Hon Rob Horstman asks the Minister for Emergency Services about the number of fire appliances placed on restricted duty or decommissioned in September due to staffing shortages. The Minister provides specific figures in response.

AnsweredQoN 879Legislative Council
Asked
16 October 2025
Portfolio
Emergency Services

QuestionView source ↗

Fire and Emergency Services—Fire appliances
879. Hon Rob Horstman to
the minister representing the Minister for Emergency
Services:
I refer to the
Department of Fire and Emergency Services appliance on restricted duty (AORD)
and decommissioning provisions for fire appliance where minimum safe staffing
requirements cannot be met.
(1) In September, how many fire appliances were
placed on restricted duty?
(2) In September, how
many fire appliances were decommissioned?
(3) Of (1), how many shifts were impacted by
AORDs?
(4) In September, what was the maximum number of
shifts that an individual fire appliance was on restricted duty?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the member
for some notice of the question. The Minister for Emergency Services has
provided the following response.
The Department of
Fire and Emergency Services advises the following.
(1) There were 11.
(2) There were nil.
(3) There were eight.
(4) There were 10.

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