❓ The Minister for Emergency Services details investments in new and upgraded emergency service facilities in Bridgetown and Nannup, South West WA, following significant bushfires and floods. These improvements aim to better support volunteers and improve service delivery.
AnsweredQoN 389Legislative Assembly
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EMERGENCY SERVICES FACILITIES — SOUTH WEST
389. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI to the Minister
for Emergency Services:
I understand that two new emergency
services facilities were recently launched in the south west. Can the minister
please inform the house about some of the details and how they will improve
service delivery?
Ms
M.M. Quirk : Are you sure he knows, member?
Mr
G.M. CASTRILLI : I presume he will.
389. Mr G.M. CASTRILLI to the Minister
for Emergency Services:
I understand that two new emergency
services facilities were recently launched in the south west. Can the minister
please inform the house about some of the details and how they will improve
service delivery?
Ms
M.M. Quirk : Are you sure he knows, member?
Mr
G.M. CASTRILLI : I presume he will.
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Bunbury for
his continued interest in emergency services facilities down in his part of the
world in Bunbury and in the south west.
As we know, the south west has seen
more than its fair share of emergencies, including bushfires in December 2003,
January 2009 and February 2013, and floods in 2012. The south west has
obviously seen its fair share of action. What we learned out of some of those
bushfires was that there was no suitable incident control centre. I understand
that during the 2009 and 2013 fires, the Department of Fire and Emergency
Services used the incident control centre located out of the Department of
Parks and Wildlife facilities—then Department of Environment and
Conservation facilities—at Kirup. As a result, the government has taken
a strong decision—the right decision—to invest more into some
of the facilities in the south west. We have spent almost $400 000 on new
facilities in Bridgetown for the Bush Fire Service, and in Nannup for the State
Emergency Service. There has also been $300 000 for a Bush Fire Service
headquarters in Bridgetown, and almost $100 000 in upgrades to the SES
headquarters in Nannup. We are getting on with the job and delivering the
services and facilities to help our volunteers do the best they possibly can. I
should also note that the number of people wanting to become SES volunteers out
at Nannup has increased by 50 per cent, which is against the trend across
regional Western Australia and it is very, very encouraging. I also thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for presiding over
the opening of those two facilities last weekend. It is great to have people
get out there and support volunteers and what they are doing, and for the
government to provide these facilities for the local community, particularly in
the south west, which, as I have said, has seen more than its fair share of
action.
his continued interest in emergency services facilities down in his part of the
world in Bunbury and in the south west.
As we know, the south west has seen
more than its fair share of emergencies, including bushfires in December 2003,
January 2009 and February 2013, and floods in 2012. The south west has
obviously seen its fair share of action. What we learned out of some of those
bushfires was that there was no suitable incident control centre. I understand
that during the 2009 and 2013 fires, the Department of Fire and Emergency
Services used the incident control centre located out of the Department of
Parks and Wildlife facilities—then Department of Environment and
Conservation facilities—at Kirup. As a result, the government has taken
a strong decision—the right decision—to invest more into some
of the facilities in the south west. We have spent almost $400 000 on new
facilities in Bridgetown for the Bush Fire Service, and in Nannup for the State
Emergency Service. There has also been $300 000 for a Bush Fire Service
headquarters in Bridgetown, and almost $100 000 in upgrades to the SES
headquarters in Nannup. We are getting on with the job and delivering the
services and facilities to help our volunteers do the best they possibly can. I
should also note that the number of people wanting to become SES volunteers out
at Nannup has increased by 50 per cent, which is against the trend across
regional Western Australia and it is very, very encouraging. I also thank Hon Robyn McSweeney for presiding over
the opening of those two facilities last weekend. It is great to have people
get out there and support volunteers and what they are doing, and for the
government to provide these facilities for the local community, particularly in
the south west, which, as I have said, has seen more than its fair share of
action.
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