❓ Mr. Masters questions FESA's response to the 'A Nation Charred' report on the Canberra bushfires, inquiring about the review of recommendations, timelines, public access to advice, and other actions taken based on lessons learned. FESA outlines existing initiatives and specific actions taken in response to the Canberra fires.
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(1) What action is the Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) taking in response to the Federal Parliament’s report (‘A Nation Charred’) on the bushfires which took a heavy toll on life and property around Canberra in January 2003?
(2) Specifically, what process is being put in place to review the 59 recommendations of the report to determine their relevance and applicability to Western Australia?
(3) When is this process expected to be completed?
(4) Will FESA’s advice to the Minister on these recommendations be made available to the public?
(5) What other actions has FESA put into effect or is planning to put into effect as a result of lessons learned from last year’s Canberra fires?
(2) Specifically, what process is being put in place to review the 59 recommendations of the report to determine their relevance and applicability to Western Australia?
(3) When is this process expected to be completed?
(4) Will FESA’s advice to the Minister on these recommendations be made available to the public?
(5) What other actions has FESA put into effect or is planning to put into effect as a result of lessons learned from last year’s Canberra fires?
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8 April 2004
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Minister for Police and Emergency Services
Response time
37 days
(3) FESA advise they expect the process to be completed by the end of May 2004. (4) A decision will be made once the process is complete. (5) FESA advise that prior to the release of the Nairn Report, they were already actively undertaking a range of activities designed to minimise the impact of devastating wildfires on the Western Australian community. These include: · Development of the Rural Urban Bush Fire Threat Analysis (RUBTA) publication. · Planning for Bush Fire Protection publication – a 2001 joint FESA and Department of Planning and Infrastructure publication, endorsed by the WA Planning Commission. This is currently undergoing a major review. · A considerable commitment to bush fire research, in addition to a $100,000 a year commitment to support the national Bush Fire Cooperative Research Centre. While FESA has been involved in a number of research projects in the past – including the CSIRO’s Project Vesta in 1998-99 – from 2004-05 it will commit a further $150,000 a year to research projects in partnership with a number of tertiary institutions and other WA agencies. In direct response to the Canberra fires of early 2003 FESA has also undertaken the following: · Production of a video report specifically focussed on the fire and emergency services response to the fires. This was distributed widely to emergency services personnel and Local Governments throughout Western Australia in summer of 2003-04 and to other fire and emergency service agencies across Australia. · In March 2004, FESA brought a representative of the ACT Recovery Centre to Perth to participate in a seminar designed to educate WA emergency services on the lessons learned from activities in the aftermath of the Canberra disaster.
(4) A decision will be made once the process is complete. (5) FESA advise that prior to the release of the Nairn Report, they were already actively undertaking a range of activities designed to minimise the impact of devastating wildfires on the Western Australian community. These include: · Development of the Rural Urban Bush Fire Threat Analysis (RUBTA) publication. · Planning for Bush Fire Protection publication – a 2001 joint FESA and Department of Planning and Infrastructure publication, endorsed by the WA Planning Commission. This is currently undergoing a major review. · A considerable commitment to bush fire research, in addition to a $100,000 a year commitment to support the national Bush Fire Cooperative Research Centre. While FESA has been involved in a number of research projects in the past – including the CSIRO’s Project Vesta in 1998-99 – from 2004-05 it will commit a further $150,000 a year to research projects in partnership with a number of tertiary institutions and other WA agencies. In direct response to the Canberra fires of early 2003 FESA has also undertaken the following: · Production of a video report specifically focussed on the fire and emergency services response to the fires. This was distributed widely to emergency services personnel and Local Governments throughout Western Australia in summer of 2003-04 and to other fire and emergency service agencies across Australia. · In March 2004, FESA brought a representative of the ACT Recovery Centre to Perth to participate in a seminar designed to educate WA emergency services on the lessons learned from activities in the aftermath of the Canberra disaster.
(5) FESA advise that prior to the release of the Nairn Report, they were already actively undertaking a range of activities designed to minimise the impact of devastating wildfires on the Western Australian community. These include: · Development of the Rural Urban Bush Fire Threat Analysis (RUBTA) publication. · Planning for Bush Fire Protection publication – a 2001 joint FESA and Department of Planning and Infrastructure publication, endorsed by the WA Planning Commission. This is currently undergoing a major review. · A considerable commitment to bush fire research, in addition to a $100,000 a year commitment to support the national Bush Fire Cooperative Research Centre. While FESA has been involved in a number of research projects in the past – including the CSIRO’s Project Vesta in 1998-99 – from 2004-05 it will commit a further $150,000 a year to research projects in partnership with a number of tertiary institutions and other WA agencies. In direct response to the Canberra fires of early 2003 FESA has also undertaken the following: · Production of a video report specifically focussed on the fire and emergency services response to the fires. This was distributed widely to emergency services personnel and Local Governments throughout Western Australia in summer of 2003-04 and to other fire and emergency service agencies across Australia. · In March 2004, FESA brought a representative of the ACT Recovery Centre to Perth to participate in a seminar designed to educate WA emergency services on the lessons learned from activities in the aftermath of the Canberra disaster.
In direct response to the Canberra fires of early 2003 FESA has also undertaken the following: · Production of a video report specifically focussed on the fire and emergency services response to the fires. This was distributed widely to emergency services personnel and Local Governments throughout Western Australia in summer of 2003-04 and to other fire and emergency service agencies across Australia. · In March 2004, FESA brought a representative of the ACT Recovery Centre to Perth to participate in a seminar designed to educate WA emergency services on the lessons learned from activities in the aftermath of the Canberra disaster.
(4) A decision will be made once the process is complete. (5) FESA advise that prior to the release of the Nairn Report, they were already actively undertaking a range of activities designed to minimise the impact of devastating wildfires on the Western Australian community. These include: · Development of the Rural Urban Bush Fire Threat Analysis (RUBTA) publication. · Planning for Bush Fire Protection publication – a 2001 joint FESA and Department of Planning and Infrastructure publication, endorsed by the WA Planning Commission. This is currently undergoing a major review. · A considerable commitment to bush fire research, in addition to a $100,000 a year commitment to support the national Bush Fire Cooperative Research Centre. While FESA has been involved in a number of research projects in the past – including the CSIRO’s Project Vesta in 1998-99 – from 2004-05 it will commit a further $150,000 a year to research projects in partnership with a number of tertiary institutions and other WA agencies. In direct response to the Canberra fires of early 2003 FESA has also undertaken the following: · Production of a video report specifically focussed on the fire and emergency services response to the fires. This was distributed widely to emergency services personnel and Local Governments throughout Western Australia in summer of 2003-04 and to other fire and emergency service agencies across Australia. · In March 2004, FESA brought a representative of the ACT Recovery Centre to Perth to participate in a seminar designed to educate WA emergency services on the lessons learned from activities in the aftermath of the Canberra disaster.
(5) FESA advise that prior to the release of the Nairn Report, they were already actively undertaking a range of activities designed to minimise the impact of devastating wildfires on the Western Australian community. These include: · Development of the Rural Urban Bush Fire Threat Analysis (RUBTA) publication. · Planning for Bush Fire Protection publication – a 2001 joint FESA and Department of Planning and Infrastructure publication, endorsed by the WA Planning Commission. This is currently undergoing a major review. · A considerable commitment to bush fire research, in addition to a $100,000 a year commitment to support the national Bush Fire Cooperative Research Centre. While FESA has been involved in a number of research projects in the past – including the CSIRO’s Project Vesta in 1998-99 – from 2004-05 it will commit a further $150,000 a year to research projects in partnership with a number of tertiary institutions and other WA agencies. In direct response to the Canberra fires of early 2003 FESA has also undertaken the following: · Production of a video report specifically focussed on the fire and emergency services response to the fires. This was distributed widely to emergency services personnel and Local Governments throughout Western Australia in summer of 2003-04 and to other fire and emergency service agencies across Australia. · In March 2004, FESA brought a representative of the ACT Recovery Centre to Perth to participate in a seminar designed to educate WA emergency services on the lessons learned from activities in the aftermath of the Canberra disaster.
In direct response to the Canberra fires of early 2003 FESA has also undertaken the following: · Production of a video report specifically focussed on the fire and emergency services response to the fires. This was distributed widely to emergency services personnel and Local Governments throughout Western Australia in summer of 2003-04 and to other fire and emergency service agencies across Australia. · In March 2004, FESA brought a representative of the ACT Recovery Centre to Perth to participate in a seminar designed to educate WA emergency services on the lessons learned from activities in the aftermath of the Canberra disaster.
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