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Tasmania Fire Service

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Tasmania Fire Service
Operational area
CountryAustralia
StateTasmania
Agency overview
Established1 November 1979 (1979-11-01)
Employees350
Staffing3500 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Established on 1 November 1979 as a result of enacting the Fire Service Act 1979, the TFS superseded the State Fire Authority, the Rural Fires Board and 22 urban fire brigades.

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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