We've seen over the last few weeks the devastating impact that bush fires can have, and the incredible teamwork of firefighters and the community working together to protect what's important.

We've also seen the importance of planning and preparation - like getting your property ready for bush fires, and having a bush fire survival plan.

This weekend, some of our brigades will be throwing open their doors to chat, help you make a plan and understand your local risk.

We're holding a Get Ready Day, from 10am to 12pm this Saturday, 16 November.

Please note that not all brigades will be taking part. Some are simply too busy dealing with fires, whether it's locally or elsewhere in NSW.

If you can't attend, or there isn't an event near you, you can still get ready by making your plan at www.myfireplan.com.au

The following brigades will be taking part, and you're invited to attend and have a chat with your local firefighters. This list may change.

Area Brigade Location Blue Mountains Linden Linden Rural Fire Brigade Station, Burke Road, Linden Blue Mountains Mount Riverview Rusden Road, Mount Riverview Blue Mountains Winmalee 502a Hawkesbury Rd Winmalee Blue Mountains Bullaburra 4 Kalinda Rd Bullaburra NSW 2784 Blue Mountains Glenbrook Lapstone Glenbrook Park near village shops & playground Blue Mountains Woodford Woodford Rural Fire Brigade Corner of Park Rd and Railway Pde, Woodford Blue Mountains Katoomba Leura Rural Fire Brigade 24 Fitzgerald St, Katoomba NSW Blue Mountains Hazelbrook Hazelbrook RFB 15 Terrace Falls Rd, Hazelbrook 2779 Blue Mountains Medlow Bath 8 Railway Pde Medlow Bath Blue Mountains Valley Heights Peninsula Road Blue Mountains Blaxland Blaxland brigade will be at Blaxland IGA Shops between 8:00 and 12:00pm Blue Mountains Blackheath Mt Victoria Blackheath RFB Station & Mt Victoria RFB Station Blue Mountains Warrimoo Bush Fire Brigade 3 Eley Hawkins Drive, Warrimoo Castlereagh Gilgandra Gilgandra RFB Deri Street Gilgandra Central Coast Killingworth Park Street Killingworth NSW 2278 Central Coast Tuggerah Tuggerah Rural Fire Station, Canntree Road, Tuggerah Central Coast Pearl Beach 39 Emerald Ave Pearl Beach NSW 2256 Central Coast MacMasters Beach MacMasters Beach RFB Station 463 The Scenic Road MacMasters Beach, NSW 2251 Central Coast Copacabana Copacabana Rural Fire brigade Central Coast Cameron Park Cameron Park Brigade, Lake Macquarie Fire Control Centre, George Booth Drive, Cameron Park Central Coast Warnervale 54-56 Warnervale Rd Warnervale, NSW, 2259 Central Coast Awaba 15 Adelaide Street, Awaba Central Coast Lake Munmorah Lake Munmorah Fire Station Central Coast Avoca Beach Erina McDonalds, 2 Terrigal Drive, Erina Central Coast Wadalba Wadalba Mc Donald’s London Drive Wadalba Central Coast Kariong Kariong, Dandaloo St, Kariong Chifley Lithgow Capertee Capertee RFS - 34 Castlereagh Highway Capertee NSW 2846 Chifley Lithgow Raglan Raglan Station, Christie street Raglan Chifley Lithgow Eglinton Eglinton Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade Station, 1 Freemantle Road, Eglinton NSW 2795 Chifley Lithgow Bathurst Brigade Irving drive Bathurst Cudgegong Mudgee Church St Mudgee @ the Farmers Market, robertson park 0830-1130am Cudgegong Lawson Cudgegong Tierney Lane Eurunderee Cudgegong Mudgee Robertson park Mudgee Cumberland Marsden Park Marsden Park Rural Fire Brigade - 359 Garfield rd west Marsden park Cumberland Horsley Park Brigade Event at McHappy Day, Wetherill Park McDonalds, 1179 The Horsley Drive, Wetherill Park Cumberland Castlereagh 2 Castle St, Castlereagh Cumberland Orchard Hills 58 Castle Road, Orchard Hills 2748 Far South Coast Mogendoura Clouts Road. (off Larrys Mtn Road) Mogendoura Far South Coast South Durras 31 Corilla St, Sth Durras Far South Coast Eden RFB Cnr Princes Hwy and Boyd St, Eden Far South Coast Long Beach 348 Cullendulla Drive, Long Beach NSW Far South Coast Jellat Jellat Rural Fire Brigade -Thornhill Road, Jellat Gloucester Great Lakes Booral Booral Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Hornsby Heights Hornsby Heights Station, 143 Galston Road, Hornsby Heights NSW Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Muogamarra Mount Colah McDonalds, 513-517 Pacific Highway Mount Colah NSW 2079 Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Berowra 14a Berowra Waters Road Berowra Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Berowra 14x Berowra Waters Rd Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Cherrybrook Cherrybrook Village Shopping Centre Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Mt Kuring gai Mt Kuring-gai Station, Banyula Place Mt Colah Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Mt Kurringgai Mt Kuring-gai Rural Fire Brigade Station Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Killara 10:00-11:00 at East Killara shops, Wellington Road and 11:00 -12:00 at East Lindfield shops, Koola Ave Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Arcadia Arcadia Rural Fire Station 127x Arcadia rd, Arcadia 2159 Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Brooklyn Brooklyn Station, Salt pan ash, Brooklyn Road, Brooklyn Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Westleigh Westleigh Rural Fire Brigade, Warrigal Drive, Westleigh Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Cowan Cowan Public School Hornsby/Ku-ring-gai Hornsby Westfield Hornsby Hunter Valley Darlington Corner of retreat road and Bridgeman road Hunter Valley Whittingham Range Rd Whittingham behind Whittingham Hall Illawarra Austinmer Austinmer Fire Station, Buttenshaw Drive, Austinmer Illawarra Gerringong Gerringong Old School Park. 108 Fern St, Gerringong NSW 2534 Illawarra Mount Kembla 294-296 Cordeaux Rd, Mount Kembla. Illawarra Calderwood Rural Fire Brigade Calderwood Road Calderwood Illawarra Otford Cnr Otford Rd and Domville Rd, Otford Illawarra Jamberoo Jamberoo RFB Station, Young Street, Jamberoo Illawarra Bulli 8 Dumbrell road Bulli Illawarra Farmborough Heights Rural Fire Brigade Bardess Cresent, Farmborough Heights NSW 2526 (over the bridge) Illawarra Albion Park Albion Park RFB Station, Tongarra Rd, Albion Park Lake George Wamboin Wamboin Fire Station - 112 Bingley Way Wamboin Lake George Bungendore Bungendore Emergency Services Centre, Corner of King and Ellendon Streets, Bungendore Lake George Braidwood Braidwood Rural Fire Brigade Saleyards Lane Braidwood Lake George Captains Flat Captains Flat Fire Station - 11 Foxlow St, Captains Flat 2623 Lake George Hoskingtown Rossi Hoskingtown Lake George Nerriga Nerriga Fire Shed, 6081 Nerriga Road Lake George Captains Flat Wilkins Memorial Park, Foxlow Street Lower Hunter Anna Bay Fisherman's Bay Road Anna Bay Lower Hunter Tilligerry 44 Cook Pde, Lemon Tree Passage Lower Hunter Wollombi Wollombi Station, 2810 Wollombi Rd, Wollombi NSW 2325 Lower Hunter Laguna 3736 Great North road, Laguna, nsw, 2325 Lower Hunter Soldiers Point Soldiers Point road Salamander Bay Nsw Lower Hunter Bucketty 5385 George Downs Rd Bucketty Lower Hunter Clarence Town 25 Grey St Clarence Town Lower Hunter Mulbring Mulbring Rural Fire Brigade Station Lower Hunter Medowie Medowie Station Cnr Ferodale & Medowie Rds Medowie Lower Hunter Mulbring Vincent St, Mulbring Near Mulbring Park Lower Hunter Williamtown Salt Ash 1 Michael Drive, Salt Ash Lower Hunter Dungog 80 Lord St Dungog Lower Hunter Lochinver Lochinvar Fire Station Lower Hunter Gresford Gresford Brigade 137 Durham Road Gresford Lower Western Appin King street, Appin Macarthur Cobbitty Cobbitty Rural Fire Brigade, 219a Cobbitty Road, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570 Macarthur Minto Heights Minto Heights - Hansens Rd, Minto Heights nsw 2566 Macarthur Wedderburn 349 Wedderburn Road Wedderburn Macarthur Minto Heights Minto Heights Rural Fire Station Mid Coast Green Point Green Point Station, Green Point Drive 2428 Mid Coast King Creek King Creek Station Mid Coast Mitchells Island Mitchells Island Fire Station Riverina The Rock The Rock Fire station Shoalhaven Crossroads The Wool Rd, Vincentia NSW 2540 Shoalhaven Cambewarra Bomaderry McDonalds Shoalhaven Kangaroo Valley 5 Broughton Street Kangaroo Valley NSW 2577 Shoalhaven St Georges Basin St George’s Basin Fire station 2pm till 3pm Shoalhaven Bawley Point Bawley Point Fire Shed Thrush Street Bawley Point Shoalhaven Tomerong 364 Hawken Road Tomerong NSW 2540 Shoalhaven Callala Bay Outside IGA Callala Bay, at their fundraiser BBQ Shoalhaven Kioloa Kioloa, Murramarang Rd, kioloa Southern Border Howlong 27 Hawkins St Howlong Nsw 2643 Southern Border Federation Support Corowa Airport , Redlands Rd Corowa 2646 Southern Highlands Buxton Buxton RFS station Southern Highlands Wollondilly Wollondilly fire station 2163 Wombeyan Caves Rd High Range Southern Highlands Moss Vale 49 berrima rd moss vale Southern Highlands Colo Vale Church Avenue Colo Vale Southern Highlands Berrima Wilkinson Street Berrima Southern Highlands Mt Hunter Mt Hunter Rural Fire Brigade Southern Highlands Robertson Wallangunda St Robertson Southern Highlands Hill Top Hill Top Fire Station, West Parade, Hill Top Southern Highlands Silverdale Silverdale RFS station, Marsh Rd Silverdale Southern Highlands Bargo 10 Avon Dam Road Bargo Southern Highlands Balmoral Village Balmoral Village Brigade, Railway Parade Balmoral Village NSW 2571 Southern Highlands Southern Highlands Menangle Menangle Rd, Menangle Southern Highlands Pheasants Nest Pheasants Nest Rd, Pheasants Nest Southern Highlands Yerrinbool Yerrinbool Rural Fire Station, Everest Street Yerrinbool Southern Highlands Canyonleigh 2260 Canyonleigh Rd Canyonleigh Southern Highlands Burrawang Burrawang Rural Fire Station, Hoddle St Burrawang Southern Highlands Mittagong 5 Cavendish Street Mittagong Southern Highlands Bargo 10 Avon Road, Bargo Southern Highlands Douglas Park Camden Rd, Douglas Park Southern Highlands Alpine LOT 61 Aylmerton Rd, Aylmerton NSW 2575 Southern Highlands The Oaks Burragorang St, The Oaks, next to the Sports grounds and Airport Southern Highlands Burrawang 14-16 Hoddle St, Burrawang Southern Highlands Lakesland Cnr Lakesland and Fergusson Roads, Lakesland Southern Tablelands Windellama Windellama Rural Fire Brigade OAllen Ford Rd Windellama 12-5pm Southern Tablelands Towrang Towrang Rural Fire Brigade Southern Tablelands Sutton Victoria Street Sutton 2620 Southern Tablelands Gunning Fish River Gunning RFS Station, 26 Nelanglo St, Gunning NSW 2581 Southern Tablelands Murrumbateman 37 Rose Street, Murrumbateman Southern Tablelands Marulan Portland Avenue, Marulan Southern Tablelands Marulan North Goulburn McDonalds - Sydney Road, Goulburn Southern Tablelands Yass Valley Support McDonalds Yass - Yass Service Centre, Hume Highway, Yass Southern Tablelands Back Creek fireshed 1769 murrumbateman road Southern Tablelands Wallaroo Wallaroo Rural Fire Brigade Station, 468 Wallaroo Road, Wallaroo NSW 2618 Southern Tablelands Springfield 1093 Spring Range Road, Spring Range Southern Tablelands Tallong Tallong Fire station Sutherland Menai 128-130 Old Illawarra Road, Barden Ridge Sutherland Woronora Bush Fire Brigade Woronora Bush Fire Brigade, 3 Menai Rd, Woronora Sutherland Loftus Yarrawarrah Public School Sutherland Bundeena We will be at the Bundeena IGA in Brighton St The Hills Maroota South Maroota South RFS,965 Wisemans Ferry Road Maroota South The Hills Glenhaven Glenhaven Station The Hills Middle Dural 57 Mid Dural Road, Middle Dural Warringah Pittwater Ingleside Elanora Heights Shops, Kalang Road Elanora Heights 2101

I'm in a brigade and want to take part

If you're in a NSW RFS brigade and would like to take part, email comms@rfs.nsw.gov.au and we'll provide you information on how to get your brigade listed here.