Inquiry into Fire and Emergency Services Legislation

Inquiry status:

Past

Date commenced:

24 Aug 2005

Date Ended:

19 Oct 2006

Committee

Community Development and Justice Committee (2005 - 2008)

House:

Legislative Assembly

Important Information:

Terms of Reference:

That the Committee examine, report and make recommendations on fire and emergency services legislation in Western Australia, with particular reference to:

1. the means by which legislation puts in place effective and efficient measures to prevent, prepare for, respond to and ensure recovery from fire and emergencies;

2. the means by which legislation puts in place appropriate risk management strategies on land owned/managed by local governments or by State government departments or agencies;

3. the effectiveness of incident command and control systems in fire and emergency services including interoperability in multi agency incidents;

4. the means by which State legislation establishes regulatory responsibility to ensure that appropriate prevention, preparedness and response measures are established for emergency services;

5. the means by which legislation provides an appropriate balance between centralised control and community centred emergency management; and

6. any major issues that emerge that the Committee considers should be included within the inquiry.

Submission Number	Submitting person/organisation
No submissions

Related Documents/Response to Questions on Notice:

Unless a venue is specified, hearings are held at the
Legislative Assembly Committee Rooms, Level 2, 2 Parliament Place, West Perth

by Agency
Hearings by Date

Agency	Date	Time	Venue
Albany Volunteer Fire & Rescue Services Brigade Albany Sea Rescue Squad Inc. Albany Volunteer State Emergency Services Unit	21 Feb 2006	10:15 AM	Middleton Room The Esplanade Hotel Cnr Adelaide Crescent & Flinders Pde, Albany
Aqwest/Busselton Water	19 Jun 2006	02:00 PM
BHP Billiton Iron Ore	10 Aug 2006	03:00 PM
Bunbury Sea Search & Rescue Group Inc. Bunbury State Emergency Service Brigade	23 Feb 2006	01:15 PM	West Ballroom Quality Hotel Lord Forrest, 20 Symmons St, Bunbury
Bunbury Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade	23 Feb 2006	10:15 AM	West Ballroom Quality Hotel Lord Forrest, 20 Symmons St, Bunbury
CALM Albany	21 Feb 2006	01:30 PM	Middleton Room The Esplanade Hotel Cnr Adelaide Crescent & Flinders Pde, Albany
CALM Manjimup	22 Feb 2006	11:30 AM	Manjimup Shire Gallery Mount St, Manjimup
CALM South West Region Fire & Emergency Services Authority	23 Feb 2006	11:30 AM	West Ballroom Quality Hotel Lord Forrest, 20 Symmons St, Bunbury
CALM, Esperance	09 Jun 2006	09:00 AM
CALM, Midwest Region	01 Jun 2006	03:15 PM
City of Albany Albany Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade	21 Feb 2006	09:00 AM	Middleton Room The Esplanade Hotel Cnr Adelaide Crescent & Flinders Pde, Albany
City of Bunbury	23 Feb 2006	09:00 AM	West Ballroom Quality Hotel Lord Forrest, 20 Symmons St, Bunbury
City of Geraldton/Shire of Greenough/Shire of Three Springs	29 May 2006	01:00 PM
Conservation Council of WA	17 May 2006	09:45 AM
Dampier Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service	08 Aug 2006	11:00 AM
Department of Conservation and Land Management	16 Nov 2005	09:30 AM
Department of Housing and Works	19 Oct 2005	10:45 AM
Department of the Premier and Cabinet	23 Nov 2005	09:30 AM
Eastbrook Bush Fire Brigade Manjimup Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Manjimup State Emergency Service Brigade	22 Feb 2006	10:15 AM	Manjimup Shire Gallery Mount St, Manjimup
Environmental Defender's Office	17 May 2006	09:45 AM
Environmental Protection Authority	14 Jun 2006	10:45 AM
Esperance SES Unit/Sea Search & Rescue Unit	08 Jun 2006	02:45 PM
Esperance Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service	08 Jun 2006	01:30 PM
FESA	19 Jun 2006	03:00 PM
FESA Operational Services, Kimberley Region	04 Jul 2006	01:40 PM	As above
FESA, Esperance	08 Jun 2006	03:45 PM
FESA, Geraldton	01 Jun 2006	02:15 PM
FESA/Water Corporation	19 Jun 2006	01:00 PM
Fire & Emergency Services Authority, Great Southern	20 Feb 2006	01:30 PM	Shire of Kojonup Council Chambers 93-95 Albany Hwy, Kojonup
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of WA	09 Nov 2005	09:45 AM
Fitzroy Crossing Emergency Services Unit/CALM Firzroy Crossing	07 Jul 2006	12:00 PM	Karrayili Adult Education Centre 44 Flynn Drive, Fitzroy Crossing
Fossil Downs Station	07 Jul 2006	02:00 PM	As above
Fremantle Sea Rescue Group/Cockburn Volunteer Sea Search & Rescue/Whitfords Volunteer Sea Group	16 Aug 2006	09:45 AM
Geraldton Fire & Rescue Service (Career)	01 Jun 2006	09:00 AM
Geraldton Fire & Rescue Services (Volunteer)	01 Jun 2006	10:00 AM
Geraldton State Emergency Services Unit	01 Jun 2006	11:15 AM
Geraldton Volunteer Sea Rescue Group	01 Jun 2006	01:00 PM
Halls Creek Emergency Services Unit	06 Jul 2006	10:00 AM	As above
Karratha/Dampier State Emergency Service	08 Aug 2006	10:00 AM
Kununurra Fire & Rescue Services Brigade/Kununurra State Emergency Services Unit	04 Jul 2006	10:00 AM	As above
Pastoralists & Graziers Association	10 May 2006	09:45 AM
Pinjarra Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Coolup Bush Fire Brigade West Murray Bush Fire Brigade	24 Feb 2006	12:15 PM	Shire of Pinjarra Council Chambers Pinjarra Rd, Pinjarra
Port Hedland Emergency Services Volunteer Association	10 Aug 2006	09:00 AM
Port Hedland Port Authority	10 Aug 2006	10:00 AM
Port Hedland Volunteer Sea Rescue Group	10 Aug 2006	02:00 PM
Ravensthorpe Volunteer Fire & Rescue Brigade/Ravensthorpe SES Unit	09 Jun 2006	11:15 AM
Shire of Cranbrook	20 Feb 2006	02:45 PM	Shire of Kojonup Council Chambers 93-95 Albany Hwy, Kojonup
Shire of Derby-West Kimberley	07 Jul 2006	01:00 PM	As above
Shire of Esperance	08 Jun 2006	12:30 PM
Shire of Halls Creek	06 Jul 2006	09:00 AM	Telecentre Halls Creek 71 Thomas St, Halls Creek (next to Shire offices)
Shire of Kojonup	20 Feb 2006	11:30 AM	Shire of Kojonup Council Chambers 93-95 Albany Hwy, Kojonup
Shire of Manjimup	22 Feb 2006	09:00 AM	Manjimup Shire Gallery Mount St, Manjimup
Shire of Murray	24 Feb 2006	11:00 AM	Shire of Pinjarra Council Chambers Pinjarra Rd, Pinjarra
Shire of Plantagenet	21 Feb 2006	02:45 PM	Middleton Room The Esplanade Hotel Cnr Adelaide Crescent & Flinders Pde, Albany
Shire of Ravensthorpe	09 Jun 2006	10:00 AM
Shire of Roebourne	08 Aug 2006	12:00 PM
Shire of Wanneroo & Shire of Mundaring	30 Aug 2006	10:00 AM
Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley	04 Jul 2006	09:00 AM	Shire of Wyhdham East Kimberley Council Chambers, 115 Coolibah Drive, Kununurra
South Hedland Fire & Rescue Service	10 Aug 2006	11:00 AM
State Emergency Services Association	10 May 2006	10:45 AM
The Bushfire Front Inc.	23 Nov 2005	10:30 AM
The North Kimberley Land Conservation District Committee	04 Jul 2006	03:00 PM	As above
Town of Kwinana	03 May 2006	10:45 AM
Town of Port Hedland	10 Aug 2006	12:00 PM
United Fire Fighters Union of WA	12 Apr 2006	09:45 AM
Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, WA	12 Apr 2006	10:45 AM
WA Farmers Federation	03 May 2006	09:45 AM
WA Planning Commission	14 Jun 2006	09:45 AM
Waggrakine Bushfire Brigade	01 Jun 2006	04:15 PM
West Pilbra Volunteer Sea Search & Rescue	08 Aug 2006	09:00 AM
Western Australia Police Service	16 Nov 2005	10:45 AM
Western Australian Local Government Association	19 Oct 2005	09:45 AM
Woodside Energy Ltd	08 Aug 2006	02:00 PM
Wyndham Emergency Services Unit	04 Jul 2006	11:00 AM	As above

Date	Time	Venue	Agency
19 Oct 2005	09:45 AM		Western Australian Local Government Association
19 Oct 2005	10:45 AM		Department of Housing and Works
09 Nov 2005	09:45 AM		Fire and Emergency Services Authority of WA
16 Nov 2005	09:30 AM		Department of Conservation and Land Management
16 Nov 2005	10:45 AM		Western Australia Police Service
23 Nov 2005	09:30 AM		Department of the Premier and Cabinet
23 Nov 2005	10:30 AM		The Bushfire Front Inc.
20 Feb 2006	11:30 AM	Shire of Kojonup Council Chambers 93-95 Albany Hwy, Kojonup	Shire of Kojonup
20 Feb 2006	01:30 PM	Shire of Kojonup Council Chambers 93-95 Albany Hwy, Kojonup	Fire & Emergency Services Authority, Great Southern
20 Feb 2006	02:45 PM	Shire of Kojonup Council Chambers 93-95 Albany Hwy, Kojonup	Shire of Cranbrook
21 Feb 2006	09:00 AM	Middleton Room The Esplanade Hotel Cnr Adelaide Crescent & Flinders Pde, Albany	City of Albany Albany Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade
21 Feb 2006	10:15 AM	Middleton Room The Esplanade Hotel Cnr Adelaide Crescent & Flinders Pde, Albany	Albany Volunteer Fire & Rescue Services Brigade Albany Sea Rescue Squad Inc. Albany Volunteer State Emergency Services Unit
21 Feb 2006	01:30 PM	Middleton Room The Esplanade Hotel Cnr Adelaide Crescent & Flinders Pde, Albany	CALM Albany
21 Feb 2006	02:45 PM	Middleton Room The Esplanade Hotel Cnr Adelaide Crescent & Flinders Pde, Albany	Shire of Plantagenet
22 Feb 2006	09:00 AM	Manjimup Shire Gallery Mount St, Manjimup	Shire of Manjimup
22 Feb 2006	10:15 AM	Manjimup Shire Gallery Mount St, Manjimup	Eastbrook Bush Fire Brigade Manjimup Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Manjimup State Emergency Service Brigade
22 Feb 2006	11:30 AM	Manjimup Shire Gallery Mount St, Manjimup	CALM Manjimup
23 Feb 2006	09:00 AM	West Ballroom Quality Hotel Lord Forrest, 20 Symmons St, Bunbury	City of Bunbury
23 Feb 2006	10:15 AM	West Ballroom Quality Hotel Lord Forrest, 20 Symmons St, Bunbury	Bunbury Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade
23 Feb 2006	11:30 AM	West Ballroom Quality Hotel Lord Forrest, 20 Symmons St, Bunbury	CALM South West Region Fire & Emergency Services Authority
23 Feb 2006	01:15 PM	West Ballroom Quality Hotel Lord Forrest, 20 Symmons St, Bunbury	Bunbury Sea Search & Rescue Group Inc. Bunbury State Emergency Service Brigade
24 Feb 2006	11:00 AM	Shire of Pinjarra Council Chambers Pinjarra Rd, Pinjarra	Shire of Murray
24 Feb 2006	12:15 PM	Shire of Pinjarra Council Chambers Pinjarra Rd, Pinjarra	Pinjarra Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Coolup Bush Fire Brigade West Murray Bush Fire Brigade
12 Apr 2006	09:45 AM		United Fire Fighters Union of WA
12 Apr 2006	10:45 AM		Volunteer Marine Rescue Association, WA
03 May 2006	09:45 AM		WA Farmers Federation
03 May 2006	10:45 AM		Town of Kwinana
10 May 2006	09:45 AM		Pastoralists & Graziers Association
10 May 2006	10:45 AM		State Emergency Services Association
17 May 2006	09:45 AM		Environmental Defender's Office
17 May 2006	09:45 AM		Conservation Council of WA
29 May 2006	01:00 PM		City of Geraldton/Shire of Greenough/Shire of Three Springs
01 Jun 2006	09:00 AM		Geraldton Fire & Rescue Service (Career)
01 Jun 2006	10:00 AM		Geraldton Fire & Rescue Services (Volunteer)
01 Jun 2006	11:15 AM		Geraldton State Emergency Services Unit
01 Jun 2006	01:00 PM		Geraldton Volunteer Sea Rescue Group
01 Jun 2006	02:15 PM		FESA, Geraldton
01 Jun 2006	03:15 PM		CALM, Midwest Region
01 Jun 2006	04:15 PM		Waggrakine Bushfire Brigade
08 Jun 2006	12:30 PM		Shire of Esperance
08 Jun 2006	01:30 PM		Esperance Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service
08 Jun 2006	02:45 PM		Esperance SES Unit/Sea Search & Rescue Unit
08 Jun 2006	03:45 PM		FESA, Esperance
09 Jun 2006	09:00 AM		CALM, Esperance
09 Jun 2006	10:00 AM		Shire of Ravensthorpe
09 Jun 2006	11:15 AM		Ravensthorpe Volunteer Fire & Rescue Brigade/Ravensthorpe SES Unit
14 Jun 2006	09:45 AM		WA Planning Commission
14 Jun 2006	10:45 AM		Environmental Protection Authority
19 Jun 2006	01:00 PM		FESA/Water Corporation
19 Jun 2006	02:00 PM		Aqwest/Busselton Water
19 Jun 2006	03:00 PM		FESA
04 Jul 2006	09:00 AM	Shire of Wyhdham East Kimberley Council Chambers, 115 Coolibah Drive, Kununurra	Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley
04 Jul 2006	10:00 AM	As above	Kununurra Fire & Rescue Services Brigade/Kununurra State Emergency Services Unit
04 Jul 2006	11:00 AM	As above	Wyndham Emergency Services Unit
04 Jul 2006	01:40 PM	As above	FESA Operational Services, Kimberley Region
04 Jul 2006	03:00 PM	As above	The North Kimberley Land Conservation District Committee
06 Jul 2006	09:00 AM	Telecentre Halls Creek 71 Thomas St, Halls Creek (next to Shire offices)	Shire of Halls Creek
06 Jul 2006	10:00 AM	As above	Halls Creek Emergency Services Unit
07 Jul 2006	12:00 PM	Karrayili Adult Education Centre 44 Flynn Drive, Fitzroy Crossing	Fitzroy Crossing Emergency Services Unit/CALM Firzroy Crossing
07 Jul 2006	01:00 PM	As above	Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
07 Jul 2006	02:00 PM	As above	Fossil Downs Station
08 Aug 2006	09:00 AM		West Pilbra Volunteer Sea Search & Rescue
08 Aug 2006	10:00 AM		Karratha/Dampier State Emergency Service
08 Aug 2006	11:00 AM		Dampier Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service
08 Aug 2006	12:00 PM		Shire of Roebourne
08 Aug 2006	02:00 PM		Woodside Energy Ltd
10 Aug 2006	09:00 AM		Port Hedland Emergency Services Volunteer Association
10 Aug 2006	10:00 AM		Port Hedland Port Authority
10 Aug 2006	11:00 AM		South Hedland Fire & Rescue Service
10 Aug 2006	12:00 PM		Town of Port Hedland
10 Aug 2006	02:00 PM		Port Hedland Volunteer Sea Rescue Group
10 Aug 2006	03:00 PM		BHP Billiton Iron Ore
16 Aug 2006	09:45 AM		Fremantle Sea Rescue Group/Cockburn Volunteer Sea Search & Rescue/Whitfords Volunteer Sea Group
30 Aug 2006	10:00 AM		Shire of Wanneroo & Shire of Mundaring

Related Reports:

Report No	Title	Date tabled	Related documents
3	Inquiry into Fire and Emergency Services Legislation	19 Oct 2006

Members conducting inquiry

Members:

Mr Anthony (Tony) Patrick O'Gorman MLA
Mr Murray John Cowper MLA
Mr Shane Robin Hill MLA
Ms Katina (Katie) Hodson-Thomas MLA
Mrs Judith (Judy) Hughes MLA

Staff Members:

Ms Katherine Galvin, BSW (Principal Research Officer)
Ms Dawn Dickinson, BSc (Hons) MURP (Research Officer)