❓ Hon Sue Ellery, on behalf of Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson, asks about the implementation of DFES recommendations following a fire at Ashfield Flats on land owned by the WA Planning Commission. The Minister for Planning responds outlining completed works and ongoing fire management planning.
AnsweredQoN 1363Legislative Council
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ASHFIELD FLATS — DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORT
1363. Hon SUE ELLERY to the Minister for
Planning:
I am asking this question on behalf
of Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson, who is
out of the house on urgent parliamentary business.
I refer to the fire that occurred on
5 March 2015 at Ashfield Flats and the subsequent Department of Fire and
Emergency Services report dated 14 May 2015, which, at pages 12 and 13, made 12
recommendations to reduce the risk of a future fire. For land owned by the WA
Planning Commission, which of these recommendations have been fully
implemented?
1363. Hon SUE ELLERY to the Minister for
Planning:
I am asking this question on behalf
of Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson, who is
out of the house on urgent parliamentary business.
I refer to the fire that occurred on
5 March 2015 at Ashfield Flats and the subsequent Department of Fire and
Emergency Services report dated 14 May 2015, which, at pages 12 and 13, made 12
recommendations to reduce the risk of a future fire. For land owned by the WA
Planning Commission, which of these recommendations have been fully
implemented?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question asked on behalf of Hon
Amber-Jade Sanderson.
The Department of Planning, acting
on behalf of the Western Australian Planning Commission, has undertaken those
works for which it is responsible as owner of part of the Ashfield Flats land.
Of the 12 recommendations in the report, three are the responsibility of the
department and have been addressed. First, a mineral earth firebreak and access
track along the western edge of the reserve have been constructed. Second,
waterlogging of access tracks has been addressed, although in a different way
from that suggested in the report. Third, branches of trees on WAPC-owned land
have been pruned to ensure that there is no overhang from WAPC property to
neighbouring properties. In addition to undertaking these specific works, the
department has prepared, and is currently consulting stakeholders on, a draft
fire management plan for the commission's land at Ashfield Flats.
of the question asked on behalf of Hon
Amber-Jade Sanderson.
The Department of Planning, acting
on behalf of the Western Australian Planning Commission, has undertaken those
works for which it is responsible as owner of part of the Ashfield Flats land.
Of the 12 recommendations in the report, three are the responsibility of the
department and have been addressed. First, a mineral earth firebreak and access
track along the western edge of the reserve have been constructed. Second,
waterlogging of access tracks has been addressed, although in a different way
from that suggested in the report. Third, branches of trees on WAPC-owned land
have been pruned to ensure that there is no overhang from WAPC property to
neighbouring properties. In addition to undertaking these specific works, the
department has prepared, and is currently consulting stakeholders on, a draft
fire management plan for the commission's land at Ashfield Flats.
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