page_title: Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
section_title: Organisation
hierarchical_section_title: Queensland Fire and Emergency Services / Organisation
caption_attribution_description: English: Fire engines of Queensland 2014
context_page_description: The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services is the primary provider of fire and emergency services in Queensland. The QFES was established in 2013 to improve the coordination and planning of emergency services, adopting an "all hazards" approach to emergency management.
  QFES headquarters are located in the Emergency Services Complex Kedron, Brisbane.
  The Department of Community Safety formally had joint coordination control until a merger in 2014.
  Queensland Fire and Rescue Service 2014 – Current Queensland Fire and Rescue Authority1997–2001 and Queensland Fire Service 1990–1997.
  Rural Fire Service 1927 – Current
  Queensland State Emergency Service 1974 – Current, Civil Defense Organisation 1961 – 1973
  The 20,200 QFES personnel are 2,200 full-time professional firefighters and 2,000 on call auxiliary Firefighters, 9,000 Rural Fire Service volunteers and 6,000 State Emergency Service volunteers. QFES front-line operations is supported by a number of non-operational administration staff throughout the State.
  The minister responsible is the Honourable Craig Crawford, Minister for Fire and Emergency Services.
context_section_description: The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service professional Firefighters ensure a balance between the reduction of risk and enhancement of community resilience, whilst providing effective response and recovery capabilities in the primary hazard response areas of: fire and explosion; accident; rescue; environmental and imminent or declared disaster.
  The Queensland Fire and Emergency Services provides specialist personnel with the skills and ability to provide combat support services for: land, marine, air and urban search and rescue; crime scene and forensic searches; missing person searches; animal disease outbreaks and communications.
  Queensland Fire and Rescue Service
  The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service is made up of approximately 2200 professional and 2000 Auxiliary (part-time) firefighters that are responsible for responding to almost every emergency. They are highly trained and work in a command structure with high standards to ensure safety. They have a proud history of protecting all Queenslanders and are highly valued by the community. They look after Queensland's Assets and population. To become a professional Firefighter involves a rigorous selection process, after which successful candidates undertake a four-month recruitment course. They then go on to partake in many years of intense study and training in all disciplines of rescue, wildfires, structural fires and major emergencies.
caption: Ladder truck
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