❓ A parliamentary question seeks details on funding, operational area, and rescue statistics for the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group (WVSRG) and funding from local councils. The response clarifies funding arrangements via the Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group (MVSRG) and refers some questions to the WVSRG directly.
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WHITFORDS VOLUNTEER SEA RESCUE GROUP
I refer to the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. (1) What funding has been provided by the government to the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (2) What is the operational area covered by the WVSRG? (3) Approximately how many rescues have been carried out by the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD
I refer to the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. (1) What funding has been provided by the government to the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (2) What is the operational area covered by the WVSRG? (3) Approximately how many rescues have been carried out by the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD
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Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(1) What funding has been provided by the government to the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (2) What is the operational area covered by the WVSRG? (3) Approximately how many rescues have been carried out by the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(2) What is the operational area covered by the WVSRG? (3) Approximately how many rescues have been carried out by the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(3) Approximately how many rescues have been carried out by the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(1) What funding has been provided by the government to the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (2) What is the operational area covered by the WVSRG? (3) Approximately how many rescues have been carried out by the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(2) What is the operational area covered by the WVSRG? (3) Approximately how many rescues have been carried out by the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(3) Approximately how many rescues have been carried out by the WVSRG in each of the past seven years? (4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(4) What funding have the City of Wanneroo, the City of Joondalup and the City of Stirling contributed to the WSRG in each of the past seven years? Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
Hon JON FORD replied: Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group forms part of the separate Metropolitan Volunteer Sea Rescue Group, which comprises the groups from Cockburn, Fremantle and Whitfords. The MVSRG is not recognised as part of the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, comprising 33 approved volunteer marine rescue groups statewide that receive state government grants through the Fire and Emergency Services Authority to subsidise their operations. (1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(1) On 13 November 2004, a service level agreement was established between MVSRG and FESA. In line with that SLA, since 2004-05, the government has provided the MVSRG with a grant of $200 000 per annum to fund its operational and capital requirements. FESA is not aware of how that funding is distributed within the MVSRG. In 2004-05, the government also made a one-off capital grant of $200 000 to Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group for the purchase of a new vessel. (2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(2) The MVSRG operate from the metropolitan waters extending seaward from the coast for a distance of approximately 35 nautical miles between a line drawn westward of the SS Alkimos wreck in the north and the Kwinana grain terminal in the south, and including the Swan and Canning Rivers, and within those waters. (3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
(3)-(4) This information would need to be provided direct from the Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group. FESA is unable to obtain the required information within the time frame specified.
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