Section 44

For the stop-and-search powers of the UK Terrorism Act 2000, see Terrorism Act 2000#Section 44 powers (stop and search).

A "Section 44" refers to the New South Wales Rural Fires Act 1997, specifically section 44, Commissioner’s responsibility. Essentially it is used to describe when the RFS Commissioner declares a localised "State of Emergency" for a specific district suffering severe fire conditions that cannot be managed without drawing in extensive resources from other areas.

Once declared by the Commissioner the district has access to any and all fire-fighting personnel/equipment from across the State at no cost to the district or RFS, with the State Government footing the bill of all related Section 44 declared operations.

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Fire services in Australia

Victoria	Country Fire Authority List of CFA Brigades Country Fire Authority appliances CFA Training College, Fiskville Metropolitan Fire Brigade

New South Wales	New South Wales Rural Fire Service List of NSWRFS Brigades NSWRFS Section 44 Fire and Rescue NSW

South Australia	Country Fire Service CFS Appliances List of SA CFS groups and brigades Emergency Fire Service (Historical) SA Metropolitan Fire Service

Queensland	Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Australian Capital Territory	ACT Fire and Rescue Australian Capital Territory Rural Fire Service

Other states	Tasmania Fire Service Department of Fire and Emergency Services Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service

National organisations	Australasian Fire Authorities Council

Other organisations	Community Fire Units

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