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Australian fire services and authorities

A variety of services and agencies provide bushfire services across the Australian states and territories. All are members of The Australasian Fire Authorities Council, the national body representing urban, rural and land management agencies within Australia and New Zealand with a responsibility for the protection of life and property from fire and other emergencies.

Each of the following members of the council provide bushfire related services within their respective state or territory.

State and territory fire services

The Australian Capital Territory

• ACT Rural Fire Service
• ACT Fire Brigade
• ACT Emergency Services Agency

New South Wales

• New South Wales Rural Fire Service
• New South Wales Fire Brigades
• National Parks and Wildlife Service
• State Forests of New South Wales

Northern Territory

• Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service
• Bushfires Northern Territory

Queensland

• Department of Emergency Services
• Queensland Fire and Rescue Service
• Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
• Forestry Plantations Queensland

South Australia

• Country Fire Service
• Metropolitan Fire Service
• The Department of Environment and Heritage
• Forestry SA
• South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission (SAFECOM)

Tasmania

• Tasmanian Fire Service
• Parks and Wildlife Service
• Forestry Tasmania

Victoria

• Country Fire Authority
• Metropolitan Fire Brigade
• Department of Sustainability and Environment

Western Australia

• Department of Environment and Conservation (formerly The Department of Conservation and Land Management)
• Fire and Emergency Services Authority

Recent publications

• Bushfire arson prevention handbook
  03 May 2010
• Responding to bushfire arson
  17 December 2009
• Cost of bushfires
  08 December 2009
• The number of fires and who lights them
  26 November 2009
• Patterns in bushfire arson
  17 November 2009
• The changing meaning of arson in Australia
  05 November 2009
• Copycat or serial arson?
  21 October 2009
• Climate change and fire danger
  25 May 2009
• Australian juvenile arson intervention programs
  25 May 2009
• Using crime prevention to reduce deliberate bushfires in Australia
  01 February 2009
• Weekly patterns in bushfire ignitions
  28 October 2008
• Law enforcement levels and bushfire arson rates
  08 July 2008
• Comparison of the effectiveness of three community-based interventions targeting boys who set fires
  06 May 2008
• The connection between socioeconomic disadvantage and bushfire arson
  22 April 2008
• Proportion of deliberate bushfires in Australia
  06 March 2008

Recent events

• Collaborating for change: A symposium advancing bushfire arson prevention in Australia
  25 March 2010
• National workshop : focus on the arsonist and arson prevention
  25 February 1994