The Country Fire Authority (CFA) is a volunteer fire service responsible for fire suppression, rescues, and response to other accidents and hazards across most of the state Victoria, Australia. CFA comprises over 1,200 brigades organised in 21 districts, and shares responsibility for fire services with Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV), which employs full-time paid firefighters in major urban areas; and Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMV), which manages fire prevention and suppression on Victoria's public lands. CFA operations and equipment are partly funded by the Victorian Government through its Fire Services Levy, and supplemented by individual brigades' fundraising for vehicles and equipment.
The CFA station on Raymond Island, Victoria
Wodonga CFA Scania Heavy Pumper. This particular pumper was transferred to Fire Rescue Victoria as part of the 2020 merger of Metropolitan Fire Brigade and career CFA staff.
Rural tanker
Volunteer fire department
A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respond to emergency calls for long periods of time, and are summoned to the fire station when their services are needed. They are also expected to attend other non-emergency duties as well.
The Volunteer fire department of Swepsonville, North Carolina
The volunteer fire department of Puistola, Helsinki
A volunteer firefighter stands to the edge of a road.
Two Demorest, Georgia volunteer fire fighters respond to an emergency call.
