Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 ( or NSWTF/1 ) was first established as a USAR capability in the lead up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics . After earlier large-scale collapses including the 1977 Granville Train Disaster , 1989 Newcastle earthquake and 1997 Thredbo landslide , Fire & Rescue NSW was legislated as the combat authority for responding to major structural collapse incidents within the state of New South Wales
1989 Newcastle earthquake
1989 Newcastle earthquake
Urban Search and Rescue New South Wales AUS-2