Order regarding volunteers taking part in emergency operations (2020-27) (NSW)

ORDER REGARDING VOLUNTEERS TAKING PART IN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

Under the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989

(limited by Area)

I, Shane Alan Fitzsimmons AFSM, Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service, in pursuance of section 60D of the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989, do, by this my Order, direct that the provisions of Part 3A of that Act apply to emergency operations carried out by the following persons in connection with the emergency caused by fires in the State –

a)	all volunteer rural fire fighters within the meaning of the Rural Fires Act 1997,
b)	all volunteer emergency workers from the NSW State Emergency Service, Fire and Rescue NSW, Ambulance Service of NSW and any NSW Volunteer Rescue Association unit taking part in emergency operations in response to those fires.

This Order shall remain in force for the period of 25–26 January 2020 (unless sooner revoked).

Dated, this 24th day of January 2020

SHANE ALAN FITZSIMMONS AFSM

Commissioner

Published LW 24 January 2020 (2020 No 27)