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Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QLD)

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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', 'motor vehicle accidents', 'swift water', 'vertical rescue', etc.

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

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 adminstration purposes.

Regions

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

8. Statewide (Urban Search and Rescue)


Radio Codes

  • Code 1 - Arrived and investigating
  • Code 2 - Arrived smoke showing from structure
  • Code 3 - Arrived smoke showing from grass or bushfire
  • Code 4 - Returning to station after investigation
  • Code 5 - Returning to station after incident
  • Code 6 - Malicious False Alarm
  • Code 7 - Returning to station to replenish
  • Code 8 - On Scene, reporting to officer in charge
  • Code 9 - Accident, or persons trapped. M = Male, F = Female, C = Coroner, A = Ambulance
  • Code 10 - Fuel/Oil/Chemical incident
  • Code 11 - False Alarm, Good Intent
  • Code 12 - Avoidable False Alarm
  • Code 20 - High rise building procedure
  • Code 30 - No lights or sirens
  • Code 40 - Cancel Callout, and Return to Station
  • Code 99 - Major Incident


  • STOP - No further assistance required


  • CASE 1 - First aid lines, (small fire)
  • CASE 2 - Large hose from pumper
  • CASE 3 - Large hoses from Mains supply
  • CASE 4 - Large hoses from Static supply