web.acma.gov.au/rrl/register_search.main_page - register of radio telecommunications license - similar to USA FCC ULS - 2/5/2025
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/should-112-replace-triple-0-for-emergencies/story-e6frg15u-1225940451549 - 112 versus 000 - October 2010
http://g.co/maps/rrct - Google map shows location of 2009 wildfires
https://sites.google.com/site/australiavideosmisc/home - misc videos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Australia
list of misc fire services here
https://twitter.com/natalietran
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Public Safety Agencies in Australia - written by zerg90 - 2/5/2025
based on limited info from 12,000 miles away
most public safety agencies in australia are coordinated at the 'state' level
australia only has 5 states ish - north - south - west - new south wales - victoria - iirc thats the whole show right there
most states seem to have :
a statewide police agency
plus a statewide ambulance agency (mixture fulltime and on call / volunteer)
plus a statewide volunteer fire agency
plus a paid fire agency that covers the major cities and suburbs (with fulltime and paid on call staff)
plus a statewide volunteer 'state emergency service' that handles road crashes and flooding and inland SAR and fallen trees
in addition - wildfire units are operated by watershed agencies and state forestry and state parks
there are a few military bases that have their own police and fire etc
the private fire brigades at industrial sites seem to be in very rural areas and play closely with the statewide volunteer fire agencies
various names are used - cfa - cfs - mfs - frv - etc - it varies by state - such as country fire service (cfs) and county fire authority (CFA) etc - this is where the marketing people rear their ugly heads
each state might have just 1 or 2 dispatch centers for each agency - its kinda crazy - 500 fire stations controlled by 1 dispatch center - its easy with a good cad and a good paging system and a good radio system - they make it work somehow - not sure how fast it works however - 000 is the nationwide emergency number for all emergency services - apparently most volunteer firefighters have pagers - same for SES members
the statewide volunteer fire agencys use 'tankers' - the unusual looking pumpers with 700 gallon of water and ?2? scba each - the city FDs use urban pumpers which are similar to USA pumpers but they also have booster lines for attack (hard rubber hoses) - not sure if any of the vol FFs have bunker gear or just jumpsuits
there is a nationwide coordinating center for wildfire aircraft which has maybe 100 aircraft of some sort - maybe all CWN - the individual state also have their arrangements for providing wildfire aircraft (a mixture of dedicated and call when needed aircraft) - wildfire season is september thru march ish because they are in the southern hemisphere