❓ Hon Kate Doust asks about steps taken to minimise fire risk in Banjup and Forrestdale prior to the recent fires. The Minister details pre-suppression works undertaken by the Department of Parks and Wildlife.
AnsweredQoN 16Legislative Council
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BANJUP AND FORRESTDALE — FIRE RISK
MINIMISATION
16. Hon KATE DOUST to the
minister representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the recent metropolitan fires in Banjup and
Forrestdale. What steps had the department taken prior to Monday, 3 February
2014 to minimise the risk of a fire in these metropolitan areas?
MINIMISATION
16. Hon KATE DOUST to the
minister representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the recent metropolitan fires in Banjup and
Forrestdale. What steps had the department taken prior to Monday, 3 February
2014 to minimise the risk of a fire in these metropolitan areas?
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I thank the member for some notice of the question.
Fire pre-suppression works undertaken by the Department of
Parks and Wildlife prior to the 2013–14 fire season in sections of
Jandakot Regional Park managed by the department, including the area recently
impacted by the Banjup fire, include spraying of dry fire access tracks,
completed by 2 October 2013; spraying of wet fire access tracks, completed by
11 November 2013; fuel reduction slashing, completed by 20 December 2013—two
areas in the Taylor Road–Gibbs Road block totalling 1.6 hectares were
slashed; and lock and gate maintenance, completed in November 2013. Fire
response plans for Jandakot Regional Park were developed in consultation with
the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the relevant local government
authorities, and were distributed to DFES and the City of Cockburn by 8 November
2013. Machinery works aimed at improving vehicle access in boggy areas were
completed on the Taylor Road–Gibbs Road block on 15 January 2014.
Fire pre-suppression works undertaken by the Department of
Parks and Wildlife prior to the 2013–14 fire season in sections of
Jandakot Regional Park managed by the department, including the area recently
impacted by the Banjup fire, include spraying of dry fire access tracks,
completed by 2 October 2013; spraying of wet fire access tracks, completed by
11 November 2013; fuel reduction slashing, completed by 20 December 2013—two
areas in the Taylor Road–Gibbs Road block totalling 1.6 hectares were
slashed; and lock and gate maintenance, completed in November 2013. Fire
response plans for Jandakot Regional Park were developed in consultation with
the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the relevant local government
authorities, and were distributed to DFES and the City of Cockburn by 8 November
2013. Machinery works aimed at improving vehicle access in boggy areas were
completed on the Taylor Road–Gibbs Road block on 15 January 2014.
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