![]() ![]() Firefighters at all levels of operation within the Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) are taught how to reach, treat and extricate people trapped over cliffs or other hard to access areas.Īs people venture into urban and wilderness regions, such as high rise structures, caving and canyons, rescuers encounter increasing challenges in vertical extrication. Technical rope rescue is more about edge management than it is about well-engineered pieces of machinery. ![]() Today, firefighters are the primary rescuers in 90 per cent of the western world, and throughout urban and many rural areas in Australia. We supplied specialist search equipment to the Beaconsfield Mine incident in Tasmania. The expertise of FRNSW has been called upon to provide assistance after the Turkey and Taiwan earth quakes and the Asian tsunami. Salvages carried entry equipment, ropes and tackles, lighting, lifting, general protection and clean-up gear for fires and emergencies.įRNSW has involvement over the years in rescues at car accidents, train derailments, plane crashes, building collapses and general land type rescues and has attended all major rescues/emergencies in the last few decades, including the Granville train disaster, Newcastle earthquake, Thredbo land slide, and the Glenbrook and Waterfall train accidents. From using turntable ladders to rescue people trapped at heights and depths, to specialist salvage crews effecting confined space rescues with Breathing Apparatus and ropes from ships' holds in Sydney Harbour, FRNSW has a long history of rescue involvement.įRNSW operated salvage vehicles for many years, which were dedicated specialist appliances to support emergency incidents. Early newspapers and records describe our involvement at rescue scenes throughout NSW. Our rescue operators also works in conjunction with other government agencies including the NSW Police Service, Ambulance Service of NSW, the NSW Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service HistoryįRNSW has been carrying out rescues for over 100 years. FRNSW is the only agency in NSW with Rescue Technicians trained to tunnel into collapsed structures, cut through concrete and steel, and use sophisticated electronic search devices.Įvery fire engine in NSW carries rescue equipment, including rope rescue capabilities for heights and depths, and breathing apparatus for confined space rescues and hazardous atmospheres. In fact, FRNSW is involved in nearly 12,000 rescue incidents each year.įRNSW has 6,800 firefighters, both fulltime and on-call, who are all trained in basic rescue and undertake regular training and fortnightly drills to ensure their skills are up-to-date.įRNSW is recognised as a world leader in road accident rescue and our Urban Search and Rescue specialists are the primary responders to disasters and major emergency incidents such as earthquakes, train crashes, building collapse and complex rescues. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is the largest rescue service in NSW with 182 accredited rescue units and 1,853 specialised accredited rescue operators. ![]()
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