Rural Fire Service (RFS) and State Emergency Service (SES)
The local offices for both the RFS and SES are located at the Sutherland Shire Emergency Services Centre at Heathcote.
Sutherland Shire Rural Fire Service
The Sutherland Shire Rural Fire Service (formerly known as the Bushfire service), has 13 rural brigades. It has more than 600 volunteers and a small number of full-time staff.
Since July 2001 all Rural Fire Services in NSW report to the state government, not the local council.
The NSW Rural Fire Service has its own web site:
State Emergency Service
Sutherland Shire's local SES unit has approximately 80 local volunteers.
The SES's web site is at:
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updated 6 February 2007