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The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) now has access to RAAF Base Richmond, RAAF Base Williamtown and HMAS Albatross under an extension to the current agreement through to 2029.
This agreement will ensure the RFS can continue to support aerial firefighting operations and protect the local communities and our environment through aerial firefighting operations facilitated from these Defence bases.
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The NSW RFS is the world’s largest volunteer fire service, providing fire and emergency services to approximately 95 per cent of NSW.
“This commitment provides important certainty for the RFS and supports their critical work to keep Australians and communities safe from bushfires,” Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery, Pat Conroy, said.
“This relationship goes to the heart of the concepts of national defence and resilience, as outlined in the National Defence Strategy, by bolstering the NSW Rural Fire Service’s ability to respond to natural disasters.
“It is a further demonstration of the outcomes that can be achieved through greater partnerships between the Commonwealth, states, territories and industry.”
Defence has supported the NSW RFS by providing access to Defence sites over the past decade.
Defence has been working with the country’s emergency services to keep the community safe in times of need, including in the Black Summer bushfires, the 2022 Eastern Australia floods and, most recently, the North Queensland floods.
