South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service
South Australian fire department
The South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) is the fire service for metropolitan and urban South Australia, as well as large townships. The Metropolitan Fire Service is constituted under the Fire and Emergency Services Act.
The MFS has 36 fire stations and over 1,000 personnel in Adelaide and across South Australia in major rural centres. It also has one marine vessel. The MFS has a series of responsibilities ranging from roadcrash rescue through to vertical rescue, confined space, land based swift water and urban search and rescue along with its key responsibility of firefighting. The MFS often work alongside other key stakeholders such as the State Emergency Service and the Country Fire Service, often with those agencies sharing stations. While the MFS is USAR qualified and maintains the USAR taskforce, the State Emergency Service makes up a key aspect of the USAR taskforce meaning if a USAR incident occurs they will be corresponded in order to make up the required numbers and resources to adequately attend the incident.
01History
The South Australian Fire Brigade was formed in 1862, following the passing of the Fire Brigades Act. In 1981 the service was renamed South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service when it became government funded.
02Fire Stations
Metropolitan Fire Stations
Regional Fire Stations
03Glossary/Callsigns
Appliances
- 1st Pumper: 201 / 301 / 321 / 331 / 401 / 451 / 501 / 511 / 601 / 611 / 631 / 641 / 661 / 671 / 701 / 711 / 721 / 731
- 2nd Pumper: 202 / 502 / 302
- CAPA (combined aerial pumper appliance): 203 / 243 / 303 / 433 / 523 / 543 / 703
- Technical Rescue: 204
- 1st Aerial Platform: 205
- Hazmat & Breathing Apparatus: 206
- Hazmat Support Unit: 2026
- Pumper, Hazmat: 217 / 257 / 377 / 417
- 4WD Pumper: 528 / 618 / 628
- Urban Rural Pumper: 5424 / 6824 / 7024
- Pumper, Rescue: 229 / 249 / 289 / 319 / 329 / 339 / 359 / 369 / 409 / 429 / 439 / 449 / 469 / 509 / 519 / 529 / 549 / 559 / 609 / 629 / 709 / 719 / 729 / 739
- Grass Fire Unit: 5014 / 5114 / 5214 / 5414 / 5514 / 6014 / 6114 / 7314
- 2nd Aerial Platform: 2015
- 1st Hook Lift: HOOKLIFT01 (20) / 3817 / 5023
- 2nd Hook Lift: HOOKLIFT02 (20)
- 3rd Hook Lift: HOOKLIFT03 (20)
- Fire Boat: 2725
- Bulk Water Carrier: 5242 / 6142
- Incident Command Bus: 2090
- Incident Commander: Car20 / Car68
- Incident Command Unit: Car30 / Car40
Pods
- Salvage (P01)
- 1st Flat Bed (P02)
- 1st Electricity Generator (P03)
- Hazmat & Breathing Apparatus (P06)
- General Purpose (P08)
- Mass Decontamination System (P09)
- Rehab (P11)
- Heavy Rescue (P12)
- Special Hazmat Support (P13)
- 2nd Flat Bed (P32)
- High Volume Hose (P33)
- 2nd Electricity Generator (P34)
- Toilet Facility (P35)
- Urban Search & Rescue (P44)
- Bulk Foam (BF)
- Bulk Water Carrier (BWC)
- Emergency Water Purification (EWP)
Trailers
- Breathing Apparatus Compressor (BAC)
- Bulk Foam (BF)
- Portable Pump (PP)
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service logo.svg by Unknown author, Fair use
- Shiny Red Fire Engine.jpg by Michael Coghlan, CC BY-SA 2.0
- OIC adelaide fire trucks on north tce.jpg by User:JimOwensPMP, CC BY 3.0
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