as first arriving crews already arrived crews knocked the fire out.

This type of job reflects the role of a firefighter perfectly, being a 24/7 operation that our volunteers gratefully fulfil.

06/09/2026

Yesterday Dunmore Brigade was sent on a Patrol of the Menai Hazard Reduction that's been undertaken the last few days.

We got to spend the day continuing the mopping up process, and Dunmore 7 equipped with a Tree Felling Fireline member also got to spend a good portion of the day making safe smokers and unsafe trees in consultation with the Incident Controller.

Around 3pm when the wind picked up, all the dangerous trees and smokers were mopped up and made safe, ensuring on the extreme fire danger day nothing got out and caused any issues.

Good job team!

06/09/2026

International Friendship at it's finest!

Over the last few weeks, one of our Firefighters Paulo went on a holiday back to his old hometown of Penfiel, Portugal!

While over there, Paulo did something special, revisiting his old fire station which he volunteered with since he was just 14 years old! For 22 years he fought with the Bombeiros Voluntários Penafiel before moving to Australia in the last few years, and joining us here in the NSWRFS at Dunmore Brigade where he serves as an active members, recently qualifying as a Rural Fire Driver among other courses!

While over there he got to reconnect with some fellow colleagues, catch-up with family and friends and also give a very unique present - An RFS T-shirt as a souvenir which now sits in their station's museum!

Paulo goes overseas regularly to meet up with family, friends and his old station all the time, a tribute to the type of friendships made in firefighting, career or volunteer, they truly can last a lifetime!

In return, they gave him a backpack which has already got some ash on it while working yesterday's Hazard Reduction patrol.

Thanks Paulo for spreading the friendship! And we look forward to seeing what other things you give and receive for years to come!

NSW RFS Illawarra Sutherland Team
NSW Rural Fire Service
WIN News Illawarra

04/09/2026

Today Dunmore 7 was tasked to support a Hazard Reduction in the Menai area.

Dunmore 7 was tasked with lighting and then mopping up the Beamuris Sector alongside other local brigades.

Other crews remain on scene overnight finalizing the mopping up and remaining burns, and Dunmore 7 will return to patrol the area with the upcoming Extreme Fire Danger expected in the Sutherland region ensuring no reignitions take off and cause issues tomorrow morning (05/09/2026).

Once again, Hazard Reductions like this are planned out extremely thoroughly, taking into consideration topography, fuel loads, weather, local demographics and logistical supports. If you wish to burn on your property, please visit the NSW Rural Fire Service website or contact your local Fire Control Centre for more information.

https://nswrfsprod.service-now.com/guardian_csp

NSW RFS Illawarra Sutherland Team
WIN News Illawarra

04/09/2026

Yesterday (03/09/26) Dunmore Rural Fire Brigade alongside Jamberoo Rural Fire Service, Gerringong Rural Fire Brigade, Albion Park Rural Fire Brigade and Illawarra Sutherland Operational Support Brigade responded to a Grass Fire in Clover Hill Road in Jamberoo.

Dunmore 1 was tasked on arrival with supplying water up the hill to other tankers with it's driver, while the remaining crew were sent to the frontlines to assist with knocking down the fire and mopping up afterwards.

As we come into our Fire Danger Period (Fire Season) in the coming months we hope situations like this serve as an important reminder to prepare your fire plan's and discuss with your family and friends what you will do if a fire impacted your house or property.

Please note, some photos are courtesy of Gerringong Brigade's page.

We also understand that during this incident, a small incident occured leading to the water main suffering damage. While incidents like these are rare, they do happen and usually aren't the firefighters fault. Older water mains, unused hydrants and overall infrastructures in regional areas can make these incidents more prone and we'd like to apologise for any inconveniences caused during this time and give thanks to Sydney Water for their quick response and the Jamberoo community for their patience! - It's deeply appreciated!

NSW RFS Illawarra Sutherland Team
NSW Rural Fire Service
WIN News Illawarra

31/08/2026

Last Saturday Dunmore and Albion Park Rural Fire Brigade assisted residents of Dunmore Lakes with multiple large and small pile burns.

The property owners onsite requested us to help monitor and extinguish the piles throughout the day making it an awesome opportunity for our newer members to get some training and practice in different ways to manage and setup fires, including drafting using a portable pump, a skill we don't use very often in urban-based firefighting.

A big thanks to the land owners for making the safe choice, following the paper trails and getting it done safely - and a big thanks to all members of both brigades who pitched in to make the day run smoothly!

28/08/2026

On Wednesday, Dunmore Brigade with Albion Park Rural Fire Brigade headed to Dunmore Tip to check out their complex and intricate Methane system used to help keep the tip in good-standing with the community.

The system works by extracting Carbon and off-gasses such as methane from the decomposition of waste and then either burning it off when a limit is reached, or storing it and using it to put power back into the grid.

While we don't plan on playing with Carbon or Methane, the visit gave us important knowledge on how to disable the system, where and when it may affect how we fight rubbish fires and gave us a chance to upgrade our Incident Plans to help ourselves and other brigades out if something major ever erupted.

A big thanks to everyone for arranging and coming out to get a good look at the system, let's hope we never have to use our new knowledge!

For more info, visit: https://lgi.com.au/project/dunmore/

Shellharbour City Council
NSW RFS Illawarra Sutherland
Albion Park Rural Fire Brigade