Fire services are well know around the world for the work that they do. However, it is easy to consider their role as simply fire fighting. Many fire services do much, much more than that. There is hazadous material (HAZAMAT), Rescue, Urban Search and Rescue, etc.  Added to the traditional view, there are also fire fighters in other agencies/sectors such as aviation, rail, parks, national parks, state forests and - in some cases - local government. In fact and regrettably, there are too many to list here. In Australia, volunteer fire fighters form the vast majority of our fire fighter numbers (male and female). So, even if you have a career in another field, you can still become a fire fighter and contribute to the community's resource pool for emergencies and disasters.

ACT Fire Brigades	South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service
ACT Rural Fire Service	South Australian Country Fire Service
Fire and Rescue NSW	Tasmania Fire Service
NSW Rural Fire Service	(Victorian) Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board
Queensland Fire and Rescue Service	Country Fire Authority Victoria
Queensland Rural Fire Service	(Victorian) Department of Sustainability and Environment
Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service	Fire and Emergency Service Authority of Western Australia

Fire Services

Emergency Service and Supporting Organisations

Disclaimer The mentioning of agencies or organisations below is in no way intended to suggest or otherwise infer the mentioned party endorses Code2 Australia Pty. Ltd., nor is it suggested they endorse any of the products we sell, nor is it intimated that they are connected or associated with this company. These listings simply provide link for referring our visitors to those agencies and, thus, hopefully encourage a visitor to support emergency service organisations or supporting agencies for the protection of the community through the All Agencies and the Prepared Community principles as two examples of the guiding concepts used in emergency management within Australia.

Even if you don't purchase our products or use our services, we hope you might consider joining a permanent or volunteer emergency service or an emergency management supporting organisation to assist others in times of need. If you are unable to join an organisation then please consider making a donation to a charitable subsidiary or an auxiliary. When making a donation always contact the organisation directly.

Australian Police Forces	State/Territorial Emergency Services	Marine Rescue Services
Ambulance and First Aid		Fire Services

Australian Police Forces

Australian Federal Police	South Australia
New South Wales	Tasmania
Northern Territory	Victoria
Queensland	Western Australia

All police forces in Australia perform a range of non-traditional policing and law enforcement roles in their duty to protect the community. Police are frequently the first to respond to emergencies and take on many tasks like evacuations, overall site management and, in some states, rescue services. In most cases, senior members of a police force are the controllers of emergency situations or are responsible for providing coordination of support to combat agencies. Members of the community will often turn to the police first for help and guidance during disasters.

State/Territorial Emergency Services

Australian Captial Territory	South Australia
New South Wales	Tasmania
Northern Territory	Western Australia
Queensland	Victoria

The State and Territorial Emergency Services consist of some permanent staff and thousands of volunteers who primarily respond to flood, storm and tsunami events. However, the range of involvement extends far beyond these events to include road, specialist and general rescue; search and rescue; and, other support services to a host of other agencies.

Marine Rescue NSW
	Volunteer Marine Rescue Western Australia

Marine Rescue Services (Let us know about your State's Unit)

Marine rescue services are often volunteers who support and supplement the permanent services, such as the Water Police of our various jurisdictions. If it was not for the permanent and volunteer members of several organisations, who patrol the beaches, waterways, coastlines and farther out in  the seas of our very large nation, it would be a certainty many more lives would be lost than there currently are and that far more property damage would occur than it currently does. And, still we need more of this type of rescue asset.

Pre-Hospital Casualty Care, Transport & Ancillary

ACT Ambulance Service	Ambulance Victoria
Ambulance Service of NSW	St John Ambulance - Western Australia
Queensland Ambulance Service	Royal Flying Doctor Service
St John Ambulance - Northern Territory	St John Ambulance Australia (First Aid and Ambulance Support)
South Australian Ambulance Service	Australian Red Cross (First Aid)
Tasmanian Ambulance Service	Chevra Hatzolah (First Responder - Sydney and Melbourne)

At some stage in someone's life, they would have had an involvement with an ambulance service. We really don't need to say much about this one. They are the most trusted profession. And, every single minute one of their members saves a life. You can't live without them.

Join or donate - either way, its a life.