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Ambulance Rescue Service

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Subjects -  Ambulances; Rescue and Emergency Services
Business - Deferred Answers, Questions Without Notice
Commentary - Asked on 25 June 2003 by Gordon Moyes


    AMBULANCE RESCUE SERVICE
Page: 2930


    On 25 June Reverend the Hon. Dr Gordon Moyes asked the Special Minister of State, representing the Minister for Health, a question without notice regarding ambulance rescue service. The Minister for Health provided the following response:
            Provision of rescue services across NSW is the shared responsibility of the Ambulance Service of NSW and other emergency service agencies including NSW Fire Brigades, NSW Police Service and State Emergency Services.
            Ambulance Service rescue units have special equipment and ambulance officers who have received additional training in the release and extrication of trapped persons.
            In 2001 the Auditor-General recommended that the contribution of the Ambulance Service to the State's rescue capabilities be examined in view of the relatively small number of rescues attended.
            The Ambulance Service continues to have a role in rescue services. Its contribution will be reviewed periodically in the interests of improving efficiency and overall public safety.


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