page_title: New South Wales Rural Fire Service
section_title: Aviation
hierarchical_section_title: New South Wales Rural Fire Service / Equipment / Aviation
caption_attribution_description: English: New South Wales Rural Fire Service (VH-VRQ) Kawasaki Heavy Industries BK117 B-2 at Wagga Wagga Airport.
context_page_description: The New South Wales Rural Fire Service is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales.
  The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection in 95% of the land area of New South Wales and the Jervis Bay Territory, while urban areas are the responsibility of Fire and Rescue NSW. The NSW RFS is the primary agency for responding to bushfires in the state. In addition, they respond to structural fires, vehicle fires, motor vehicle accidents and wide range of other emergencies, as well as providing preventative advice to local communities.
  The NSW RFS is the world's largest volunteer fire service, with 72,491 volunteer members, although this figure includes many inactive volunteer firefighters and all support volunteers. They are organised into 2,002 brigades. As of 30 June 2018, the service employed 911 paid staff who fulfill senior operational management and administrative roles. The agency attends to approximately 27,000 incidents per annum.
  The agency is led by its Commissioner, Rob Rogers AFSM, who reports to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, currently the Hon. David Elliott MP.
context_section_description: The NSW Rural Fire Service also operates an Aviation Unit. The NSW RFS owns and contracts a number of aircraft for firefighting waterbombing, reconnaissance, intelligence gathering and transportation. The NSW RFS aircraft continue to be upgraded with additional camera technology and night vision capability.
caption: New South Wales Rural Fire Service (VH-VRQ) Kawasaki Heavy Industries BK117 B-2 at Wagga Wagga Airport
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