QUEENSLAND FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
COMMISSIONER KATARINA CARROLL APM
Commissioner Carroll joined the Queensland Police Service in 1983. Her early
career centred around Detective work in the Drug Squad, a Commission of
Inquiry, various Criminal Investigation Branches, the Joint Organised Crime
Task Force and the Covert Unit.
As she progressed throughout her career, she undertook various senior roles
throughout Queensland and in 2010 was promoted to the rank of Assistant
Commissioner. In 2012 she undertook the challenging role of Program
Executive, G20 Group. In this role she planned with her team and commanded
some 6,700 police in providing security for 26 world leaders in what was the
largest peace time security operation in Australia’s history.
In January 2015 she was appointed as the Interim Commissioner of the Queensland Fire and
Emergency Services (QFES) and, following a rigorous application process was successfully
appointed as Commissioner QFES effective 1 August 2015. QFES is responsible for all
firefighting, rescue, HAZMAT and disaster management operations within Queensland and
consists of Rural Fire Service, State Emergency Service, Fire and Rescue Service and the Office
of Emergency Management.
The Commissioner is the Queensland representative on the Australia New Zealand Counter
Terrorism Committee for Forward Command and is an evaluator of national and international
counter terrorism exercises.
The Commissioner is the recipient of the Australian Police Medal, National Police Service Medal,
National Emergency Medal, National Medal and is also a graduate of the Vincent Fairfax Ethics in
Leadership Foundation.
Commissioner Carroll has several tertiary qualifications including an Executive Masters in Public
Administration, Degree in Criminology and Graduate Diploma in Applied Management.
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