❓ The WA government increased fire management funding by $24.4 million, resulting in 78 additional staff. This investment led to international recognition, with WA fire experts assisting in US wildfire management.
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FIRE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - FUNDING
I refer to the Labor government’s increased funding commitment to fire management. Have there been any benefits from this program? Mr M. McGOWAN
I refer to the Labor government’s increased funding commitment to fire management. Have there been any benefits from this program? Mr M. McGOWAN
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I thank the member for Southern River for the question and acknowledge his interest in this subject. The government has, over the past four years, increased expenditure on fire management throughout the state by $24.4 million. This has meant an additional 78 staff being available for these purposes in the south west and on the south coast. This increased expenditure, and certainly the increased effort put into training and the management of these issues, has been recognised internationally, because various governments throughout the United States recently asked the Western Australian government if some of our fire experts could assist it in the management of the wildfires that are occurring in various parts of the United States. A few weeks ago we sent a team of seven people - five from the Department of Environment and Conservation, one from the Fire and Emergency Services Authority and one from the Forest Products Commission - to assist people in the United States with fire management. I have recently received another request. Another seven staff are going to America to assist in the management of some of the fires that are occurring. This is the fourth year running that the Western Australian government has provided this support for the people of the United States. I acknowledge those seven staff. The five from the Department of Environment and Conservation are Mr Roger Armstrong, Mr Vince Hilder, Mr Bob Hagan, Mr Gavin Wornes and Mr Tom Kenneally. I also acknowledge the Fire and Emergency Services Authority staff member Mr Grant Olsen, and the Forest Products Commission staff member, Mr Mark Read. They will be involved in a range of activities in the United States, particularly in supervision and management, to handle those fires, which should give all of us a great deal of comfort about the way in which our staff manage these issues. I wish them all the best and a safe return. I hope that they will be very productive while they are in the United States.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question and acknowledge his interest in this subject. The government has, over the past four years, increased expenditure on fire management throughout the state by $24.4 million. This has meant an additional 78 staff being available for these purposes in the south west and on the south coast. This increased expenditure, and certainly the increased effort put into training and the management of these issues, has been recognised internationally, because various governments throughout the United States recently asked the Western Australian government if some of our fire experts could assist it in the management of the wildfires that are occurring in various parts of the United States. A few weeks ago we sent a team of seven people - five from the Department of Environment and Conservation, one from the Fire and Emergency Services Authority and one from the Forest Products Commission - to assist people in the United States with fire management. I have recently received another request. Another seven staff are going to America to assist in the management of some of the fires that are occurring. This is the fourth year running that the Western Australian government has provided this support for the people of the United States. I acknowledge those seven staff. The five from the Department of Environment and Conservation are Mr Roger Armstrong, Mr Vince Hilder, Mr Bob Hagan, Mr Gavin Wornes and Mr Tom Kenneally. I also acknowledge the Fire and Emergency Services Authority staff member Mr Grant Olsen, and the Forest Products Commission staff member, Mr Mark Read. They will be involved in a range of activities in the United States, particularly in supervision and management, to handle those fires, which should give all of us a great deal of comfort about the way in which our staff manage these issues. I wish them all the best and a safe return. I hope that they will be very productive while they are in the United States.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question and acknowledge his interest in this subject. The government has, over the past four years, increased expenditure on fire management throughout the state by $24.4 million. This has meant an additional 78 staff being available for these purposes in the south west and on the south coast. This increased expenditure, and certainly the increased effort put into training and the management of these issues, has been recognised internationally, because various governments throughout the United States recently asked the Western Australian government if some of our fire experts could assist it in the management of the wildfires that are occurring in various parts of the United States. A few weeks ago we sent a team of seven people - five from the Department of Environment and Conservation, one from the Fire and Emergency Services Authority and one from the Forest Products Commission - to assist people in the United States with fire management. I have recently received another request. Another seven staff are going to America to assist in the management of some of the fires that are occurring. This is the fourth year running that the Western Australian government has provided this support for the people of the United States. I acknowledge those seven staff. The five from the Department of Environment and Conservation are Mr Roger Armstrong, Mr Vince Hilder, Mr Bob Hagan, Mr Gavin Wornes and Mr Tom Kenneally. I also acknowledge the Fire and Emergency Services Authority staff member Mr Grant Olsen, and the Forest Products Commission staff member, Mr Mark Read. They will be involved in a range of activities in the United States, particularly in supervision and management, to handle those fires, which should give all of us a great deal of comfort about the way in which our staff manage these issues. I wish them all the best and a safe return. I hope that they will be very productive while they are in the United States.
This is the fourth year running that the Western Australian government has provided this support for the people of the United States. I acknowledge those seven staff. The five from the Department of Environment and Conservation are Mr Roger Armstrong, Mr Vince Hilder, Mr Bob Hagan, Mr Gavin Wornes and Mr Tom Kenneally. I also acknowledge the Fire and Emergency Services Authority staff member Mr Grant Olsen, and the Forest Products Commission staff member, Mr Mark Read. They will be involved in a range of activities in the United States, particularly in supervision and management, to handle those fires, which should give all of us a great deal of comfort about the way in which our staff manage these issues. I wish them all the best and a safe return. I hope that they will be very productive while they are in the United States.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question and acknowledge his interest in this subject. The government has, over the past four years, increased expenditure on fire management throughout the state by $24.4 million. This has meant an additional 78 staff being available for these purposes in the south west and on the south coast. This increased expenditure, and certainly the increased effort put into training and the management of these issues, has been recognised internationally, because various governments throughout the United States recently asked the Western Australian government if some of our fire experts could assist it in the management of the wildfires that are occurring in various parts of the United States. A few weeks ago we sent a team of seven people - five from the Department of Environment and Conservation, one from the Fire and Emergency Services Authority and one from the Forest Products Commission - to assist people in the United States with fire management. I have recently received another request. Another seven staff are going to America to assist in the management of some of the fires that are occurring. This is the fourth year running that the Western Australian government has provided this support for the people of the United States. I acknowledge those seven staff. The five from the Department of Environment and Conservation are Mr Roger Armstrong, Mr Vince Hilder, Mr Bob Hagan, Mr Gavin Wornes and Mr Tom Kenneally. I also acknowledge the Fire and Emergency Services Authority staff member Mr Grant Olsen, and the Forest Products Commission staff member, Mr Mark Read. They will be involved in a range of activities in the United States, particularly in supervision and management, to handle those fires, which should give all of us a great deal of comfort about the way in which our staff manage these issues. I wish them all the best and a safe return. I hope that they will be very productive while they are in the United States.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question and acknowledge his interest in this subject. The government has, over the past four years, increased expenditure on fire management throughout the state by $24.4 million. This has meant an additional 78 staff being available for these purposes in the south west and on the south coast. This increased expenditure, and certainly the increased effort put into training and the management of these issues, has been recognised internationally, because various governments throughout the United States recently asked the Western Australian government if some of our fire experts could assist it in the management of the wildfires that are occurring in various parts of the United States. A few weeks ago we sent a team of seven people - five from the Department of Environment and Conservation, one from the Fire and Emergency Services Authority and one from the Forest Products Commission - to assist people in the United States with fire management. I have recently received another request. Another seven staff are going to America to assist in the management of some of the fires that are occurring. This is the fourth year running that the Western Australian government has provided this support for the people of the United States. I acknowledge those seven staff. The five from the Department of Environment and Conservation are Mr Roger Armstrong, Mr Vince Hilder, Mr Bob Hagan, Mr Gavin Wornes and Mr Tom Kenneally. I also acknowledge the Fire and Emergency Services Authority staff member Mr Grant Olsen, and the Forest Products Commission staff member, Mr Mark Read. They will be involved in a range of activities in the United States, particularly in supervision and management, to handle those fires, which should give all of us a great deal of comfort about the way in which our staff manage these issues. I wish them all the best and a safe return. I hope that they will be very productive while they are in the United States.
This is the fourth year running that the Western Australian government has provided this support for the people of the United States. I acknowledge those seven staff. The five from the Department of Environment and Conservation are Mr Roger Armstrong, Mr Vince Hilder, Mr Bob Hagan, Mr Gavin Wornes and Mr Tom Kenneally. I also acknowledge the Fire and Emergency Services Authority staff member Mr Grant Olsen, and the Forest Products Commission staff member, Mr Mark Read. They will be involved in a range of activities in the United States, particularly in supervision and management, to handle those fires, which should give all of us a great deal of comfort about the way in which our staff manage these issues. I wish them all the best and a safe return. I hope that they will be very productive while they are in the United States.
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