Fire Services Act 1990

A person must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse—

use a restricted expression without the commissioner’s written approval or in contravention of a condition imposed on the approval—

in, or as, the name of a business carried on by the person; or

to advertise or otherwise promote goods or services provided by the person; or

to raise funds, whether for the fire services or another entity; or

use the expression ‘Queensland Fire and Rescue’, ‘Rural Fire Service Queensland’, ‘QFR’ or ‘RFSQ’, or a similar expression, in a way that suggests the person is a fire service officer if the person is not a fire service officer; or

use the expression ‘rural fire brigade’, or a similar expression, in a way that suggests the person is a rural fire brigade member if the person is not a rural fire brigade member.

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

An approval to use a restricted expression may be—

given on conditions the commissioner considers appropriate; and

amended, suspended or cancelled by the commissioner.

In this section—restricted expression means any of the following expressions—

‘Queensland Fire and Rescue’;

‘Rural Fire Service Queensland’;

‘QFR’;

‘RFSQ’;

‘rural fire brigade’;

a similar expression to an expression mentioned in paragraph (a) to (e);

another expression that includes an expression mentioned in paragraph (a) to (e).