❓ Question regarding the Department of Parks and Wildlife's compliance with WorkSafe WA improvement notices related to heat shielding on firefighting trucks. The Minister confirms progress and provides timelines for retrofitting the fleet.
AnsweredQoN 466Legislative Council
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FIREFIGHTING APPLIANCES
466. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the minister representing
the Minister for Environment:
I ask this question on behalf of Hon Stephen Dawson, who had to leave the
chamber on urgent parliamentary business.
I refer to the Minister for Environment's answer to
Legislative Assembly question on notice 815 concerning the Department of Parks
and Wildlife's compliance with two improvement notices issued by
WorkSafe WA.
(1) Can the
Minister for Environment confirm that seven new trucks have the requisite
safety protection already present and provide the current locations of those
trucks?
(2) In relation to the remaining 110 trucks, have tenders
gone out and been awarded for this work?
(3) If yes to (2), on what date were tenders sought and on
what date was the contract awarded?
(4) By what date will the remaining 110 trucks be
retrofitted?
(5) Will those
trucks continue to be used for firefighting and prescribed burns prior to these
modifications being installed?
466. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the minister representing
the Minister for Environment:
I ask this question on behalf of Hon Stephen Dawson, who had to leave the
chamber on urgent parliamentary business.
I refer to the Minister for Environment's answer to
Legislative Assembly question on notice 815 concerning the Department of Parks
and Wildlife's compliance with two improvement notices issued by
WorkSafe WA.
(1) Can the
Minister for Environment confirm that seven new trucks have the requisite
safety protection already present and provide the current locations of those
trucks?
(2) In relation to the remaining 110 trucks, have tenders
gone out and been awarded for this work?
(3) If yes to (2), on what date were tenders sought and on
what date was the contract awarded?
(4) By what date will the remaining 110 trucks be
retrofitted?
(5) Will those
trucks continue to be used for firefighting and prescribed burns prior to these
modifications being installed?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of this question.
The subject matter of the two
improvement notices referred to is heat shielding for occupants and critical
components of fire trucks and water spray protection systems. The Minister for
Environment's responses to Legislative Assembly question 815 and to
those below refer only to the heat shielding. Design and engineering
considerations for spray protection systems is ongoing.
(1) Yes. They are
located at Harvey, Manjimup, Busselton, Northcliffe and Albany, and there are
two at Walpole.
(2) Yes.
(3) Tenders were called on 10 May
2013 and awarded on 15 May 2013.
(4) The
anticipated completion date for fire trucks in the south west is the end of
November 2013, and the remainder of the fleet is expected to be completed by
January 2014.
(5) Yes.
of this question.
The subject matter of the two
improvement notices referred to is heat shielding for occupants and critical
components of fire trucks and water spray protection systems. The Minister for
Environment's responses to Legislative Assembly question 815 and to
those below refer only to the heat shielding. Design and engineering
considerations for spray protection systems is ongoing.
(1) Yes. They are
located at Harvey, Manjimup, Busselton, Northcliffe and Albany, and there are
two at Walpole.
(2) Yes.
(3) Tenders were called on 10 May
2013 and awarded on 15 May 2013.
(4) The
anticipated completion date for fire trucks in the south west is the end of
November 2013, and the remainder of the fleet is expected to be completed by
January 2014.
(5) Yes.
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