Resilience NSW

Resilience NSW

Agency overview
Formed	1 May 2020
Preceding agency	Office of Emergency Management
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	Sydney, Australia
Ministers responsible	Dominic Perrottet, Premier of New South Wales Paul Toole, Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional New South Wales Steph Cooke, Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience
Agency executive	Shane Fitzsimmons, Head of Resilience
Parent department	Department of Premier and Cabinet
Key document	Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Resilience NSW) Order 2020
Website	www.nsw.gov.au/resilience-nsw

Resilience NSW is a New South Wales Government executive agency within the Department of Premier and Cabinet, focused on disaster management and is responsible for disaster recovery and building community resilience to future disasters.^[1] It was established on 1 May 2020, following the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season a few months prior.^[2] It replaced the Office of Emergency Management, an office within the Department of Communities and Justice.

The agency is headed by Shane Fitzsimmons, who was previously the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. The head of Resilience NSW reports to the following ministers:

• Premier of New South Wales, presently The Hon. Dominic Perrottet MP
• Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional New South Wales, presently The Hon. Paul Toole MP
• Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience, presently The Hon. Steph Cooke MP

See also[]

• List of New South Wales government agencies

References[]

External links[]

• Resilience NSW