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MEDIA ALERT – RFSA Conference in Tamworth

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Time:                          Saturday 31 May 2025

 

Media attendance between 8:30-9:00am

 

What:                          NSW Rural Fire Service Association Conference 2025

 

Interview talent:         RFSA President Scott Campbell AFSM will be available for interviews.

 

Other attendees:       Hon Jihad Dib MP, Minister for Emergency Services

 

Gurmesh Singh MP, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services

 

Commissioner Rob Rogers AFSM

 

Details:

 

Over 500 members of the NSW RFS will be gathering at the bi-annual RFSA Conference at Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre (TRECC) from Friday 30 May – Sunday 1 June 2025.

 

Media are welcome to attend the opening of the RFSA Conference keynote day. From 8:30-9:00 am on Saturday 31 May, conference attendees will be arriving including the Minister and Shadow Emergency Services Minister, and NSW RFS Commissioner.

 

RFSA President Scott Campbell will be available for interviews.

 

Media will also be able to access the Conference exhibit which features prototypes of new fire truck designs, RFS heritage vehicles and a live-fire demonstration, among other supplier displays.

 

Media to RSVP by 4pm Thursday 29 May 2025 to Isabelle Colla on 0432 970 548.

 

 


About us:

About the NSW Rural Fire Service Association (RFSA):

 

The RFSA is the representative organisation of the volunteers and staff of the NSW Rural Fire Service, recognised in the Rural Fires Act 1997 (NSW).

 

With over 40,000 members – more than 99% of them volunteers – the RFSA runs a range of assistance programs, including equipment grants for Rural Fire Brigades, sponsorship of RFS events, scholarships, volunteer family days and other mental health support programs, as well as advocating on behalf of members to the agency and government more broadly.

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