The state’s National Parks and Wildlife Service will have its funding increased by $22.9 million to hire more firefighters for its aerial rapid-response teams and help pay for an extra helicopter before the next fire season starts | npomalley
The state’s National Parks and Wildlife Service will have its funding increased by $22.9 million to hire more firefighters for its aerial rapid-response teams and help pay for an extra helicopter before the next fire season starts.
“One of the remarkable achievements of our NPWS remote area fire crews has been their ability to extinguish fires early, even in very remote locations, preventing them from becoming larger and more dangerous fires,” said Mr Kean.During the Black Summer fires NPWS remote area firefighters contained more than 20 fires in the Blue Mountains to an average of less than 1.2 hectares, he said.
According to Mr Kean over the last seven years, 79 per cent of all hazard reduction burning in NSW has occurred in national parks, led by NPWS working in collaboration with the RFS and other agencies.
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