Tasmania Fire Service

Tasmania Fire Service
Operational area
CountryAustralia
StateTasmania
Agency overview
Established1 November 1979 (1979-11-01)
Employees350
Staffing5000 volunteers
Acting Chief OfficerJeremy Smith
Facilities and equipment
Brigades230
Trucks450 (2008)
Platforms3
WildlandSpecialty
Light and airSpecialty
Website
www.fire.tas.gov.au Edit this at Wikidata
A Tasmania Fire Service truck

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Established on 1 November 1979 as a result of enacting the Fire Service Act 1979, the TFS superseded the State Fire Authority, the Rural Fires Board and 22 urban fire brigades.

Callsigns

The Callsign system for the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) Is as follows

The first digit shows the category and the second shows how many of that category are in the brigade

e.g. Hobart 1.2 Is Hobart's second Heavy pumper

Callsign System
Callsign Type
0.* Car
1.* Heavy Pumper
2.* Medium Pumper
3.* Heavy Tanker
4.* Medium Tanker
5.* Light Tanker
6.* Hydraulic Platform
7.* GTV (General Transportation Vehicle)
8.* Misc/Special

See also

References

Further reading

  • (1977) Tasmanian Year Book Hobart, Tas. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Tasmanian Office. ISSN 0082-2116 pp. 566–567 Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting – for the old system details
  • (1982) Tasmanian Year Book Hobart, Tas. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Tasmanian Office. ISSN 0082-2116 pp. 437–438 Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting – for the new system
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