❓ Mr. Morton inquires about the Juvenile and Family Fire Awareness (JAFFA) program, prompting a detailed response from the Minister for Emergency Services highlighting the program's success, collaborative development, and the impactful contribution of volunteers and a young burns survivor.
AnsweredQoN 449Legislative Assembly
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JUVENILE
AND FAMILY FIRE AWARENESS PROGRAM
449. MR N.W. MORTON to the
Minister for Emergency Services:
I note that last week the minister launched a new educational
DVD for the Juvenile and Family Fire Awareness program. Can the minister please
inform the house of the details of this program?
AND FAMILY FIRE AWARENESS PROGRAM
449. MR N.W. MORTON to the
Minister for Emergency Services:
I note that last week the minister launched a new educational
DVD for the Juvenile and Family Fire Awareness program. Can the minister please
inform the house of the details of this program?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Forrestfield for his question. Last
Friday night we launched a new educational DVD for the very successful Juvenile
and Family Fire Awareness program—the JAFFA program—which has
been running in Western Australia since 1989. The DVD launched last Friday
provides a very personal and very emotional account of the dangers of fire. It
is an educational tool to help young people who have been identified as having
a predisposition to play with matches and fire; it teaches them what can go
horribly wrong, both physically and emotionally. It is a very confronting video
and a brilliant tool. The JAFFA program has a 97 per cent success rate in
stopping at-risk juveniles from continuing down that path of playing with fire.
It was developed with assistance from the Royal Perth Hospital adult burns
unit, the WA Police arson squad, the Department of Corrective Services youth
justice service, the Department of Health, the Julian Burton Burns Trust and
the Fiona Wood Foundation. Interestingly, both career and volunteer
firefighters make available their own time to deliver the JAFFA program to
at-risk juveniles on a voluntary basis. I want to place on the record my
gratitude to those people who give up their time to do that.
Lastly, I want to acknowledge Ben Smith,
who is a young man whom I spent some time talking to last Friday. Some members
may have seen a photo of him in The West Australian on Monday. He is an
inspirational young guy. He was significantly burnt at a young age. His scars
were obviously very painful and he told the story of how he had to grow through
his skin. Growing up he was continually in and out of hospital to have his skin
pressures relieved. He has been through an incredibly painful experience and it
is great that he is now old enough and generous enough to share his experience
to help other people not to make the same mistake that he did. He is a great
young man with a very bright future and I thank him for his contribution.
Friday night we launched a new educational DVD for the very successful Juvenile
and Family Fire Awareness program—the JAFFA program—which has
been running in Western Australia since 1989. The DVD launched last Friday
provides a very personal and very emotional account of the dangers of fire. It
is an educational tool to help young people who have been identified as having
a predisposition to play with matches and fire; it teaches them what can go
horribly wrong, both physically and emotionally. It is a very confronting video
and a brilliant tool. The JAFFA program has a 97 per cent success rate in
stopping at-risk juveniles from continuing down that path of playing with fire.
It was developed with assistance from the Royal Perth Hospital adult burns
unit, the WA Police arson squad, the Department of Corrective Services youth
justice service, the Department of Health, the Julian Burton Burns Trust and
the Fiona Wood Foundation. Interestingly, both career and volunteer
firefighters make available their own time to deliver the JAFFA program to
at-risk juveniles on a voluntary basis. I want to place on the record my
gratitude to those people who give up their time to do that.
Lastly, I want to acknowledge Ben Smith,
who is a young man whom I spent some time talking to last Friday. Some members
may have seen a photo of him in The West Australian on Monday. He is an
inspirational young guy. He was significantly burnt at a young age. His scars
were obviously very painful and he told the story of how he had to grow through
his skin. Growing up he was continually in and out of hospital to have his skin
pressures relieved. He has been through an incredibly painful experience and it
is great that he is now old enough and generous enough to share his experience
to help other people not to make the same mistake that he did. He is a great
young man with a very bright future and I thank him for his contribution.
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