Tasmania Fire Service

The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS), the operational arm of the State Fire Commission, was created in 1979 through the amalgamation of the State Fire Authority, the Rural Fires Board and 22 urban fire brigade boards. The TFS includes over 230 fire brigades across Tasmania and its islands. These fire brigades are comprised of around 250 career firefighters and approximately 4800 volunteer firefighters. The TFS today is a dynamic and diverse organisation undertaking; • emergency response, • emergency call handling and dispatch, • fire investigation, • training, • community fire education, • building safety, • fire equipment sales and service, • building and maintaining TFS vehicles, • maintaining a State-wide communications network, and • fire alarm monitoring. TERMS OF USE We welcome your comments, however we ask that you follow our Terms of Use guidelines below. Any posts that violate our Terms of Use will be removed. Please do not post messages that contain: 1. Anything that could be considered prejudicial, off-topic, inflammatory, repetitive, offensive, defamatory, discriminatory, denigrating or otherwise inappropriate; 2. Swearing or abusive, racist, homophobic or sexist remarks or obscenities or sexually explicit comments or material; 3. Personal attacks against other users, members of the public or members of TFS and all other government agencies; 4. Vigilante or 'call to action' comments; 5. Speculation or comments about the cause of a fire. It is inappropriate to discuss matters that are or yet to be before the courts, or the legislation or potential sentences related to these matters; 6. Personal or sensitive information about others. Divulging any information regarding victims of fire can be distressing for them and their family members; 7. Reposts of other people's appeals, requests for offers, or anything else that could be considered spam; 8. Links to other Facebook pages, any non-government or off-topic pages; or 9. Any content or links that are unlawful, or may defame, discriminate, offend, interfere with privacy or infringe copyright or other intellectual property rights. Any comment deemed to fit under these definitions will be removed. Users found to be repeatedly engaging in any of the above activity will be banned from this page. Many thanks from the media team at Tasmania Fire Service. DISCLAIMER By using or accessing Facebook, and this page, you agree to the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities available at http://facebook.com/legal/terms and to the terms of the following disclaimer. Tasmania Fire Service considers that the Tasmania Fire Service Facebook page may be useful to the Tasmanian community as a tool to provide emergency updates, latest fire news and important public safety and public interest information. All and any comments, visuals, videos and any other type of material posted by users of Facebook on our Facebook page do not reflect the opinions, views, policies or ideals of Tasmania Fire Service, the Department of Police and Emergency Management, the Tasmanian State Government and their employees and affiliates. Tasmania Fire Service, the Department of Police and Emergency Management, the Tasmanian State Government and their employees and affiliates do not necessarily endorse nor are they responsible for user content on this page or the accuracy of information, opinions, claims, or advice shared. The Tasmania Fire Service Facebook page administrators may remove all or any content from the Tasmania Fire Service Facebook page, entirely at their discretion, with or without notice, for any reason whatsoever. The administrators may, entirely at their discretion and for any reason whatsoever, block users of Facebook from using and contributing to the Tasmania Fire Service Facebook page. Furthermore, the administrators may report to Facebook users posting inappropriate or offensive material. Tasmania Fire Service, the Department of Police and Emergency Management, the Tasmanian State Government and their employees and affiliates disclaim all and any liability and responsibility of any kind, including without limitation any liability, to any person, for all or any losses, costs, expenses or damages or disappointment whatsoever or howsoever arising or suffered as a consequence of, or in connection with, or arising out of anything done, or anything omitted to be done, relating to the use of the Tasmania Fire Service Facebook page, the use of the Facebook website, any error or omission on the Tasmania Fire Service Facebook Page or any combination of these.