❓ Hon. Nigel Hallett questions the Minister for Emergency Services regarding DFES building projects, fleet vehicle replacements, and the suitability of vehicles for rural and rural-urban areas. The Minister was unable to provide the information in the time available and requested the question be placed on notice.
AnsweredQoN 1298Legislative Council
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DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES —BUILDING
PROJECTS AND FLEET VEHICLES
1298. Hon NIGEL HALLETT to the Attorney General
representing the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to the Western Australian
Department of Fire and Emergency Services.
(1) Could the
minister please advise how much it has spent over the past 10 years on
buildings for the following services —
(a) career fire and rescue;
(b) volunteer fire and rescue;
(c) State Emergency Service; and
(d) fire and emergency service units?
(2) What was the source of funding
for each of these building projects?
(3) I note that
the department has recently put out a tender for vehicle fleet replacements.
How much funding is allocated out of the emergency services levy for this
procedure?
(4) Given the
findings of the Ferguson report about offering the fleet vehicles back into
local and farming communities, what has the government done to progress this
recommendation?
(5) Can the
minister please explain what the Department of Fire and Emergency Services is doing
to enable the rural and rural-urban interface zones to have fit-for-purpose
off-road vehicles rather than what is being forced upon them in the current
city-centric vehicle fleet design?
(6) Can the
minister please explain why the tender documents reflect a prescriptive outcome
and are not written in such a way as to enable a more innovative
fit-for-purpose tender process that is reflective of rural and rural-urban
needs?
PROJECTS AND FLEET VEHICLES
1298. Hon NIGEL HALLETT to the Attorney General
representing the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to the Western Australian
Department of Fire and Emergency Services.
(1) Could the
minister please advise how much it has spent over the past 10 years on
buildings for the following services —
(a) career fire and rescue;
(b) volunteer fire and rescue;
(c) State Emergency Service; and
(d) fire and emergency service units?
(2) What was the source of funding
for each of these building projects?
(3) I note that
the department has recently put out a tender for vehicle fleet replacements.
How much funding is allocated out of the emergency services levy for this
procedure?
(4) Given the
findings of the Ferguson report about offering the fleet vehicles back into
local and farming communities, what has the government done to progress this
recommendation?
(5) Can the
minister please explain what the Department of Fire and Emergency Services is doing
to enable the rural and rural-urban interface zones to have fit-for-purpose
off-road vehicles rather than what is being forced upon them in the current
city-centric vehicle fleet design?
(6) Can the
minister please explain why the tender documents reflect a prescriptive outcome
and are not written in such a way as to enable a more innovative
fit-for-purpose tender process that is reflective of rural and rural-urban
needs?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for
Emergency Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question. I am informed that the Department of Fire and Emergency Services is
unable to provide this information in the time available. The minister asks
that the member place the question on notice.
Emergency Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question. I am informed that the Department of Fire and Emergency Services is
unable to provide this information in the time available. The minister asks
that the member place the question on notice.
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