Australia and New Zealand
In Australia and New Zealand a Station Officer is either the single officer on a watch in a single-appliance station, with three firefighters reporting to them, or one of several officers under a Senior Station Officer at a station with multiple appliances. In New Zealand the rank badge is a single impeller. In Australia the rank badge is two impellers.
In the Country Fire Authority and Metropolitan Fire Brigade Melbourne, Australia a Station Officer has one impeller, and a Senior Station Officer has two impellers
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