Understand how RESCA recognise exceptional service across NSW emergency agencies. The awards align with Rotary’s Service Above Self and consider impact, leadership, and community contribution. Gather strong evidence before submitting your nomination. There is a category for both paid and volunteer members.
Overall Winners in both Paid and Volunteer capacity are selected
Strong nominations include clear, verifiable evidence of impact. Focus on:
Where possible, include dates, roles, and third-party references. Scoring generally weights impact and leadership most heavily. For full detail, see Assessment Criteria.
- Impact: measurable outcomes (lives saved, incidents managed, risk reduced, programs delivered).
- Leadership: initiative, decision-making under pressure, mentoring, collaboration.
- Community Service: education, engagement, recovery support beyond core duties.
- Sustained Contribution: consistency over time, reliability, integrity.
Where possible, include dates, roles, and third-party references. Scoring generally weights impact and leadership most heavily. For full detail, see Assessment Criteria.
Current members (volunteer or employed) of the listed NSW emergency services. Members cannot self-nominate; they can nominate someone else.
Select the agency where the nominee primarily serves or where the recognised achievement occurred.
Yes. Awards recognise service and impact as there are awards specific to Paid and Volunteer categories
Yes. If there are new achievements or impact since the last nomination, you may re-nominate remembering a Winner of these Awards previously as a Volunteer of the Year and/or Officer in Paid Capacity is ineligible to be nominated.
A Finalist in these Awards, is ineligible to be nominated again within a period of 5 years.
A Finalist in these Awards, is ineligible to be nominated again within a period of 5 years.
Download the Nomination Pack to help you prepare a complete submission. Documents include detailed eligibility, and sample nomination form.