❓ Hon Martin Aldridge questions DFES on their contribution to the national AFDRS review, specifically regarding submissions, evaluations, surveys, and case studies. DFES confirms contributions and ongoing monitoring, tabling survey results and promising redacted case studies.
AnsweredQoN 1725Legislative Council
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I refer to question without notice 1028 asked on 13 September 2023 regarding the national Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS) review, to which the Minister stated no formal submissions were available to be tabled, and I ask: (a) is it still the case that the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) did not make any formal submission to the national AFDRS review; (b) has DFES undertaken a system evaluation report into the AFDRS; (c) if yes to (b), please table this document; (d) has DFES undertaken a community stakeholder survey into the AFDRS; (e) if yes to (d), please table the results of this study; (f) has DFES compiled a range of case studies regarding the AFDRS; and (g) if yes to (f), please table these case studies?
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Answered
28 November 2023
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services
Response time
7 days
a) The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) contributed to the national review by providing: 13 case studies investigating the performance of the AFDRS across the state; system observation records detailing feedback on system performance; issues and opportunities for improvements; and results from stakeholder and community communications surveys.
(b)-(c) No formal system evaluation report has been developed. DFES continues to monitor and evaluate AFDRS effectiveness and performance across Western Australia as part of AFDRS continuous improvement.
(d) Yes.
(e) See tabled paper no ####.
(f) Yes.
(g) The case studies were considered as part of the national review and contain confidential, identifiable personal, and sensitive incident information relating to operational matters. I intend to provide the redacted case studies to the Member once this work is done.
(b)-(c) No formal system evaluation report has been developed. DFES continues to monitor and evaluate AFDRS effectiveness and performance across Western Australia as part of AFDRS continuous improvement.
(d) Yes.
(e) See tabled paper no ####.
(f) Yes.
(g) The case studies were considered as part of the national review and contain confidential, identifiable personal, and sensitive incident information relating to operational matters. I intend to provide the redacted case studies to the Member once this work is done.
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