More than 1700 firefighters were in the field on Christmas Day, managing bushfire containment lines before conditions are set to deteriorate over the weekend.
Firefighters were given presents at a special Christmas breakfast before heading out for another"challenging" day of strengthening NSW bushfire containment lines.
"People have recognised that a lot of firefighters are going without so there are piles of presents under the Christmas tree for them. "This year we think about our drought-impacted communities across the state and, of course, those communities hit hardest by those bushfires," she said. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in his Christmas message released on Tuesday, also gave his thanks to firefighters.The Bureau of Meteorology says some fire grounds in NSW received much-needed rain on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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