Grass Fire Alert at Merindah Cl, Brandy Hill

Source: NSW RFS · Port Stephens, New South Wales

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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.

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What is a grass fire?
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.
How common is this type of NSW RFS record?
Grass Fire records account for 33% (1,151 of 3,453) of the NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived.
How many NSW RFS incidents has Areazine recorded for Port Stephens, New South Wales?
Areazine has archived 23 NSW RFS incident notices for Port Stephens, New South Wales, across all incident types tracked in this archive.
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