The South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) is the fire service for metropolitan and urban South Australia, as well as large townships. The Metropolitan Fire Service is constituted under the Fire and Emergency Services Act.

The MFS has 36 fire stations and over 1,000 personnel in Adelaide and across South Australia in major rural centres. It also has one marine vessel. The MFS has a series of responsibilities ranging from roadcrash rescue through to vertical rescue, confined space, land based swift water and urban search and rescue along with its key responsibility of firefighting. The MFS often work alongside other key stakeholders such as the State Emergency Service and the Country Fire Service, often with those agencies sharing stations. While the MFS is USAR qualified and maintains the USAR taskforce, the State Emergency Service makes up a key aspect of the USAR taskforce meaning if a USAR incident occurs they will be corresponded in order to make up the required numbers and resources to adequately attend the incident.

History The South Australian Fire Brigade was formed in 1862, following the passing of the Fire Brigades Act. In 1981 the service was renamed South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service when it became government funded.

Fire Stations Metropolitan Fire Stations

Station Location Appliances 20 Adelaide 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 2015, 2017, 2026, 2047, 2090, Car20, pods: P01, P02, P03, P06, P08, P09, P11, P12, P13, P32, P33, BF, BWC 21 Beulah Park 217 22 Paradise 229 24 Woodville 243, 249 25 Port Adelaide 257 27 Marine 2725,2714 28 Largs North 289 30 Oakden 301, 303 31 Golden Grove 319 32 Salisbury 321, 329, Car30 33 Elizabeth 331, 339 35 Gawler 359 36 Angle Park 369 37 Prospect 377 38 Angle Park/USAR 3817, pods: P34, P35, P44, BWC, EWP 40 St Mary's 401, 409 41 Camden Park 417 42 O'Halloran Hill 429 43 Noarlunga 433, 439, Car 40 44 Glen Osmond 449 45 Brooklyn Park 451 46 Seaford 469

Regional Fire Stations

Station Location Region Appliances 50 Port Pirie Yorke and Mid North 501, 502, 509, 5014, 5023 51 Port Augusta Far North and Eyre 518, 519, 5114 52 Whyalla Far North and Eyre 523, 528, 529, 5214, 5242 54 Port Lincoln Far North and Eyre 5414, 5424, 543, 5442, 549 55 Peterborough Far North and Eyre 5514, 559 60 Berri Riverland and Central 601, 609, 6014, trailers: BAC, BF 61 Renmark Riverland and Central 611, 618, 6114, 6142, trailer: PP 62 Loxton Riverland and Central 6214, 628, 629, trailer: PP 63 Tanunda Riverland and Central 631 64 Kapunda Riverland and Central 641 66 Kadina Yorke and Mid North 661 67 Wallaroo Yorke and Mid North 671 68 Moonta Yorke and Mid North 681, 6814 70 Mount Gambier Limestone Coast 701, 703, 709, 7024 71 Victor Harbour Limestone Coast 711, 719 72 Murray Bridge Limestone Coast 721, 729 73 Mount Barker Limestone Coast 731, 739, 7314

Glossary/Callsigns

Appliances 1st Pumper: 201 / 301 / 321 / 331 / 401 / 451 / 501 / 511 / 601 / 611 / 631 / 641 / 661 / 671 / 701 / 711 / 721 / 731 2nd Pumper: 202 / 502 / 302 CAPA (combined aerial pumper appliance): 203 / 243 / 303 / 433 / 523 / 543 / 703 Technical Rescue: 204 1st Aerial Platform: 205 Hazmat & Breathing Apparatus: 206 Hazmat Support Unit: 2026 Pumper – Hazmat: 217 / 257 / 377 / 417 4WD Pumper: 528 / 618 / 628 Urban Rural Pumper: 5424 / 6824 / 7024 Pumper – Rescue: 229 / 249 / 289 / 319 / 329 / 339 / 359 / 369 / 409 / 429 / 439 / 449 / 469 / 509 / 519 / 529 / 549 / 559 / 609 / 629 / 709 / 719 / 729 / 739 Grass Fire Unit: 5014 / 5114 / 5214 / 5414 / 5514 / 6014 / 6114 / 7314 2nd Aerial Platform: 2015 1st Hook Lift: HOOKLIFT01 (20) / 3817 / 5023 2nd Hook Lift: HOOKLIFT02 (20) 3rd Hook Lift: HOOKLIFT03 (20) Fire Boat: 2725 Bulk Water Carrier: 5242 / 6142 Incident Command Bus: 2090 Incident Commander: Car20 / Car68 Incident Command Unit: Car30 / Car40

Pods

Salvage (P01) 1st Flat Bed (P02) 1st Electricity Generator (P03) Hazmat & Breathing Apparatus (P06) General Purpose (P08) Mass Decontamination System (P09) Rehab (P11) Heavy Rescue (P12) Special Hazmat Support (P13) 2nd Flat Bed (P32) High Volume Hose (P33) 2nd Electricity Generator (P34) Toilet Facility (P35) Urban Search & Rescue (P44) Bulk Foam (BF) Bulk Water Carrier (BWC) Emergency Water Purification (EWP)

Trailers

Breathing Apparatus Compressor (BAC) Bulk Foam (BF) Portable Pump (PP)

See also

South Australian Country Fire Service National Council for Fire & Emergency Services

References