--- title: Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations, Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/ publisher: Geoscience Australia licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2024-02-13 rows: 8888 fields: 23 source: https://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/147776/147776_01_2.csv source_sha256: ce6869941900da81bf27fdacba71266e65a6b39c4a86c582fe8edbbc36434cd2 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations, Australia About 8,900 police, fire, ambulance, SES and other emergency management facilities across Australia, one row per facility with its class, address and coordinates, from Geoscience Australia. Published by Geoscience Australia under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Geoscience Australia has not endorsed this site. Also called: Emergency Management Facilities Database, Fire station locations Australia, Police station locations Australia, Ambulance and SES station locations. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.csv (2.6 MB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.xlsx (1.1 MB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.json (6.2 MB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.geojson (7.3 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.parquet (686 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.sqlite (2.3 MB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.duckdb (1.0 MB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.gpkg (2.9 MB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.geo.parquet (688 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.ndjson (6.2 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.arrow (790 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.csv.gz (550 KB) Pinned version 2024-02-13: `https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-emergency-services-facilities/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-emergency-services-facilities/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-emergency-services-facilities/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-emergency-services-facilities/aggregate?group=class&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `state`: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/by/state/index.json lists 9 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `objectid` | integer | OBJECTID | | | `class` | string | CLASS | | | `facility_name` | string | FACILITY_NAME | | | `operational_status` | string | FACILITY_OPERATIONALSTATUS | | | `facility_address` | string | FACILITY_ADDRESS | | | `suburb` | string | ABS_SUBURB | | | `state` | string | FACILITY_STATE | | | `postcode` | string | ABS_POSTCODE | | | `attribute_source` | string | FACILITY_ATTRIBUTE_SOURCE | | | `facility_source` | string | FACILITY_SOURCE | | | `spatial_confidence` | integer | FACILITY_SPATIAL_CONFIDENCE | | | `comment` | string | COMMENT | | | `facility_latitude` | number | FACILITY_LAT | | | `facility_longitude` | number | FACILITY_LONG | | | `gnaf_building_name` | string | GNAF_BUILDING_NAME | | | `gnaf_address_detail_pid` | string | GNAF_ADDRESS_DETAIL_PID | | | `gnaf_formatted_address` | string | GNAF_FORMATTED_ADDRESS | | | `gnaf_confidence` | integer | GNAF_CONFIDENCE | | | `gnaf_postcode` | string | GNAF_POSTCODE | | | `gnaf_suburb` | string | GNAF_SUBURB | | | `distance_to_gnaf_m` | number | DISTANCE_TO_GNAF | | | `gnaf_latitude` | number | GNAF_LAT | | | `gnaf_longitude` | number | GNAF_LONG | | Key: `objectid`. ## Versions - 2024-02-13: 8888 rows, 23 fields, sha256 ce6869941900. https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Police stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-police-stations/) (Qld) - [Urban fire stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-urban-fire-stations/) (Qld) - [Rural fire stations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-rural-fire-stations/) (Qld) - [Bushfires NT brigade and office locations](https://publicdata.au/d/nt-bushfire-brigade-locations/) (NT) - [Metropolitan Fire Brigade station locations, Melbourne, 2013](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-mfb-fire-station-locations/) (Vic) - [Current bushfire incidents and warnings, Queensland, daily snapshot](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-bushfire-incidents-current/) (Qld) - [2003 Canberra bushfire burn area and property damage](https://publicdata.au/d/act-2003-bushfire/) (ACT) - [Bushfire and prescribed burn history, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-fire-history/) (SA) - [CFA incident responses, Victoria, 2009-10 to 2021-22](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-cfa-incident-responses/) (Vic) - [Ambulance Victoria response times by council area, 2018-19](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-lga/) (Vic) - [Ambulance Victoria response times by town and city, 2017-18](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-ambulance-response-times-by-town/) (Vic) ## Attribution and citation Geoscience Australia, © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2022, Emergency Management Facilities Database (eCat 147776). Incorporates or developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement. Sourced 3 October 2026, https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/147776, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Geoscience Australia, © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2022, Emergency Management Facilities Database (eCat 147776). Incorporates or developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement. Sourced 3 October 2026, https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/147776, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/ Harvard: Geoscience Australia (2024) Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations, Australia, version 2024-02-13 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/ Markdown: Data: [Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations, Australia](https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/015c1b8c-7b47-4780-8206-1bd39ad2120b/formatters/xml), Geoscience Australia, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 8,888 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations updated? GA releases it irregularly, about every one or two years. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations? No. The publisher is Geoscience Australia, and its page is https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/015c1b8c-7b47-4780-8206-1bd39ad2120b/formatters/xml. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one state? Every version has one JSON file per value of state, 9 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/by/state/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/au-emergency-services-facilities/v/2024-02-13/by/state/new-south-wales.json holds the 2,813 rows where state is NEW SOUTH WALES. A GeoJSON file sits beside each one. ### What coordinate system does Police, fire, ambulance and SES stations use? Latitude and longitude in decimal degrees as published. Geoscience Australia's map service for the dataset is in GDA94 (EPSG:4283), which differs from GDA2020 by under 2 metres. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? One police, ambulance, metropolitan fire, rural or country fire, SES or other emergency management facility, with its name, class, status, address, suburb, state and postcode, the state or territory agency the record came from, its coordinates, and the G-NAF address Geoscience Australia matched it to with that match's confidence and distance in metres. ### Where do the records come from? Geoscience Australia gathered them from each state and territory's emergency management agencies and open data portals, with the Australian Federal Police, through the Emergency Management Spatial Information Network Australia. The source columns name the agency for each row. ### Why does the attribution mention G-NAF? Geoscience Australia matched each facility to an address in the Geocoded National Address File, and its licence statement asks that products using it carry the G-NAF acknowledgement. Every file here carries it. Rows with the comment NO GNAF POINT have no matched address. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/au-emergency-services-facilities.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/au-emergency-services-facilities.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.