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❓ Question regarding the Department for Lands' use of airborne and satellite imagery for firebreak monitoring. The answer clarifies that Landgate, not the Department of Lands, is responsible and conducting research into this area, with findings expected by June 2014.

AnsweredQoN 1534Legislative Assembly

Asked

31 October 2013

Member

Ms M.M. Quirk

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Lands

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(1) What monitoring, if any, is currently being undertaken by the Department for Lands using airborne and satellite imagery of firebreaks? (2) If monitoring does take place, do the Department for Lands undertake this monitoring as a matter of routine, or is it undertaken at the request of third parties, and if so, by whom: (a) is the information of this monitoring disseminated, and if so, to what third parties; and (b) is it accessible to the public online?

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Answered

3 December 2013

Responded by

Minister for Lands

Response time

33 days

(1) - (2) Responsibility for the activity rests with Landgate, not the Department of Lands. Landgate continues to conduct research into the use of aerial and satellite imagery for detecting and monitoring firebreaks as part of the National Disaster Resilience Program Project 'Extending FireWatch'. This research was initiated in response to the findings outlined in the Keelty Report on Perth Hills Bushfire February 2011, and has not been made publicly available due to incompleteness. The results of this research to-date, while not conclusive, continue to show potential for firebreak monitoring. Findings from the research into firebreak monitoring under 'Extending FireWatch' project will be reported by 30 June 2014.

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