Rural Fire Service warns residents to get ready for upcoming season and not be complacent after three wet years
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New South Wales residents have been urged to prepare for the impending bushfire season, with three wet years and high vegetation growth possibly giving way to a dry El Niño summer.
Fire chiefs warn a level of bushfire complacency has crept into the community in many parts of the state, including in areas inundated by flooding and regions unaffected by the 2019/20 black summer bushfires.
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