Grass Fire at Catherine Macauley School Medowie Rd, Medowie
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Rural Fire Service responding to a grass fire at Catherine Macauley School on Medowie Rd in Medowie.
The NSW incident record, at a glance
- Record type
- NSW incident notice
- Affected area
- Port Stephens
- Issued
- September 25, 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 3,721 NSW RFS incident notices Areazine has archived (1,221 of them). Areazine has recorded 9 NSW RFS incident notices for this area.
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Alert Details
Grass fire alert from NSW RFS. Location: CATHERINE MACAULEY SCHOOL MEDOWIE RD, MEDOWIE 2318. Council area: Port Stephens. Status: Responding. Type: Grass Fire. Size: 0 ha. Fire: Yes. Responsible agency: Rural Fire Service. Updated: 25 Sep 2026 11:44.
Affected Areas
Medowie, Port Stephens council area.
What You Should Do
No specific action steps provided in the source data.
Expected Conditions
No temperature, wind, or accumulation details provided in the source data.
Timeline
Alert updated 25 Sep 2026 11:44. No start or end time window provided.
Original source: NSW RFS Official Notice ↗
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