Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FIRE BRIGADES ACT 1942 - SECT 26

26 .         Formation of brigades, etc.

                The Authority may — 

            (a)         take measures for the formation of permanent or volunteer or private fire brigades;

            (b)         amalgamate, or disband, or cancel the registration of, any fire brigade;

            (c)         determine the number of permanent and volunteer and private fire brigades necessary for the protection of any district, and also the apparatus and plant to be used by each brigade;

            (d)         establish and support schools of instruction, and issue certificates of qualification in fire-extinction to members of fire brigades;

            (e)         provide and maintain fire-alarms and apparatus and plant for the prevention and extinguishing of fires;

            (f)         provide and maintain telephonic or other communication between fire brigade premises and between any such premises and any other places.

        [Section 26 amended by No. 42 of 1998 s. 37.]