NSW RFS - Maitland Vale/Luskintyre Brigade

21/04/2026

🚒 We Need You! Join Your Local Brigade

The NSW Rural Fire Service – Maitland Vale/Luskintyre Brigade is looking for new volunteers!

📍 Located on Maitland Vale Road (just over the Hunter River from Aberglasslyn)
📅 We meet the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm

You don’t need experience—just a willingness to help. We provide training in:
🔥 Bush & village firefighting
⛑ First aid
🫁 Breathing apparatus
…and more!

Not keen on firefighting? That’s okay—there are plenty of other roles like communications, catering, logistics, planning, and aviation support. There’s a place for everyone.

👉 Find out more and sign up: https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/volunteer

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There are many reasons to join the NSW RFS. You may want to protect your families, your friends, your home and assets, your community, and your way of life.

27/03/2026

Maitland Bunnings BBQ come down grab a sausage and drink sausage $3:50 drinks $2

27/03/2026

🌭 Heading to Bunnings tomorrow to get those half finished projects done? Or looking for an easy breakie for the family? 🌭

We’ll be on the bbq at Maitland Bunnings between 9am-4pm, so pop in and support our biggest fundraiser of the year 👨‍🚒

15/03/2026

A big congratulations goes to Maitland Vale’s newest members who were deemed competent in the Firefighter 1 & 2 (basic firefighter) Assessment today. They are now allowed to attend calls to assist the community.

If you or someone you know want to see yourself in a post like this, please get in touch. We are actively looking for new members to come on board.

08/03/2026

15/02/2026

A big thanks to the team at East Maitland Outdoor Power Equipment for doing a great deal on the brigades new backpack blower!
We very much appreciate it!

Many purchases like this aren’t funded by the RFS and are up to individual brigades to fund ourselves, through things like fundraising and donations.

Any community support in helping our efforts go further is greatly appreciated and always welcomed 🚒

10/02/2026

31/01/2026

31/01/2026

As was the case yesterday, this fire in Nerong/Tea Gardens is putting up an extremely significant amount of smoke in our local area. Please remain vigilant, keep doors and windows closed and possibly leave the washing for another day.

Remember to report any unattended fires to ‘000’

Watch and Act: Pacific Highway Fire, Nerong (Mid Coast LGA) Leave Now If Not Prepared - Monkey Jacket area.

The fire is burning south of Nerong in the Myall Lakes National Park area, to the east of the Pacific Highway and west of the Myall River. The fire is burning in a southerly direction towards Tea Gardens and the Monkey Jacket area.

People in the Monkey Jacket area should leave now if not prepared along Viney Creek Road, out to the highway then south towards Karuah.

Stay up to date via Hazards Near Me app and the website: https://brnw.ch/21wZxwx

30/01/2026

🔥 Smoke from the Oyster Cove and Nerong bush fires are impacting across the Lower Hunter 🔥

There is currently quite a bit of smoke drift resulting from the easterly winds pushing the smoke from the Port Stephens bushfires. This smoke drift will continue to be visible in our area across the weekend. NSW RFS, FRNSW, and NPWS crews actively working around the clock to contain and extinguish these fires.

For the latest, up-to-date information, please monitor:
• Hazards Near Me app
• NSW RFS website

NSW RFS Lower Hunter

13/01/2026

🚒 Welcome home Josh 🚒

Please join us in welcoming home our Captain, Josh, who joined the NSW strike team alongside brigades from the NSW RFS Lower Hunter for a 5 day deployment to the Victorian fires.

We’re super proud of your commitment and effort, working long days in tough and challenging conditions supporting our southern neighbours in their communities 🚒
A memorable experience for sure!

We’d also like to acknowledge Josh’s family for holding down the fort while he was away 🌸

Lastly, we extend our gratitude and safe arrival home to all remaining brigades and firefighters working long days on deployments. Your time and effort is appreciated 👨‍🚒♥️