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The SES is a volunteer-based community-located emergency support service, providing emergency and rescue services in times of natural disasters, and other emergencies. [11] The main roles are preparing for, and responding to different type of emergencies and disasters from a local level to a national disaster much like the 2010–2011 ...
[3] [4] On 1 July 2024 the Queensland State Emergency Service will be merged with the Queensland Police Service along with the Volunteer Marine Rescue and the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Queensland, which itself is to be renamed Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ) and therefore made part of the Queensland emergency services. [3] [5]
The Queensland Young Volunteer Awards are Queensland-based awards recognizing contributions of volunteers from 12 to 25 years of age. [7] The Queensland Volunteer Awards are held every May during National Volunteer Week by Volunteering Queensland. They acknowledge and honour the astonishing contribution and spirit of service of all Queensland ...
The Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS) is an initiative of the Australian Federal Government, managed by the Department of Health (Australia).The target group of the ACVVS is isolated residents of the ageing population whose quality of life would be improved by the friendship and companionship achieved by having volunteers visit them on a one-to-one basis.
The Queensland Fire Department (QFD) is the primary provider of fire services in Queensland, Australia.The QFD was established on the 1st of July, 2024, and has committed to a refocus on firefighting operations after the organisational change from QFES. [2]
Volunteer military forces have played a central role in the organisation of the defence of Queensland. Volunteer units were formed from 1860 onwards and regular training camps were organised as citizen soldiers became the foundation of the State's defence. The first Easter encampment of the Queensland Volunteer Force was held at Toowoomba in ...
Every state and territory in Australia has its own State (or Territory) Emergency Service, and there are 43,000 volunteers spread across the country. Each state or territory is broken into regions , then units , and finally groups or teams .
The 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment (9 RQR) is a Reserve light infantry battalion of the Australian Army, raised and based in the state of Queensland.It is part of the Royal Queensland Regiment and is currently attached to the 11th Brigade of the 2nd Division. 9 RQR can trace its history as far back as 1867 with the establishment Queensland Volunteer Rifle Corps, although it was not ...