❓ Hon. Nigel Hallett questions the Minister for Emergency Services regarding DFES spending on buildings, vehicle fleet replacement funding from the emergency services levy, implementation of the Ferguson Report's recommendations on vehicle disposal, and the suitability of current vehicle fleet designs for rural areas.
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(1) I refer to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES), and I ask, could the Minister please advise how much it has spent over the past ten years on buildings for the following services:
(a) Career Fire and Rescue;
(b) Volunteer Fire and Rescue;
(c) State Emergency Services; and
(d) Fire and Emergency Service Units?
(2) What was the source of funding for each of the building projects in (1)?
(3) I note that the DFES has recently put out a tender for vehicle fleet replacements, how much funding is allocated out of emergency services levy for this procedure?
(4) Given the findings of the Ferguson Report, in regards to offering the fleet vehicles back into the local and farming community (page 24, Opportunity 18), what has the Government done to progress this recommendation?
(5) Can the Minister please explain what it is doing in regards to taking the vehicle fleet design away from the current city-centric control and enabling the rural and rural-urban interface zones to be able to have ‘fit for purpose’ off-road vehicles rather than what is being forced upon them in the current design?
(6) Can the Minister please explain why the tender documents reflected a ‘prescriptive’ outcome and are not written to enable a more innovative ‘fit for purpose’ tender process, reflective of rural and rural-urban needs, not city needs?
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(a) Career Fire and Rescue;
(b) Volunteer Fire and Rescue;
(c) State Emergency Services; and
(d) Fire and Emergency Service Units?
(2) What was the source of funding for each of the building projects in (1)?
(3) I note that the DFES has recently put out a tender for vehicle fleet replacements, how much funding is allocated out of emergency services levy for this procedure?
(4) Given the findings of the Ferguson Report, in regards to offering the fleet vehicles back into the local and farming community (page 24, Opportunity 18), what has the Government done to progress this recommendation?
(5) Can the Minister please explain what it is doing in regards to taking the vehicle fleet design away from the current city-centric control and enabling the rural and rural-urban interface zones to be able to have ‘fit for purpose’ off-road vehicles rather than what is being forced upon them in the current design?
(6) Can the Minister please explain why the tender documents reflected a ‘prescriptive’ outcome and are not written to enable a more innovative ‘fit for purpose’ tender process, reflective of rural and rural-urban needs, not city needs?
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