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The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales.. The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection to approximately 95% of the land area of New South Wales and the Jervis Bay Territory, while urban areas and over 90% of the population are the responsibility of Fire and Rescue NSW.
The State Council is the RFSA’s governing body with a Chairperson and Delegate from each of 17 RFSA Divisions. Each Division correlates to NSW Rural Fire Service’s Districts/Teams/Zones, ensuring comprehensive state-wide representation. The State Council are responsible for electing the 10 person board of Directors every two years.
NSW Rural Fire Service Association; R. Remote Area Firefighting Team; S. Section 44 (New South Wales) This page was last edited on 23 June 2019, at 13:45 (UTC). Text ...
Remote Area Firefighting Team (RAFT) personnel are members of a number of Australian fire services, including the Queensland RURAL Fire Service, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service [1] and the ACT Rural Fire service who are particularly effective for work in rugged, isolated areas that firefighting tankers can’t access by road.
"Section 44" refers to the New South Wales Rural Fires Act 1997, specifically section 44, Commissioner’s responsibility. Essentially it is used to describe when the Rural Fire Service Commissioner declares a localised "State of Emergency" for a specific district suffering severe fire conditions that cannot be managed without drawing in extensive resources from other areas.
Rural Fire Service can mean any of the following: In Australia: Australian Capital Territory Rural Fire Service; New South Wales Rural Fire Service; The Rural Fire Service Queensland is a part of the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
On 23 January 2020, at around 11 a.m., the New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service (RFS) State Operations Centre tasked two air tankers and an observation aircraft from RAAF Base Richmond to the Adaminaby Fire-ground due to the escalating fire danger to the Adaminaby township and rural properties being under threat from a spreading fire paired ...
Emergency services' management Shane Alan Fitzsimmons AO AFSM (born 22 February 1969 in Sydney) was the Head of Resilience NSW and was previously the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service between September 2007 and April 2020.