Queensland Consolidated Acts

FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE ACT 1990 - SECT 8B

The functions of the service are--

(a) to protect persons, property and the environment from fire and hazardous materials emergencies; and

(b) to protect persons trapped in a vehicle or building or otherwise endangered, to the extent that the service's personnel and equipment can reasonably be deployed or used for the purpose; and

(c) to provide an advisory service, and undertake other measures, to promote--

(i) fire prevention and fire control; and

(ii) safety and other procedures if a fire or hazardous materials emergency happens; and

(d) to cooperate with any entity that provides an emergency service; and

(e) to perform other functions given to the service under this Act or another Act; and

(f) to perform functions incidental to its other functions; and

(g) to identify and market products and services incidental to its functions.