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.