Fire Services Act 1990

This section applies to a person who is—

a member (an interstate member) of a fire brigade (the interstate fire brigade) from outside Queensland; and

present at a fire services incident in Queensland to assist at the incident.

The interstate member, and plant and equipment under the member’s control, are—

at the disposal of the person in charge at the fire services incident; and

taken to be under the control and direction of that person.

However, if there is no person in charge at the fire services incident and an interstate member (the chief interstate member) is in charge of other members of the interstate fire brigade present at the incident, the chief interstate member—

has the control and direction of all persons assisting at the incident; and

has all the powers conferred under this Act on an authorised fire officer.

In this section—fire brigade includes an entity similar to a fire brigade that has the function of extinguishing fire.fire services incident means an incident for which the fire services are performing a function mentioned in section 8B or 129.person in charge, for a fire services incident, means the person who, under any of the following, is in charge at the incident—

this Act;

a direction of the commissioner;

a code of practice.