Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QLD)

Overview

The Queensland Fire Service (QFS) came into being in June 1990, with the disbandment of the numerous city and town Fire Brigade Boards that existed at the time.

It was renamed the Queensland Fire and Rescue Authority (QFRA) in early 1997, as a result of the State Government decision to have a single agency responsible for rescue work in areas such as 'confined spaces', 'road traffic crashes', 'swift water', 'vertical rescue', etc.

It was renamed again, in November 2001, to the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service (QFRS).

On 01 November 2013, as a result of the Police and Community Safety Review (PACSR), Queensland Fire and Rescue Service merged with Emergency Management Queensland and the Corporate Services Division of the Department of Community Safety to become Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES). QFES encompasses the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, Rural Fire Service Queensland, Queensland State Emergency Service and Emergency Management Queensland.

The State of Queensland covers an area of approximately 1,727,530 sq. kilometres (667,000 sq. miles), and is broken into seven Regions for QFRS administration purposes.

Regions

1. Northern
2. Central
3. South Western
4. North Coast
5. Brisbane
6. South Eastern
7. Far Northern

8. State Appliances eg., Academy, USAR flyaway, etc.

for Queensland Fire and Rescue callsigns, the Region Number is used as the first digit of the appliance radio callsign, Followed by the two-digit station number and an alpha identifier.

Radio Codes and Pro Words

• Code 1 - Arrived - Nothing in evidence, investigating.
• Code 2 - Arrived - Incident in evidence, followed by a brief descriptor of the incident.
• Code 4 - Leaving incident, returning to station unless otherwise specified - available for turnout.
• Code 5 - Returned to home station.
• Code 6 - Leaving incident – malicious false alarm, available for turnout.
• Code 7 - Unavailable for turnout, followed by reason and estimated duration.
• Code 8 - Arrived at incident – checking with Officer-in-Charge (OIC).
• Code 9 - Casualty - A- Ambulance, C - Coroner (e.g Code 9 2A = 2 casualties in/require Ambulance).
• Code 11 - Leaving Incident - Justifiable false alarm, available for turnout.
• Code 12 - Leaving incident – avoidable false alarm, available for turnout.
• Code 20 - High-rise procedure in use.
• Code 30 - Vehicle proceeding to incident on normal road speed, no lights or sirens.
• Code 40 - Vehicle proceeding to incident is no longer required.
• Code 99 - A major or critical incident is occurring - indicates significant resources will be required.
• Code Red-Red-Red - Immediately Cease all radio traffic to allow the transmission of a life-threatening message - Can only be lifted by Firecom.

• Stop message - No further assistance is required at incident, all responding appliances Code 40

• CASE 1 - Vehicle hose reel.
• CASE 2 - Lay flat hose connected directly to hydrant.
• CASE 3 - Lay flat hose connected to truck.
• CASE 4 - Suction from static supply (pool/tank/dam etc) to vehicle

Radio Vote Groups

Ch.	Location	Group Channels
70	Helensvale to Coolangatta   (Region 6)	20, 21, 22, 25
71	Woodridge to Southport   (Region 6)	14, 18, 25, 28
72	Beaudesert, Canungra, Rathdowney   (Region 6)	16, 18, 20, 28
73	Dayboro, Caboolture, Mt Mee, Kilcoy   (Region 5)	42, 51, 56, 59
74	Brisbane North, Redcliffe, Petrie   (Region 5)	49, 53, 56
75	Brisbane CBD   (Region 5)	43, 45
76	Brisbane South   (Region 5)	41, 66, 77
77	Ipswich area   (Region 6)	10, 32, 37
78	Western area, Boonah, Gatton, Toogoolawah   (Region 6)	26, 29, 34, 35
79	Bundaberg, Maryborough, Hervey Bay   (Region 4)	20, 23, 25, 31, 33
80	Gympie, Pomona, Cooroy, Noosa   (Region 4)	10, 14, 17, 19, 21, 32
81	Nambour, Maroochydore, Caloundra   (Region 4)	24, 27, 32, 33
82	Toowoomba   (Region 3)	46, 61
83	Warwick area   (Region 3)	42, 43, 44
84	Rockhampton area   (Region 2)	50, 54, 57
85	Mackay area   (Region 2)	47, 49, 51, 52
86	Townsville & Mt Isa   (Region 1)	24, 26, 29
87	Reserved for Region 1
88	Cairns, Smithfield, Gordonvale   (Region 7)	40, 50, 52
89	Reserved for Region 7