The National Council for Fire & Emergency Services (formerly the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council or ''AFAC''), is the peak body responsible for representing fire, emergency services and land management agencies in the Australasian region. It was formed in 1993 and has 34 full members and 13 affiliate members.
Members
AFAC Members are drawn from every state and territory in Australia and New Zealand and from around the Pacific. Full members for the AFAC council and Affiliate members still have access to the support and knowledge network of AFAC without holding a seat on the AFAC council. The current member list is as follows:
Full members (AFAC Council)
Australia
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Airservices Australia
= Australian Capital Territory
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ACT Emergency Services Agency
* ACT Parks and Conservation Service
= New South Wales
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Fire and Rescue NSW
Fire and Rescue New South Wales (previously known as New South Wales Fire Brigades), an agency of the Government of New South Wales, Australia, is responsible for firefighting, rescue and HazMat services in the major cities, metropolitan areas ...
* Forests NSW
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NSW Rural Fire Service
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 ...
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NSW State Emergency Service
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Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
The New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) is a department of the New South Wales Government, responsible for effective and sustainable planning to support the growth in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It makes pl ...
= Northern Territory
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* Bushfires NT
* Northern Territory Emergency Service
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Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service
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= Queensland
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* Department of Environment and Resource Management
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Emergency Management Queensland
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Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) is the primary provider of fire and emergency services in Queensland, Australia. The QFES was established in 2013 to improve the coordination and planning of emergency services, adopting an "a ...
= South Australia
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Department of Environment and Water
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South Australian Forestry Corporation
South Australian Forestry Corporation (trading as ForestrySA) is a business enterprise owned by the Government of South Australia which is responsible for management of publicly owned plantation forests in South Australia including the commercial ...
(trading as Forestry SA)
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South Australian Country Fire Service
The South Australian Country Fire Service (SACFS, commonly abbreviated as CFS) is a volunteer based fire service in the Australian state of South Australia. The CFS has responsibility as the Control Agency for firefighting and hazardous ma ...
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South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service
The South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) is the fire service for metropolitan and urban South Australia, as well as large townships. The Metropolitan Fire Service is constituted under the ''Fire and Emergency Services Act''.
The M ...
* South Australian State Emergency Service
= Tasmania
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Forestry Tasmania
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Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
* State Emergency Service Tasmania
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Tasmania Fire Service
The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) is the Tasmanian Government agency responsible for fire suppression and control for the state of Tasmania and its surrounding islands.
Established on 1 November 1979 as a result of enacting the ''Fire Service Act ...
= Victoria
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Country Fire Authority (CFA)
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Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) was a government department in Victoria, Australia.
Commencing operation in January 2015, the DELWP was created in the aftermath of the 2014 state election, with Premier Daniel Andr ...
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Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV)
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Parks Victoria
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Victoria State Emergency Service
Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is a volunteer-based organisation responding to natural disasters and working to ensure the safety of communities around Victoria, Australia. Each State and territory of Australia has its own independen ...
= Western Australia
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Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)
* DFES State Emergency Service
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Department of Fire and Emergency Services
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.DFES ...
New Zealand
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Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is New Zealand's main firefighting and emergency services body.
Fire and Emergency was formally established on 1 July 2017, after the New Zealand Fire Service, the National Rural Fire Authority, and 38 rural fire d ...
Affiliate members
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Attorney-General's Department (Australia)
The Attorney-General's Department is a department of the federal government of Australia responsible for law and justice, and since 29 May 2019, industrial relations.
The head of the department is the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Departm ...
* Australasian Road Rescue Organisation (ARRO)
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Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together ...
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CSIRO Forestry & Forest Products
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Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
* EMQUAL
* Forestry Plantations Queensland
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Hong Kong Fire Services Department
The Hong Kong Fire Services Department is an emergency service responsible for firefighting and rescue on land and sea. It also provides an emergency ambulance service for the sick and the injured and gives fire protection advice to the pub ...
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Melbourne Water
Melbourne Water is a Victorian Government-owned statutory authority that controls and manages much of the water bodies and supplies in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, including the reservoirs, lakes, wetlands, canals and urban cree ...
* Office of the Fire Services Commissioner Victoria
* Pacific Islands Fire Service Association (PIFSA)
* Papua New Guinea Fire Service
* South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission (SAFECOM)
AFAC Knowledge Web
'The AFAC Knowledge Web was an initiative born out of the
Bushfire CRC's Fire Knowledge Network project. That project aimed to bring together the broad spectrum of research, both within the CRC and from researchers in other organisations, together with local knowledge, and lessons from history.
A joint partnership between the Bushfire CRC and AFAC, this concept was expanded to draw in the operational knowledge of fire, land management and emergency service organisations in Australia and New Zealand, creating an online source of knowledge and sharing for the industry.'
About the Knowledge Web
It was launched on 1 September 2008 at the Annual AFAC Bushfire CRC Conference.
Members of the public are able to access a wide range of content such as research reports, case studies and AFAC news articles. Membership of the Knowledge Web is currently only open to volunteers and staff of AFAC member agencies and key research partners.
References
External links
AFAC Official siteAFAC Conference
AFAC Knowledge Web
Bushfire Cooperative Research CentreAustralian Institute for Disaster ResilienceEmergency Management Professionalisation SchemeNational Emergency Services MemorialHome Fire Sprinkler Coalition AustraliaNational Aerial Firefighting Centre
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1993 establishments in Australia
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