Function Term:
State security and emergency services
Function Number:
Function Description:
The maintenance of the safety of Tasmania at all levels of society. This function covers the emergency services of fire fighting, search and rescue and the management of disasters and issues of state security. See HEALTH CARE for ambulance services and MARITIME SERVICES for search and rescue involving the sea.
Agencies Performing Function:
| Hobart Fire Brigade Board (TA65) | 18 Mar 1884 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Launceston Fire Brigade Board (TA1651) | 21 Mar 1884 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Devonport Fire Brigade Board (TA1652) | 01 Jan 1901 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Gormanston Fire Brigade Board (TA1653) | 01 Jan 1902 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Latrobe Fire Brigade Board (TA1654) | 16 Nov 1904 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Ulverstone Fire Brigade Board (TA1655) | 01 Jan 1909 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Royal Commission Into the North Lyell Mine Disaster (TA717) | 01 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1913 |
| Wynyard Fire Brigade Board (TA1656) | 08 Jul 1914 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Oatlands Fire Brigade Board (TA1657) | 17 Nov 1925 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Longford Fire Brigade Board (TA1658) | 01 Jan 1934 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Sheffield Fire Brigade Board (TA1659) | 26 Nov 1935 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Civil Defence Legion (TA206) | 01 Jan 1939 | 31 Dec 1945 |
| Fire Brigades Commission (TA391) | 28 Nov 1945 | 21 Nov 1977 |
| Rural Fires Board (TA1020) | 04 Apr 1951 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Stanley Fire Brigade Board (TA1661) | 01 Jan 1954 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Somerset Fire Brigade Board (TA1660) | 01 Oct 1964 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| State Executive Committee (Emergency Fire Relief) (TA143) | 01 Jan 1967 | 31 Dec 1967 |
| Committee of Enquiry Into 1967 Bushfires (TA264) | 01 Jun 1967 | 31 Aug 1967 |
| Cressy Fire Brigade Board (TA1662) | 30 Jun 1970 | 30 Jun 1979 |
| Office of the Minister for Emergency Services (TA399) | 31 Mar 1975 |
| Derwent Rural Fires Board (TA1663) | 31 Jan 1976 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| State Emergency Services (TA1492) | 01 Jul 1976 |
| State Fire Authority (TA1650) | 21 Nov 1977 | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Tasmania Fire Service (TA917) | 01 Nov 1979 |
| Department of Police and Emergency Services (TA904) | 17 Jul 1989 | 25 Mar 1992 |
| Department of Police and Public Safety (TA1565) | 27 Mar 1996 | 05 Apr 2006 |
| State Security Unit (TA1715) | 01 May 2003 |
| Department of Police and Emergency Management (TA1707) | 05 Apr 2006 |
| Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management (TA2152) | 01 Jul 2016 |