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NSW RFS sued for damages after female volunteer allegedly groped and crash-tackled

A volunteer firefighter is suing the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS), after she was groped by one member of her brigade in the state’s Central Tablelands and allegedly crash tackled by another.
Key points:
- The woman alleges a deputy captain groped her bottom and grabbed her hips
- She injured her knee when a captain allegedly crash-tackled her during a training exercise
- The deputy captain was removed from the RFS after being convicted by a court in 2019
It comes after RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers was forced to respond on Tuesday to online allegations of sexual assault, bullying, harassment and physical violence within the service and confirmation by NSW Police that it was investigating two complaints.
The ABC has chosen not to identify the woman…
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