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  2. Department of Fire and Emergency Services - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) is a government department that is responsible for fire and emergency services in Western Australia. The department came into being in 2012 as a result of the Perth Hills Bush Fire review. [1] DFES is responsible for the management, training and funding of career and volunteer Services ...

  3. South Australian Country Fire Service - Wikipedia

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    It would be prohibitively expensive for each Australian town or village to have a paid fire service (department). The compromise adopted is to have government funded equipment and training but volunteer fire-fighters to perform the duties of regular fire-fighters. In South Australia, the name for the volunteer service is the CFS.

  4. New South Wales Rural Fire Service - Wikipedia

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    The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales.. The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection to approximately 95% of the land area of New South Wales and the Jervis Bay Territory, while urban areas and over 90% of the population are the responsibility of Fire and Rescue NSW.

  5. Emergency management in Australia - Wikipedia

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    An Australian Army truck being used in the clean up of a Brisbane suburb during the 2010–2011 Queensland floods. Australia's emergency management processes are focused on the concept of the prepared community. This is achieved through the application of the following; The Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System (AIIMS.)# This is ...

  6. Volunteer fire department - Wikipedia

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    A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respond to emergency calls for long periods of time, and are summoned to the fire station when their services ...

  7. Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service - Wikipedia

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    Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service, or NTFRS, (in conjunction with Bushfires NT [1]) is the primary provider of fire and rescue services throughout the 1.35 million square km Northern Territory of Australia. It is made up of 27 fire stations, 16 being staffed by volunteer brigade units, 5 being staffed 24 hours a day by career fire ...

  8. List of fire departments - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of fire departments in the world. A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a public or private organization that provides firefighting , rescue and emergency medical services for a certain jurisdiction , which is typically a municipality , county or fire protection district.

  9. Geography of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    As of 2007, some 4,527 volunteer fire departments, the back-bone of the Austrian fire service, relied on about 320,000 men and women voluntary firefighters as active members. [2] Fire departments exist in even the smallest Austrian villages, where they contribute to community life, usually by organizing fairs and other fund-raising activities.