While officers attend a call-out for a female bushwalker suffering crippling back pain, another emergency is unfolding at Wentworth Falls. A man has suffered potentially serious head injuries after falling six metres down steep stairs near the edge of a precipice.

In this episode, it's New Year's Eve in Sydney, and hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to witness one of the world's most spectacular fireworks displays. But it's anything but party time for the men and women of Police Rescue. A crowd has surged past barricades towards the Harbour Bridge, and Police Rescue are called in to assist general duties police who've been overwhelmed.