Grass Fire Alert at Merindah Cl, Brandy Hill
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Rural Fire Service responding to a grass fire at Merindah Cl, Brandy Hill in Port Stephens.
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- Record type
- NSW incident notice
- Affected area
- Port Stephens, New South Wales
- Issued
- September 21, 2026
- Source feed
- NSW RFS
- Incident type
- Grass Fire
The NSW RFS source feed includes fires, planned burns, emergency responses, and other incidents. Use the source incident notice to identify the event type, current status, responsible agency, boundary, and instructions because those details can change quickly.
A grass fire burns grassland or crop stubble rather than forest, and can spread faster than a bushfire in dry, windy conditions even though it usually covers a smaller area. Grass Fire records make up 33% of the 3,453 NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived (1,151 of them). Areazine has recorded 23 NSW RFS incident notices for this area.
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Alert Details
ALERT LEVEL: Not Applicable TYPE: Grass Fire FIRE: Yes SIZE: 0 ha STATUS: Responding RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Rural Fire Service UPDATED: 21 Sep 2026 14:04
Affected Areas
Merindah Cl, Brandy Hill 2324 Council Area: Port Stephens
What You Should Do
No action steps provided in the source data.
Expected Conditions
No temperature, wind, or accumulation data provided.
Timeline
Alert updated 21 Sep 2026 14:04. No start or end times specified.
Original source: NSW RFS Official Notice ↗
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