[Australia & New Zealand]: Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council

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Overview​

The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) is the Australian and New Zealand national council for fire and emergency services. AFAC is an independent, member-based organisation dedicated to achieving connected and capable emergency management in Australia and New Zealand. AFAC National Council comprises member organisations spanning fire, emergency service and land management organisations, who lead a paid and volunteer workforce of more than 288,000 people, supporting communities to be safer and more resilient. AFAC also delivers services to, and on behalf of, emergency management organisations in Australia and New Zealand. AFAC also works in partnership with the Australian and New Zealand Governments and other domestic and international organisations supporting response, risk reduction and community resilience.

National Council

Full Members​

Crest:	Organisation:	Jurisdiction:
	New South Wales Rural Fire Service	New South Wales
	Country Fire Authority	Victoria
	Queensland Fire and Emergency Services	Queensland
	Department of Fire and Emergency Services	Western Australia
	South Australian Country Fire Service	South Australia
	New South Wales State Emergency Service	New South Wales
	Victoria State Emergency Service	Victoria
	South Australian State Emergency Service	South Australia
	Fire and Emergency New Zealand	New Zealand
	New South Wales Fire and Rescue	New South Wales
	Tasmania Fire Service	Tasmania
	Fire Rescue Victoria	Victoria
	South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service	South Australia
	Tasmania State Emergency Service	Tasmania
	Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency	Australian Capital Territory
	Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service	Northern Territory
	Bushfires NT	Northern Territory
	Northern Territory Emergency Service	Northern Territory
	New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service	New South Wales
	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service	Queensland
	Department of Conservation New Zealand	New Zealand
	Parks Victoria	Victoria
	Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia	Western Australia
	South Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service	South Australia
	Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service	Tasmania
	Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation Service	Australian Capital Territory
	Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory	Northern Territory
	Parks Australia	National
	Forestry Corporation of New South Wales	New South Wales
	Forest Fire Management Victoria	Victoria
	South Australian Forestry Corporation	South Australia
	Forest Products Commission	Western Australia
	Sustainable Timber Tasmania	Tasmania
	Australian Maritime Safety Authority	National
	National Emergency Management Agency	National
	National Emergency Management Agency New Zealand	New Zealand
	Emergency Management Victoria	Victoria
	South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission	South Australia
	Civil Aviation Safety Authority	National

Affiliate Members​

Crest:	Organisation:	Jurisdiction:
	Australian Red Cross	National
	Bureau of Meteorology	National
	Geoscience Australia	National
	Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia	National
	Pacific Islands Emergency Management Alliance	Pacific Island Nations
	Volunteer Rescue Association	New South Wales
	Surf Life Saving Australia	National
	Australasian Rescue Organisation	National New Zealand

National Aerial Firefighting Centre

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Overview​

The National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) is a business unit of AFAC: the National Council for fire and emergency services in Australia and New Zealand. AFAC is a not-for-profit membership organisation supporting the sector to create safer, more resilient communities, and driving national consistency through collaboration, innovation and partnerships. NAFC activities are governed by the NAFC Strategic Committee, a sub-committee of the AFAC Board. The Committee contains executive representation from each of the states and territories, ensuring better utilisation of specialised, highly mobile aerial firefighting resources, through national collaboration and cooperation.

Fleet​

Type:	Amount:	Contributing Agencies:	Image:
Air Tractor AT-802	73	New South Wales Rural Fire Service Victoria State Aircraft Unit Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services Aviation Services Western Australia Parks and Wildlife Service South Australian Country Fire Service Tasmania Fire Service Bushfires NT
Air Tractor AT-802F Fire Boss	9	New South Wales Rural Fire Service Victoria State Aircraft Unit Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Tasmania Fire Service
Boeing 737 Air Tanker	1	New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	4	New South Wales Rural Fire Service Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services Aviation Services
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400AT	3	Victoria State Aircraft Unit Queensland Fire and Rescue Service
British Aerospace 146	1	New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Cessna Citation V	2	New South Wales Rural Fire Service
PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader	2	Victoria State Aircraft Unit
Boeing CH-47D Chinook	1	New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel	33	New South Wales Rural Fire Service New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service Victoria State Aircraft Unit Queensland Fire and Rescue Service South Australian Country Fire Service Tasmania Fire Service ACT Rural Fire Service Bushfires NT
Eurocopter AS355 Squirrel 2	8	Victoria State Aircraft Unit Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services Aviation Services Tasmania Fire Service
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin	2	Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services Aviation Services
Bell 412	12	New South Wales Rural Fire Service Victoria State Aircraft Unit ACT Rural Fire Service
Bell 214	17	New South Wales Rural Fire Service Victoria State Aircraft Unit Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services Aviation Services Tasmania Fire Service
Bell 212	3	Victoria State Aircraft Unit
Bell 204	1	New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk	14	New South Wales Rural Fire Service Victoria State Aircraft Unit Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services Aviation Services South Australian Country Fire Service
Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane	2	Victoria State Aircraft Unit
Sikorsky S-61N	1	Victoria State Aircraft Unit
Eurocopter EC130	1	Queensland Fire and Rescue Service
Eurocopter EC135	3	Victoria State Aircraft Unit South Australian Country Fire Service
Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma	1	Victoria State Aircraft Unit
Aero Commander 500-S	7	Victoria State Aircraft Unit Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Tasmania Fire Service
Cessna 208 Caravan	7	New South Wales Rural Fire Service New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service Victoria State Aircraft Unit South Australian Country Fire Service
Cessna 377G Super Skymaster	1	Victoria State Aircraft Unit
MBB/Kawasaki BK 117	3	New South Wales Rural Fire Service Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
American Champion 8GCBC Scout	10	Western Australia Parks and Wildlife Service
Beechcraft King Air 200	2	Victoria State Aircraft Unit Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services Aviation Services
Beechcraft Super King Air 350	1	New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Pilatus PC-12	1	Victoria State Aircraft Unit
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander	1	Victoria State Aircraft Unit

National Resource Sharing Centre

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Overview​

The AFAC National Resource Sharing Centre (NRSC) coordinates and facilitates international and interstate deployments through its established partnerships and national arrangements as authorised by the Commissioners and Chief Officers Strategic Committee. The AFAC NRSC is recognised as an enabler of national capability for fire and emergency services. The AFAC NRSC enhances the efficiency of resource deployments to an interstate or international natural hazard emergency event. Through its creation of partnerships and agreements, national resourcing capability is deployable through a collaborative operating model.

Domestic Deployments​

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International Deployments​

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Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience

Overview​

The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) is the National Institute for disaster risk reduction and resilience. We collaborate across sectors to strengthen the resilience of Australian communities to disasters. AIDR creates, grows, and supports a range of networks; provides opportunities for learning, development, and innovation; shares knowledge and resources to enable informed decision making and action; and facilitates thought leadership through national conversations. AIDR contributes to a more disaster resilient Australia through four key influencing strategies that encapsulate AIDR’s work: Actively supporting, growing and sustaining a range of networks across sectors and jurisdictions Enabling those with a role in disaster risk reduction and resilience to come together to learn, develop and innovate Collecting, developing, curating and sharing knowledge to educate and promote good practice in disaster risk reduction and resilience Providing a central focus point for national thought leadership on disaster risk reduction and resilience

Emergency Management Professionalisation Scheme

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Overview​

The AFAC Emergency Management Professionalisation Scheme (EMPS) exists to advance the cause of professionalisation in the practice of emergency management in Australia and New Zealand. ‘Professional’ and ‘Professionalisation’ refer to the technical and ethical standards of practice that we set for ourselves: professionalisation is open to everyone regardless of whether they are paid or volunteer, and regardless of the particular emergency management function they undertake AFAC EMPS is supported by AFAC, the National Council for fire and emergency services in Australasia. As such, the professional standards used by the scheme are approved by AFAC and represent a national consensus on the training and experience that emergency management practitioners should demonstrate in order to be considered proficient (at registered level) or expert (at certified level) in their roles.