Member for Kiama Gareth Ward has moved to introduce a Private Members Bill to create an offence of deliberately and recklessly driving through flood waters.

Independent Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP will support a Private Members’ Bill to amend the Rural Fires Act 1997 so that firefighting assets – vehicles and buildings – are vested exclusively with the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) and not local councils.

Member for Kiama Gareth Ward MP has today welcomed two new recruits to Fire and Rescue NSW in Berry with the latest recruits graduating from the Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Emergency Services Academy at Orchard Hills.