Tasmania Fire Service

Operational area
Country| Australia
State| Tasmania
Agency overview
Established| 1 November 1979 (1979-11-01)
Employees| 350
Staffing| 5000 volunteers
Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner| Jeremy Smith
Facilities and equipment
Brigades| 230
Trucks| 450 (2008)
Platforms| 3
Wildland| Specialty
Light and air| Specialty
Website
www.fire.tas.gov.au
A Tasmania Fire Service truck

The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) is the Tasmanian Government agency responsible for fire suppression and control for the state of Tasmania and its surrounding islands.

Established on 1 November 1979 as a result of enacting the Fire Service Act 1979, the TFS superseded the State Fire Authority, the Rural Fires Board and 22 urban fire brigades.

## Callsigns

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The Callsign system for the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) Is as follows

The first digit shows the category and the second shows how many of that category are in the brigade

e.g. Hobart 1.2 Is Hobart's second Heavy pumper

Callsign System  Callsign  | Type

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0.*  | Car
1.*  | Heavy Pumper
2.*  | Medium Pumper
3.*  | Heavy Tanker
4.*  | Medium Tanker
5.*  | Light Tanker
6.*  | Hydraulic Platform
7.*  | GTV (General Transportation Vehicle)
8.*  | Misc/Special

## See also

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* Australia portal

* Bushfires in Australia
* Firefighting
* Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council

## References

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## Further reading

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* (1977) Tasmanian Year Book Hobart, Tas. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Tasmanian Office. ISSN 0082-2116 pp. 566–567 Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting – for the old system details
* (1982) Tasmanian Year Book Hobart, Tas. Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Tasmanian Office. ISSN 0082-2116 pp. 437–438 Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting – for the new system

## External links

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South Australia|

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Tasmania|

* Tasmania Fire Service

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