# South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service

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.

## History

The South Australian Fire Brigade was formed in 1882, following the passing of the Fire Brigades Act. In 1981 the service was renamed South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service when it became government funded.

## Fire Stations
### Metropolitan Fire Stations

| Station | Location | Appliances |
| 20 | Adelaide | 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 2015, 2017, 2026, 2047, 2090, Car20, pods: P01, P02, P03, P06, P08, P09, P11, P12, P13, P32, P33, BF, BWC |
| 21 | Beulah Park | 217 |
| 22 | Paradise | 229 |
| 24 | Woodville | 243, 249 |
| 25 | Port Adelaide | 257 |
| 27 | Marine | 2725,2714 |
| 28 | Largs North | 289 |
| 30 | Oakden | 301, 303 |
| 31 | Golden Grove | 319 |
| 32 | Salisbury | 321, 329, Car30 |
| 33 | Elizabeth | 331, 339 |
| 35 | Gawler | 359 |
| 36 | Angle Park | 369 |
| 37 | Prospect | 377 |
| 38 | Angle Park/USAR | 3817, pods: P34, P35, P44, BWC, EWP |
| 40 | St Mary's | 401, 409 |
| 41 | Camden Park | 417 |
| 42 | O'Halloran Hill | 429 |
| 43 | Noarlunga | 433, 439, Car 40 |
| 44 | Glen Osmond | 449 |
| 45 | Brooklyn Park | 451 |
| 46 | Seaford | 469 |

### Regional Fire Stations

| Station | Location | Region | Appliances |
| 50 | Port Pirie | Yorke and Mid North | 501, 502, 509, 5014, 5023 |
| 51 | Port Augusta | Far North and Eyre | 518, 519, 5114 |
| 52 | Whyalla | Far North and Eyre | 523, 528, 529, 5214, 5242 |
| 54 | Port Lincoln | Far North and Eyre | 5414, 5424, 543, 5442, 549 |
| 55 | Peterborough | Far North and Eyre | 5514, 559 |
| 60 | Berri | Riverland and Central | 601, 609, 6014, trailers: BAC, BF |
| 61 | Renmark | Riverland and Central | 611, 618, 6114, 6142, trailer: PP |
| 62 | Loxton | Riverland and Central | 6214, 628, 629, trailer: PP |
| 63 | Tanunda | Riverland and Central | 631 |
| 64 | Kapunda | Riverland and Central | 641 |
| 66 | Kadina | Yorke and Mid North | 661 |
| 67 | Wallaroo | Yorke and Mid North | 671 |
| 68 | Moonta | Yorke and Mid North | 681, 6814 |
| 70 | Mount Gambier | Limestone Coast | 701, 703, 709, 7014 |
| 71 | Victor Harbour | Limestone Coast | 711, 719 |
| 72 | Murray Bridge | Limestone Coast | 721, 729 |
| 73 | Mount Barker | Limestone Coast | 731, 739, 7314 |

## Glossary/Callsigns
### Appliances

* 1st Pumper: 201 / 301 / 321 / 331 / 401 / 451 / 501 / 511 / 601 / 631 / 641 / 661 / 671 / 681 / 701 / 711 / 721
* 2nd Pumper: 202 / 502
* CAPA (combined aerial pumper appliance): 203 / 243 / 303 / 433 / 523 / 543 / 703
* Technical Rescue: 204
* 1st Aerial Platform: 205
* Hazmat & Breathing Apparatus: 206
* Pumper – Hazmat: 217 / 257 / 377 / 417
* 4WD Pumper: 528 / 618 / 628
* Urban Rural Pumper: 5424
* Pumper – Rescue: 229 / 249 / 289 / 319 / 329 / 339 / 359 / 369 / 409 / 429 / 439 / 449 / 469 / 509 / 519 / 529 / 549 / 559 / 609 / 619 / 709 / 719 / 729
* Regional Operations Support Appliance: 5014 / 5114 / 5214 / 5414 / 5514 / 6014 / 6114 / 6814 / 7014 / 7314
* 2nd Aerial Platform: 2015
* 1st Hook Lift: 2017 / 3817 / 5023
* Fire Boat: 2725
* Hazmat Support Unit: 2026
* Bulk Water Carrier: 5242 / 6142
* 2nd Hook Lift: 2047
* 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)