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Our department
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olunteerism Strategy
Discussion Paper : 2017
With a workforce of more than 48,000 paid and volunteer personnel,
QFES supports the community to protect people, property and the
environment through the delivery of emergency services, awareness
programs, response capability and capacity (preparedness), and
incident response and recovery to build a safer Queensland.
Operationally, QFES is comprised of approximately 2200 firefighters, 2000 auxiliary
personnel, 6000 State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers, 36,000 Rural Fire Service
volunteers (RFS), a volunteer Research and Scientific Branch network and Technical
Rescue Unit volunteers, all of whom are supported in their frontline endeavours by
our corporate staff. This makes QFES one of the largest volunteering organisations
in Queensland – a title we are very proud of.
QFES also has strong connections and partnerships with other emergency service
providers and, through a number of service agreements, supports a range of other
emergency response volunteer organisations and agencies.
These include Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ), the Royal Life Saving Society
Queensland (RLSSQ), the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association (AVCGA),
the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association Queensland (VMRAQ) and the Police
Citizens Youth Clubs Queensland (PCYC) Emergency Services Cadets.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services