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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter ambulance. The primary response vehicle of NSW Ambulance is the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. Run by both General Duties and Intensive Care crews, Sprinters make up the large majority of the ambulance fleet across the state. A number of rural areas previously used Volkswagen Transporters, but these have now been replaced.
Since the 1970s helicopters have been part of the fleet of NSW Ambulance. The SLSA-owned Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Service (WLSRHS) started receiving NSW Government funding for its service in 1978; with funding and tasking arrangements put in place in 1989. By 2006 there were nine helicopters operating across the state.
Ambulance in New South Wales. Ambulance service within Australia can be divided into two basic groups: the statutory services and volunteer groups. In all Australian states, with the exception of Western Australia, and in the Northern Territory, statutory ambulance services are provided by the state/territorial government, as a single-entity, third-service model, government department.
The NSW SES also assist other emergency services when they are performing major operations. These services include the New South Wales Police Force, NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW and New South Wales Ambulance. During the 22/23 Financial Year, NSW SES Personnel answered 113,722 calls at the State Operations Centre.
St John NSW is a "participating organisation" under the NSW HEALTHPLAN and maintains a formal resource commitment agreement with NSW Health [12] to assist in disaster relief activities. [13] In practice, recently this has involved St John volunteers: [14] Providing first aid and support at evacuation centres for bushfires and floods.
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