❓ Question regarding the development and implementation of local emergency management arrangements for remote communities in the Kimberley region. The answer clarifies that arrangements are at the local government level, not individual communities.
AnsweredQoN 4719Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the development of local emergency management arrangements for remote communities in the Kimberley and I ask: (a) which communities currently have an emergency management arrangement in place; (b) Which communities currently have an emergency management arrangement under development; (c) which communities do not have an emergency management arrangement; and (d) for each community named above, when were these arrangements developed, and when were they last reviewed and updated?
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Answered
16 February 2016
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services
Response time
96 days
The State Emergency Management Committee Secretariat advises:
(a) None. The Emergency Management Act 2005 at section 41 requires that ‘local emergency management arrangements’ are prepared at local government district level. The requirement to prepare local emergency management arrangements does not extend to individual remote communities. Current local emergency management arrangements are in place for each of the Kimberley local government districts.
(b) None. See response to (a) above.
(c) None. See response to (a) above.
(d) Not applicable.
(a) None. The Emergency Management Act 2005 at section 41 requires that ‘local emergency management arrangements’ are prepared at local government district level. The requirement to prepare local emergency management arrangements does not extend to individual remote communities. Current local emergency management arrangements are in place for each of the Kimberley local government districts.
(b) None. See response to (a) above.
(c) None. See response to (a) above.
(d) Not applicable.
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