The Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (FESA) is a statutory government authority created in January 1999 to administer the following legislation within the state of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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• Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998
• Fire Brigades Act 1942
• Bush Fires Act 1954
• Emergency Services Levy Act 2002
• Emergency Management Act 2005

This is effected through the management of the following services:

• The Fire and Rescue Service
• The Bush Fire Service
• The State Emergency Service
  State Emergency Service
  A State Emergency Service is an Australian volunteer organisation that provides emergency help during and after declared disasters. The SES is also the primary or secondary agency for emergencies, such as storm damage,flood damage, building damage, traffic hazards and road crash rescue...
  
  
• Volunteer Marine Rescue Services
• Emergency Management Services
• Community Safety Services

Fire and Rescue Service of Western Australia

The inaugural meeting of the Fire Brigades' Board was held on 16 January 1899. This later led to the establishment of the Western Australian Fire Brigades' Board in 1909. WA Fire Brigades updated their name in 1995 to the Fire and Rescue Service of Western Australia, to more accurately reflect the service provided to the communities of Western Australia.

In 1999, with the creation of FESA, brought together the Fire and Rescue Service, and the Bush Fire Service to form the Fire Services Division of FESA. The Fire and Rescue Service and Bush Fire Service actively maintain their original identities.

The Career Fire and Rescue Service of Western Australia consists of in excess of 850 professional firefighters working from 23 metropolitan stations and 4 country stations. number one fire station is located at murray Street, Perth.Headquartersis located at 480 hay st perth Also contained within the building is the communications center and managerial support staff.

The Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service was created on 20 October 1885. In 2007 the volunteer services had nearly nearly 1,800 volunteer firefighters in over 90 brigades across the state.

Metropolitan Career fire stations

• Armadale
• Bassendean
• Belmont (new station opened 3 Nov 2005, old station 1974 - 2005)
• Butler (temporary facility)
• Canning Vale
• Claremont
• Daglish
• Duncraig
• Fremantle

• Hope Valley (opened 2 Nov 2005)
• Joondalup
• Kensington
• Maddington
• Malaga
• Mandurah
• Midland

• Murdoch
• Osborne Park
• Perth (Old Station, closed in 1979, still sits behind the current Station and Headquarters, as a Museum)
• Rockingham
• Success
• Wangara
• Welshpool

Country Career fire stations

• Geraldton
• Kalgoorlie
• Albany
• Bunbury

Vehicles and equipment

The Authority maintains and coordinates a range of specialist equipment and emergency response vehicles. This includes pumpers and tankers

Water tender

A water tender, also known as a tanker in some regions, is a specialized firefighting apparatus designed for transporting water from a water source to a fire scene...

, skylifts, aerial ladder

Aerial ladder

An aerial ladder is one of the three basic categories of aerial apparatus.The aerial ladder:* can telescope out to increase its length.* primary functions include: ventilation, rescue, elevated master streams, and access to upper floors....

s and other equipment relating to operations involving search and rescue

Search and rescue

Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...

, fire fighting

Fire fighting

Firefighting is the act of extinguishing fires. A firefighter fights fires to prevent loss of life, and/or destruction of property and the environment...

, disaster

Disaster

A disaster is a natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment...

or reduction of the impact of these events.