❓ Question regarding the implementation of recommendations from the Parkerville Stoneville Mt Helena Bushfire Review concerning volunteer firefighter access to fire grounds. The answer outlines DFES procedures for controlled entry and exit and the availability of vehicle identifier stickers.
AnsweredQoN 3129Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the Parkerville Stoneville Mt Helena Bushfire Review which recommended that the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, in consultation with bushfire volunteers should develop a procedure for the controlled entry and exit of volunteers to the fire ground and I ask, what steps have been taken to address this impediment to brigades reaching the fire ground?
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Answered
25 November 2014
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services
Response time
34 days
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) advises:
DFES requires, unless otherwise advised, all responders, whether they be career or volunteer, to report to the Incident Control Centre or Forward Control Point, prior to engaging in fire fighting. This is for their and others safety at the incident. Once their appliance has been assigned to a sector and the crew briefed, there is no impediment to their movement into and out of the fire ground.
Local Governments can source Vehicle Identifier stickers off the DFES stationary contract for issuing to brigade members who have a firefighting vehicle which would enable them to pass through a vehicle control point. These stickers were an outcome of the Toodyay fire.
DFES requires, unless otherwise advised, all responders, whether they be career or volunteer, to report to the Incident Control Centre or Forward Control Point, prior to engaging in fire fighting. This is for their and others safety at the incident. Once their appliance has been assigned to a sector and the crew briefed, there is no impediment to their movement into and out of the fire ground.
Local Governments can source Vehicle Identifier stickers off the DFES stationary contract for issuing to brigade members who have a firefighting vehicle which would enable them to pass through a vehicle control point. These stickers were an outcome of the Toodyay fire.
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