New South Wales Rural Fire Service

Following posts on ‘our’ fire, I had a number of inquires about the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS).
The NSW RFS is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales.
It is responsible for fire protection in 95% of the land area of New South Wales.
Urban areas are the separate responsibility of the paid Fire and Rescue NSW.
The NSW RFS is the primary agency for responding to bush fires in the state. In addition, they respond to structural fires, vehicle fires, motor vehicle accidents and wide range of other emergencies.
It is the largest volunteer fire service in the world, with over 72,000 volunteer members who are organized into 2,002 brigades.

The service also employs around 900 paid staff who fulfill senior operational management and administrative roles.
The agency attends to approximately 27,000 incidents a year.
It reports to the New South Wales Minister for Police and Emergency.
Equipment:
Engines
• 3,783 tankers
• 62 pumpers
• 59 bulk water carriers
 and 30 Fire boats.
The NSW Rural Fire Service also operates an Aviation Unit and owns and contracts a number of aircraft for firefighting water bombing, reconnaissance, intelligence gathering and transportation.
Other states in Australia have similar organizations.

More detailed information here.

Check out their web site https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/