❓ Question regarding the operational date of the new emergency services headquarters in Esperance and the reasons for delays, with the Minister providing a detailed explanation of the utility connections and communications infrastructure issues.
AnsweredQoN 4234Legislative Assembly
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(1) Can the Minister advise when the new emergency services headquarters in Esperance, for the SES and Fire Brigade, will be operational; and
(a) as the building is already complete, what is the reason for the delay?
(a) as the building is already complete, what is the reason for the delay?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
16 November 2010
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services
Response time
26 days
The Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (FESA) advises:
(1) It is anticipated that the facility will be operational for the Esperance State Emergency Service, the
Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service and the Volunteer Marine Rescue Services in early 2011.
(a) Delays have included the arrangement of connections to various utilities and finalisation of the communications infrastructure.
The approval process to allow the connection of sewer and water to the facility took longer than expected however this issue has now been addressed.
Following completion of site works and construction of the building, the original communications infrastructure design was deemed unsuitable for the site. A specially designed, 30 metre communications tower is now required which was not included in the original build specifications and therefore not supplied as part of the original build. It is estimated that this new tower will be manufactured and delivered by the end of November 2010 and its installation, along with other internal communications equipment will be complete by end of December 2010.
Completion of the building has also had to align with the deployment of the new Direct Brigade Alarm network as it is not technically possible to deploy infrastructure in the new building for the existing network. Implementation of the new network in the Esperance town site was originally scheduled to begin in 2011 but has been bought forward to November 2010 and it is anticipated that these works will be complete before the end of December 2010.
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(1) It is anticipated that the facility will be operational for the Esperance State Emergency Service, the
Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service and the Volunteer Marine Rescue Services in early 2011.
(a) Delays have included the arrangement of connections to various utilities and finalisation of the communications infrastructure.
The approval process to allow the connection of sewer and water to the facility took longer than expected however this issue has now been addressed.
Following completion of site works and construction of the building, the original communications infrastructure design was deemed unsuitable for the site. A specially designed, 30 metre communications tower is now required which was not included in the original build specifications and therefore not supplied as part of the original build. It is estimated that this new tower will be manufactured and delivered by the end of November 2010 and its installation, along with other internal communications equipment will be complete by end of December 2010.
Completion of the building has also had to align with the deployment of the new Direct Brigade Alarm network as it is not technically possible to deploy infrastructure in the new building for the existing network. Implementation of the new network in the Esperance town site was originally scheduled to begin in 2011 but has been bought forward to November 2010 and it is anticipated that these works will be complete before the end of December 2010.
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