❓ Hon. Kate Doust asks about average response times from the East Perth Fire Station to the furthest areas within its response boundaries, based on simulation exercises. The Attorney General provides simulated response times to various extremities, noting limitations of the model.
AnsweredQoN 693Legislative Council
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EAST PERTH FIRE STATION — RESPONSE TIMES
693. Hon KATE DOUST to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Emergency Services:
What are the current average response times recorded in simulation
exercises between the current East Perth Fire Station and the furthermost areas
within their response boundaries?
693. Hon KATE DOUST to the
Attorney General representing the Minister for Emergency Services:
What are the current average response times recorded in simulation
exercises between the current East Perth Fire Station and the furthermost areas
within their response boundaries?
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On behalf of the Minister for
Emergency Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises that its
simulations are conducted using a computer modelling program. Due to safety
reasons, it is not possible to conduct actual driving exercises in a fire
appliance travelling under emergency conditions to test the response time
frames. The response times to the extremities of the Perth response area have
been run in simulation. Responses are based on travel time only from the
current Perth career fire and rescue station. The simulated traffic conditions
were 70 kilometres an hour for non-freeway speed and 100 kilometres an hour
freeway speed. The simulations are based on ideal traffic conditions and do not
take into account factors that may have a negative impact on travel times.
These include, but are not limited to, traffic congestion, roadworks and diversions
or weather. They are: north western extremity, Wiluna and Bradford Streets,
Coolbinia, five minutes; north eastern extremity, Clement Street and Grand
Promenade, Bedford, seven minutes; eastern extremity, Guildford Road,
Bayswater, five minutes; southern western boundary, bordered by the Swan River
from Mercy Hospital to Kwinana Freeway, four minutes; southern eastern
boundary, bordered by the Swan River from Mercy Hospital to Maylands peninsula,
seven minutes; and western boundary, bordered by the freeway and Charles
Street, four minutes.
Emergency Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises that its
simulations are conducted using a computer modelling program. Due to safety
reasons, it is not possible to conduct actual driving exercises in a fire
appliance travelling under emergency conditions to test the response time
frames. The response times to the extremities of the Perth response area have
been run in simulation. Responses are based on travel time only from the
current Perth career fire and rescue station. The simulated traffic conditions
were 70 kilometres an hour for non-freeway speed and 100 kilometres an hour
freeway speed. The simulations are based on ideal traffic conditions and do not
take into account factors that may have a negative impact on travel times.
These include, but are not limited to, traffic congestion, roadworks and diversions
or weather. They are: north western extremity, Wiluna and Bradford Streets,
Coolbinia, five minutes; north eastern extremity, Clement Street and Grand
Promenade, Bedford, seven minutes; eastern extremity, Guildford Road,
Bayswater, five minutes; southern western boundary, bordered by the Swan River
from Mercy Hospital to Kwinana Freeway, four minutes; southern eastern
boundary, bordered by the Swan River from Mercy Hospital to Maylands peninsula,
seven minutes; and western boundary, bordered by the freeway and Charles
Street, four minutes.
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