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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 90 asked in the Legislative Council on 18 February 2020 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

BUSHFIRE — GNANGARA — PERSONNEL ALLOCATION

90. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Minister for Emergency Services:

I refer to a fire incident in Gnangara, in the north of Perth, on 9 November 2019.

(1) Did career firefighters refuse to take instruction from a qualified sector commander because he was a volunteer at the fire on that date?

(2) If yes to (1), was the reason given for the refusal that this was a directive of the United Firefighters Union?

(3) If yes to (1), will the minister supply details of the incident to Parliament?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Emergency Services.

(1)–(3) On 9 November 2019, a bushfire occurred within the gazetted fire district in the suburb of Gnangara—DFES incident 458032. During the incident, concerns were raised with the operations officer regarding the allocation of career and volunteer personnel across sectors. The issue was resolved in the course of reallocating resources across the fireground.