The National Parks and Wildlife Service was an agency founded in 1972 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972[1] to manage protected areas previously under the control of a range of agencies within government.

For day to day work, they wear steel capped boots, khaki work pants, and a high visibility yellow long sleeve shirt with the NPWSSA logo on the left breast, and "Government of South Australia" with the Government of South Australia seal on the left upper arm, along with a high visibility yellow fleece with the NPWSSA logo on the left breast.

For firefighting activities Project Firefighters wear lightweight leather fire boots, TecaSafe bottle green pants, and either a light weight TecaSafe "mop-up" shirt with the NPWSSA logo on the left breast, or a "heavy" jacket with "CFS" across the back.

The main fire vehicles used are MAN based 34 (three-four) Gang Trucks with 3,000L of water, and Toyota 79 Series Landcruiser single cab utes with 500L water tanks.

There are various other types of fire vehicles used, such as Isuzu based 14 (one-four) light trucks carrying 1,000L of water, and Mercedes-Benz Atego based 34 CAFS trucks, as well as heavy plant like bulldozers and small diggers.