There are calls for Queensland to return to having a standalone independent rural fire service as exists in other states.
Members of Rural Fire Brigades Queensland voted unanimously at the association’s general meeting last month for the Queensland Government to re-instate a fully independent, standalone Rural Fire Service in Queensland, and for the body to have its own separate legislation and budget and to report directly to the Minister.
In other States rural fire services are standalone agencies, such as the NSW Rural Fire Service and Country Fire Authority in Victoria.
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