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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1028 asked in the Legislative Council on 13 September 2023 by Hon Martin Aldridge

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

FIRE DANGER RATING SYSTEM

1028. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Emergency Services:

I refer to the national review into the Australian Fire Danger Rating System, and Legislative Council question without notice 690, asked on 20 June 2023.

(1) What is the status of the national AFDRS review, and what improvements, if any, will be implemented ahead of the southern high-threat period?

(2) Did the Department of Fire and Emergency Services provide a submission to the national AFDRS review; and, if so, will the minister please table this submission?

(3) Has DFES completed the state-level review as referenced in the minister's media statement on 31 May 2023; and, if so, will the minister please table this review?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) The Australian Fire Authorities Council has completed the national review of the AFDRS identifying a number of recommendations and key findings relating to program governance, community-facing elements, operational and industry capability development, and fire science and technology. A draft national implementation plan has been developed and will be circulated to all jurisdictions by AFAC for review and comment.

(2) DFES contributed to the national review process through its involvement in a series of facilitated review workshops and provided input at the AFDRS board, implementation coordination group, and predictive services group meetings. There is no formal or single submission that can be tabled.

(3) Concurrent to the national review, DFES has an ongoing continuous improvement process to support the implementation of the AFDRS. Issues identified are being addressed locally or referred through the national processes as appropriate. There is no single state-level review document that can be tabled.