Name Queensland Ambulance ServiceDescriptionEstablished in 1892 as City Ambulance Transport Brigade, it went through a number of name changes and in 1991 became known as the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS). The QAS operates as a state-wide service within Queensland Health, and is accountable for the delivery of pre-hospital ambulance response services, emergency and non-emergency pre-hospital patient care and transport services, inter-facility ambulance transport, casualty room services, and planning and coordination of multi-casualty incidents and disasters.
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Queensland Ambulance Service. Townsville City Council, accessed 29/04/2026, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/173