AGED-CARE
FACILITIES — FIRE SPRINKLERS
1200. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Commerce:
I refer to the minister's
response to question without notice 1055 asked on Thursday, 8 October.
How many aged-care facilities in Western
Australia are not fitted with an automatic sprinkler system?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I
thank the member for the question. The following information has been provided
to me by the Minister for Commerce.
Further
to my response to question without notice 1055, a review that the Department of
Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety is undertaking will, amongst other
things, ascertain this information, including the collection of the dates of
construction of aged-care facilities along with details of their current fire
protection systems.