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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 806 asked in the Legislative Council on 9 August 2022 by Hon Martin Aldridge

Question Directed to the: Minister for Emergency Services
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

(1) I refer to the career fire and rescue station (CFRS) North Coastal Metropolitan Fire Station and the (CFRS) South East Metropolitan Fire Station as well as the answer to Question 16 in the answers to additional questions during Budget Estimates which stated the South East Metropolitan fire station location cannot be announced until due diligence investigations have been completed and I ask: please identify the proposed suburb or locality for each station?
(2) does the Government intend to establish a new career fire and rescue station in or near Byford?
(3) why did the Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Emergency Services make repeated mention of a new career fire station to be located in Byford during Legislative Assembly estimates on 26, May 2022?
(4) which suburbs or localities are currently being considered as part of the land identification process for the North Coastal Metropolitan Fire Station?

Answered on 20 September 2022

1.     The location for the South East Metropolitan CFRS cannot be provided until due diligence has been completed. The land identification process for North Coastal Metropolitan CFRS is currently underway.

2.     A new career fire station will be located in the South East Metropolitan Region.

3.     The Minister did not make specific mention that the location is Byford. The statement made by the Minister for Environment in LA Estimates was (p.53:

The next new career fire station is going to be located in the south east of Perth—Byford way. The member talked about population growth and where the need is most apparent. I know that there has been a lot of growth in Dunsborough, but I think that as the city expands further to the south east, there has probably been more growth in that south east corridor around Byford. That requirement is being addressed and that will be where our next new career fire station is located.”

4.     The land identification process for North Coastal Metropolitan CFRS is currently underway.