The Fire Service Act 1979 created the Tasmania Fire Service. The Service amalgamated the State Fire Authority, Rural Fires Board and all urban fire brigades throughout the State. The Service consists of the State Fire Commission and the existing brigades. The Service was placed under the administrative control of the Department of Police and Emergency Services on 1 July 1990. It reverted to being an agency in its own right on 25 March 1992. It was again brought under Departmental control, this time of the Department of Health and Human Services, on 18 September 1998. The Tasmania Fire Service, part of the Department of Health & Human Services, was amalgamated with the Department of Police and Emergency management on 5 April 2006.