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The South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) is the
fire service
A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression se ...
for metropolitan and urban South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest o ...
, as well as large townships. The Metropolitan Fire Service is constituted under the ''Fire and Emergency Services Act''.
The MFS has 36 fire stations and over 1,000 personnel in Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
and across South Australia in major rural centres. It also has one marine vessel.
History
The South Australian Fire Brigade was formed in 1882, following the passing of the ''Fire Brigades Act''. In 1981 the service was renamed South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service when it became government funded.Fire Stations
Metropolitan Fire Stations
Regional Fire Stations
Glossary/Callsigns
Appliances
* 1st Pumper: 201 / 281 / 301 / 321 / 331 / 401 / 451 / 501 / 511 / 631 / 641 / 661 / 671 / 681 / 701 / 711 / 721 * 2nd Pumper: 202 / 722 / 502 * CAPA (combined aerial pumper appliance): 203 / 243 / 303 / 433 / 523 / 543 / 703 * Technical Rescue: 204 * 1st Aerial Platform: 205 * Hazmat & Breathing Apparatus: 206 * Pumper – Hazmat: 217 / 257 / 377 / 417 * 4WD Pumper: 528 / 608 / 628 * Pumper – Rescue: 229 / 249 / 319 / 329 / 339 / 359 / 369 / 409 / 429 / 439 / 449 / 469 / 509 / 519 / 529 / 549 / 559 / 609 / 619 / 709 / 719 * Regional Operations Support Appliance: 2814 / 5014 / 5114 / 5214 / 5414 / 6814 / 7014 * 2nd Aerial Platform: 2015 * 1st Hook Lift: 2017 / 3817 / 5023 / 5417 * Fire Boat: 2725 * Hazmat Support Unit: 2026 * Water Tanker: 5242 / 6142 * 2nd Hook Lift: 2047 * Incident Command Bus: 2090 * Incident Commander: Car20 / Car68 * Incident Command Unit: Car30 / Car40Pods
* Salvage (P01) * 1st Flat Bed (P02) * 1st Electricity Generator (P03) * Hazmat & Breathing Apparatus (P06) * General Purpose (P08) * Mass Decontamination System (P09) * Rehab (P11) * Heavy Rescue (P12) * Special Hazmat Support (P13) * 2nd Flat Bed (P32) * High Volume Hose (P33) * 2nd Electricity Generator (P34) * Toilet Facility (P35) * Urban Search & Rescue (P44) * Bulk Foam (BF) * Bulk Water Carrier (BWC) * Emergency Water Purification (EWP)Trailers
* Breathing Apparatus Compressor (BAC) * Bulk Foam (BF) * Portable Pump (PP)See also
*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 mater ...
*Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council
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 th ...
Notes
:Site co-located with theSA Ambulance Service
SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is a State Government agency under SA Health, that provides emergency ambulance transport, clinical care and non emergency patient transport services to over 1.5 million people, distributed across an area of 1,043,51 ...
References
Emergency services in South Australia Fire and rescue services of Australia 1981 establishments in Australia Government agencies of South Australia {{adelaide-stub