❓ Ms. Evangel asks about the progress of the new West Perth fire station announced in May 2014. The Minister provides an update, including the location, cost, and rationale for the station, highlighting its importance due to population growth and increased demand.
AnsweredQoN 648Legislative Assembly
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WEST PERTH FIRE STATION
648. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister for
Emergency Services:
This morning I joined the minister
in inspecting the site for the construction of the new West Perth fire station
that the minister announced in this place in May 2014. Now that the site has
been secured, can the minister please update the house on this vital piece of
infrastructure?
648. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister for
Emergency Services:
This morning I joined the minister
in inspecting the site for the construction of the new West Perth fire station
that the minister announced in this place in May 2014. Now that the site has
been secured, can the minister please update the house on this vital piece of
infrastructure?
AnswerView source ↗
Before I start, I acknowledge on
behalf of the member for Dawesville the students from Ocean Road Primary School
who are in the Speaker's gallery this afternoon. Welcome, kids.
The member for Perth is right, this
morning we announced that we have located the site, and we finalised the
transaction in the last few weeks for the new West Perth fire station around 27–33
Carr Street over in West Perth, near Northbridge. As we all know, the
population of the City of Perth is growing rapidly. In fact, we expect the
actual population of Perth to grow to 45 000 residents in the next 10 years,
taking into account on top of that developments such as the Perth Stadium,
Northbridge Link, Elizabeth Quay and all the increases —
Mr
W.J. Johnston interjected.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : Hang on a second, I will get to that.
These are all the increases in
pressure from population for the current Perth Fire Station, which will service
the stadium, because it is located between the current fire station and
Belmont. It makes perfect sense to plan for a second fire station, an
additional fire station, to service the CBD of Perth.
Mr
W.J. Johnston interjected.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : I cannot help it if the member for Cannington never studied
geography.
Mr W.J. Johnston :
You can't use St Georges Terrace to go from East Perth to West Perth.
That's what you told us three years ago.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : You are not worth the oxygen!
As we know —
Mr
W.J. Johnston interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are already on two calls—yes,
you are.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : As we know and as I have said, the population is increasing
dramatically, as is the development around the CBD. Currently, the fire
station, over towards the east end of town, on the southern side of the railway
line, is the only fire station that services the CBD, except of course when
there are multiple callouts. In fact, interestingly, the Perth Fire Station is
the busiest fire station in the state of Western Australia. It gets far more
callouts, almost 10 times as many, as every other fire station. As I said this
morning, the member for Perth has essentially, with all due respect, been like
a bit of a dog with a bone. She has been at me for another fire station for
some time. We have raised it with the Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner,
we have done all the due diligence studies and it is with great pleasure that I
can announce that this morning we finalised the location for a second fire station
in Perth that will be in Carr Street, which is based on the western side of
Perth, but also north of the railway line, so that we have a balance on
response times. It has to be kept in mind that in order to save lives and
defend property, the key thing is response times. Having two fire stations is a
great initiative. Just over $19 million is being invested by the government and
the Department of Fire and Emergency Services to build the latest, greatest
state-of-the-art fire station, which is another new fire station. I thank the
member for Perth, who is a great member, obviously elected on merit, for her
perseverance with this particular matter. I think it is a great project and we
should all be very proud.
The
SPEAKER : Before we continue, member for Cannington, you are very lucky. I
am confused; you have not been called at all, but that does not give you
licence.
behalf of the member for Dawesville the students from Ocean Road Primary School
who are in the Speaker's gallery this afternoon. Welcome, kids.
The member for Perth is right, this
morning we announced that we have located the site, and we finalised the
transaction in the last few weeks for the new West Perth fire station around 27–33
Carr Street over in West Perth, near Northbridge. As we all know, the
population of the City of Perth is growing rapidly. In fact, we expect the
actual population of Perth to grow to 45 000 residents in the next 10 years,
taking into account on top of that developments such as the Perth Stadium,
Northbridge Link, Elizabeth Quay and all the increases —
Mr
W.J. Johnston interjected.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : Hang on a second, I will get to that.
These are all the increases in
pressure from population for the current Perth Fire Station, which will service
the stadium, because it is located between the current fire station and
Belmont. It makes perfect sense to plan for a second fire station, an
additional fire station, to service the CBD of Perth.
Mr
W.J. Johnston interjected.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : I cannot help it if the member for Cannington never studied
geography.
Mr W.J. Johnston :
You can't use St Georges Terrace to go from East Perth to West Perth.
That's what you told us three years ago.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : You are not worth the oxygen!
As we know —
Mr
W.J. Johnston interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Cannington, you are already on two calls—yes,
you are.
Mr
J.M. FRANCIS : As we know and as I have said, the population is increasing
dramatically, as is the development around the CBD. Currently, the fire
station, over towards the east end of town, on the southern side of the railway
line, is the only fire station that services the CBD, except of course when
there are multiple callouts. In fact, interestingly, the Perth Fire Station is
the busiest fire station in the state of Western Australia. It gets far more
callouts, almost 10 times as many, as every other fire station. As I said this
morning, the member for Perth has essentially, with all due respect, been like
a bit of a dog with a bone. She has been at me for another fire station for
some time. We have raised it with the Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner,
we have done all the due diligence studies and it is with great pleasure that I
can announce that this morning we finalised the location for a second fire station
in Perth that will be in Carr Street, which is based on the western side of
Perth, but also north of the railway line, so that we have a balance on
response times. It has to be kept in mind that in order to save lives and
defend property, the key thing is response times. Having two fire stations is a
great initiative. Just over $19 million is being invested by the government and
the Department of Fire and Emergency Services to build the latest, greatest
state-of-the-art fire station, which is another new fire station. I thank the
member for Perth, who is a great member, obviously elected on merit, for her
perseverance with this particular matter. I think it is a great project and we
should all be very proud.
The
SPEAKER : Before we continue, member for Cannington, you are very lucky. I
am confused; you have not been called at all, but that does not give you
licence.
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