ACT Fire and Rescue
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 ACT Fire Brigade Emblem | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1913[1] |
| Jurisdiction | Government of the Australian Capital Territory |
| Employees | 330 |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | ACT Emergency Services Agency |
| Website | www.esa.act.gov.au/actfr |
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).
By 2011 the ACT Fire and Rescue maintained nine stations with more than 330 staff operating 34 apparatus.[2]
Fire Stations/Apparatus
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| 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)
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Heavy Rescue Pumper - B4 -
Scania P320 Heavy Pumper -
Scania appliance with a Rosenbauer Hydraulic Platform -
Hino Heavy Tankers -
Volvo FM9 CAFS Tanker - C70 -
Scania P 380 Pod truck -
HazMat Response
See also
[edit]- Australian Capital Territory Rural Fire Service
- Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency
References
[edit]- ^ "ACT Fire Brigade - History". Retrieved 3 April 2005.
- ^ "History". ACT Emergency Services Agency. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
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