RFSA-responds-to-local-government-call-to-withdraw-from-RFS
The Rural Fire Service Association (RFSA), the representative organisation for Rural Fire
Service volunteer fire fighters and staff, believes NSW communities will pay a heavy price
should Local Government withdraw from the Rural Fire Service operations.
"Transferring fire fighting management to a centralised State Government Agency as
advocated by the Shires Association of NSW would destroy the local community-focussed
culture and the relationships brigades have with their communities − the cornerstone of
the volunteer ethos of the Rural Fire Service," said RFSA President Brian McKinlay.
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