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NSW SES Bush Search and Rescue (SES BSAR) [1] (previously known as Bush Search and Rescue NSW, Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue Squad (BWRS) and Bushwalkers Search and Rescue (B S&R) [2] is a remote and rugged area land search and rescue service in New South Wales, Australia established on 27 November 1936.
The first VRA specialist squad, Bushwalkers Search and Rescue (today known as NSW SES Bush Search and Rescue) was formed in 1936. The first VRA General Land Rescue Squad was formed in 1950 to assist police with recovery of persons from the Murrumbidgee River , to provide flood rescue, evacuations and ferrying of food and medicines between ...
The NSW SES also provides the majority of General Land Rescue effort in the rural parts of the state. This includes road crash rescue, vertical rescue, general rescue, bush search and rescue, evidence searches (both metropolitan and rural) and other forms of specialist rescue that may be required due to local threats.
Was a founding member of the Search and Rescue arm of the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW in 1936. This was a predecessor of the Police Search and Rescue unit and New South Wales State Emergency Service, and is known today as the Bush Search and Rescue New South Wales, NSW SES Bush Search and Rescue.
Between June 2019 and May 2020, firefighters from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, and Fire and Rescue New South Wales responded to 11,264 fires across the state – with the loss of 6 personnel. [1]
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.
This category contains articles about emergency services in New South Wales. ... NSW SES Bush Search and Rescue; S. ... Urban Search and Rescue New South Wales AUS-2; V.
There are also state-based volunteer search and rescue groups such as the NSW SES Bush Search and Rescue in New South Wales and Bush Search and Rescue Victoria [20] in Victoria. These state-based groups draw searchers from bushwalking, mountaineering and specialist rescue clubs within their State.