Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council

The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council , or AFAC, is the peak body responsible for representing fire, emergency services and land management agencies in the Australasian region. It was formed in 1993 and has 34 full members and 13 affiliate members.^[1]

Members

AFAC Members are drawn from every state and territory in Australia and New Zealand and from around the Pacific. Full members for the AFAC council and Affiliate members still have access to the support and knowledge network of AFAC without holding a seat on the AFAC council. The current member list is as follows:^[2]

Full Members (AFAC Council)

Affiliate Members

Australia (National): Airservices Australia Australian Capital Territory: ACT Emergency Services Agency ACT Parks and Conservation Service New South Wales: Fire and Rescue NSW Forests NSW NSW Rural Fire Service NSW State Emergency Service Office of Environment and Heritage (New South Wales) New Zealand (National): National Rural Fire Authority - New Zealand New Zealand Fire Service Northern Territory: Bushfires NT [3] Northern Territory Emergency Service Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service Queensland: Department of Environment and Resource Management Emergency Management Queensland Queensland Fire and Emergency Services South Australia: Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources South Australian Forestry Corporation (trading as Forestry SA) South Australian Country Fire Service South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service South Australian State Emergency Service Tasmania: Forestry Tasmania Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service State Emergency Service Tasmania Tasmania Fire Service Victoria: Country Fire Authority Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board Parks Victoria Victoria State Emergency Service Western Australia: Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia) DFES State Emergency Service Department of Fire and Emergency Services

Attorney-General's Department (Australia) Australasian Road Rescue Organisation (ARRO) Bureau of Meteorology CSIRO Forestry & Forest Products Department of Conservation (New Zealand) EMQUAL Forestry Plantations Queensland Hong Kong Fire Services Department Melbourne Water Office of the Fire Services Commissioner Victoria Pacific Islands Fire Service Association (PIFSA) Papua New Guinea Fire Service South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission (SAFECOM)

AFAC Knowledge Web

'The AFAC Knowledge Web was an initiative born out of the Bushfire CRC's Fire Knowledge Network project. That project aimed to bring together the broad spectrum of research, both within the CRC and from researchers in other organisations, together with local knowledge, and lessons from history.

A joint partnership between the Bushfire CRC and AFAC, this concept was expanded to draw in the operational knowledge of fire, land management and emergency service organisations in Australia and New Zealand, creating an online source of knowledge and sharing for the industry.'^[4]

It was launched on 1 September 2008 at the Annual AFAC Bushfire CRC Conference.

Members of the public are able to access a wide range of content such as research reports, case studies and AFAC news articles. Membership of the Knowledge Web is currently only open to volunteers and staff of AFAC member agencies and key research partners.

References

1. AFAC Homepage
2. AFAC Website - Who we are Archived July 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
3. http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/bushfires#.VFTdGue9KSM
4. About the Knowledge Web Archived September 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• AFAC Official site
• AFAC Knowledge Web
• Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre