Queensland Ambulance Service - Kedron

Queensland's Department of Emergency Services is unique in Australia. The agency provides services covering all phases of emergency and disaster management - prevention, preparedness, response and recovery - delivered by fire, ambulance and Emergency Management Queensland across a single portfolio.

The single agency structure provides significant advantages and benefits to the community. These benefits occur at many levels, from having single-point ministerial accountability for emergency services, through to the invaluable cooperation and coordination of operational staff in communities during emergencies and disasters.

The Emergency Services portfolio employs more than 7,700 full-time and part-time employees, and is supported by more than 85,000 volunteers across Queensland. Those volunteers are represented in the following organisations: