ACT Fire and Rescue

Summary

The ACT Fire and Rescue (previously known as ACT Fire Brigade) is the urban fire and rescue service for the Australian Capital Territory. It along with the ACT Ambulance Service, ACT State Emergency Service and ACT Rural Fire Service are part of the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency (formerly the ACT Emergency Services Authority).

A.C.T. Fire and Rescue
ACT Fire Brigade Emblem
Agency overview
Formed1913[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of the Australian Capital Territory
Employees330
Agency executive
  • Mr Matthew Mavity, Chief Officer
Parent agencyACT Emergency Services Agency
Websitewww.esa.act.gov.au/actfr

By 2011 the ACT Fire and Rescue maintained nine stations with more than 330 staff operating 34 apparatus.[2]

Fire Stations/Apparatus edit

 
Belconnen Fire Station
Station # Station Name Address Apparatus
1 Fyshwick 1 Dalby St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 P1, WT13, HAZ20, L35, T40, T41
2 Ainslie 34 Wakefield Ave, Ainslie ACT 2602 P2, BA27
3 Phillip 37 Altree Ct, Phillip ACT 2606 RP3
4 Belconnen/ Aranda Bardi Pl, Macquarie ACT 2614 RP4, A31
5 Kambah 500 Sulwood Dr, Kambah ACT 2902 P5, LU51, WT53
6 West Belconnen/ Charnwood Lhotsky St, Charnwood ACT 2615 P6, LU61, WT63
7 Chisholm 6 Benham St, Chisholm ACT 2905 RP7, R48, R49
8 South Tuggeranong Tharwa Dr, Conder ACT 2906 P8, C82, C88
9 Gungahlin 31 Anthony Rolfe Ave, Gungahlin ACT 2912 P9, C92, C98

Fire Apparatus Glossary/(Callsigns) edit

  • Pumper: (P1/P2/P5/P6/P8/P9)
  • Heavy Rescue Pumper: (RP3/RP4/RP7)
  • Hazmat Response Vehicle: (HAZ20)
  • Breathing Apparatus Support Vehicle: (BA27)
  • Rosenbauer B42 Platform: (A30)
  • Logistics Vehicle: (B35)
  • Platform on Demand Truck: (T40/T41)
  • Vertical Rescue Vehicle: (R48)
  • Remote Area Road Rescue Vehicle: (R49)
  • CAFS Light Tanker: C82/C92
  • CAFS Heavy Tanker: C88/C98
  • Commander: (CMDR1/CMDR2/CMDR3)
  • Confined Space Rescue Trailer (CSRtr)
  • Bobcat (T190)
  • Light Brush Tanker: (LU51/LU61)
  • Heavy Tanker (W13/W53/W63)

Pods:

  • Breathing Apparatus Support (BAS)
  • Breathing Apparatus Accountability & Command (CMD)
  • General Purpose (GP)
  • Mass Decontamination Support (MDS)
  • Rapid Decontamination Support (RDS)
  • Rehabilitation (RHB)
  • Salvage & Ventilation (S/V)
  • Technical Rescue Support (TRS)
  • Tilt Tray (TT)
  • Urban Search & Rescue 1 (USAR1)
  • Urban Search & Rescue 2 (USAR2)
  • Welfare Support (WFS)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ACT Fire Brigade - History". Retrieved 3 April 2005.
  2. ^ "History". ACT Emergency Services Agency. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

External links edit

  • ACT Fire and Rescue Official page