Familypedi… Editing (section) New South Wales 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Emergency services</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">New South Wales is policed by the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Police%20Force%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Police%20Force%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Police%20Force%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19878557036010b93735b86" class="new" title="New South Wales Police Force (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX1BvbGljZV9Gb3JjZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">New South Wales Police Force</a>, a statutory authority. Established in 1862, the NSW Police Force investigates Summary and Indictable offences throughout the State of New South Wales. The state has two fire services: the volunteer based <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Rural%20Fire%20Service%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Rural%20Fire%20Service%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Rural%20Fire%20Service%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19878557036010b93735b86" class="new" title="New South Wales Rural Fire Service (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX1J1cmFsX0ZpcmVfU2VydmljZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">New South Wales Rural Fire Service</a>, which is responsible for the majority of the state, and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Fire%20and%20Rescue%20NSW%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Fire%20and%20Rescue%20NSW%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFire%20and%20Rescue%20NSW%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19878557036010b93735b86" class="new" title="Fire and Rescue NSW (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRmlyZV9hbmRfUmVzY3VlX05TVz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Fire and Rescue NSW</a>, a government agency responsible for protecting urban areas. There is some overlap due to suburbanisation. Ambulance services are provided through the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ambulance%20Service%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ambulance%20Service%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAmbulance%20Service%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19878557036010b93735b86" class="new" title="Ambulance Service of New South Wales (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQW1idWxhbmNlX1NlcnZpY2Vfb2ZfTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Ambulance Service of New South Wales</a>. Rescue services (i.e. vertical, road crash, confinement) are a joint effort by all emergency services, with Ambulance Rescue, Police Rescue Squad and Fire Rescue Units contributing. Volunteer rescue organisations include the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Australian%20Volunteer%20Coast%20Guard%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Australian%20Volunteer%20Coast%20Guard%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAustralian%20Volunteer%20Coast%20Guard%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19878557036010b93735b86" class="new" title="Australian Volunteer Coast Guard (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQXVzdHJhbGlhbl9Wb2x1bnRlZXJfQ29hc3RfR3VhcmQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Australian Volunteer Coast Guard</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22State%20Emergency%20Service%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22State%20Emergency%20Service%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BState%20Emergency%20Service%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19878557036010b93735b86" class="new" title="State Emergency Service (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU3RhdGVfRW1lcmdlbmN5X1NlcnZpY2U/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">State Emergency Service</a> (SES), Surf Life Saving New South Wales and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Volunteer%20Rescue%20Association%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Volunteer%20Rescue%20Association%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVolunteer%20Rescue%20Association%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19878557036010b93735b86" class="new" title="Volunteer Rescue Association (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVm9sdW50ZWVyX1Jlc2N1ZV9Bc3NvY2lhdGlvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Volunteer Rescue Association</a> (VRA). </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:73442 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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