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Auditor-general warns RFS has no 'overarching strategy' to prepare for climate-change-fuelled bushfires

The NSW auditor-general claims the RFS has no "overarching strategy" to address future fires fuelled by climate change. (Supplied: NSW RFS)

The NSW auditor-general has warned the Rural Fire Service (RFS) is not gathering the necessary data to improve its response to bushfires and it lacks an overarching strategy behind the deployment of resources.  

NSW auditor-general Margaret Crawford today published an audit of the planning and management of the state's bushfire equipment between 2017 and 2022.

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