Queensland Fire Department

On 1 November 2013, the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service merged with Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) and the Corporate Services Division of the Department of Community Safety to become the QFES, encompassing Queensland Fire and Rescue Service, parts of the State Emergency Service, Emergency Management and the Rural Fire Service. In October 2022, following a review by the honourable Minister Mark Ryan, it was decided QFES would be dissolved in June 2024. The Queensland Fire and Emergency Service would become the Queensland Fire Department, with Queensland Fire and Rescue and the Rural Fire Service as part of its structure, and a new central headquarters for the QFD. On Monday 3 June 2024, the State Emergency Service (SES) was moved to the Queensland Police Service; along with the Volunteer Marine Rescue and the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Queensland, becoming part of the new Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ). The QFD headquarters will be located at 240 Sandgate Road, Albion, Brisbane, with a 2025 opening date. ==Organisation==

QFD is an organisation which provides fire and rescue services within the state of Queensland. Queensland Fire and Rescue (QFR) is the primary agency, and covers the cities and urban regions. Rural Fire Service Queensland (RFSQ) is comprised largely of volunteers, and provides bushfire response outside the main population centres. QFR stations are located in cities and regional towns and their primary duty is responding to fires and rescues requiring specialist equipment utilised by QFR. Other primary duties of QFR firefighters are to respond to hazardous materials, technical rescues, and interagency requests for assistance. Rural Fire Service • Rural Fire Board 1927–1931 • Rural Fire Board 1948–1990 • Rural Fire Service Queensland 1990–present The first Rural Fire Board was established in 1927 with the Rural Fires Act of 1927 (Qld), and suspended in 1931 due to the Great Depression. The boards were re-established in 1948, and merged with the Department of Emergency Services in 1990, becoming the Rural Fire Service (RFS). In 2014, the RFS was incorporated into QFES. == References ==