Rural Fires Act 1997 No 65
Current version for 1 January 2013 to date (accessed 23 May 2013 at 00:46)

8   NSW Rural Fire Service

(1)  There is established by this Act the NSW Rural Fire Service.
(2)  The Service comprises the following members:
(a)  the Commissioner and other staff of the Service,
(b)  (Repealed)
(c)  volunteer rural fire fighters.
(3)  In this Act:

volunteer rural fire fighters means:

(a)  officers and other members of rural fire brigades, and
(b)  any person other than a member of a rural fire brigade who, without remuneration or reward, voluntarily and without obligation engages in fighting (or in activities associated with fighting) a fire with the consent of or under the authority and supervision of an officer of a rural fire brigade.

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