KARRAKATTA CEMETERY — FIRE RISK
45. Hon
Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Minister for Emergency Services:
My question is to the minister
representing the Minister for Emergency Services.
I
refer the minister to the fire that occurred immediately adjacent to Karrakatta
Cemetery on 19 January. I congratulate the emergency services on an
outstanding job undertaken in extreme conditions.
(1) At any time,
did the fire cross, or risk crossing, from the reserve to the south west of the
cemetery, into the cemetery itself?
(2) Does the
Department of Fire and Emergency Services hold any concerns for the large
amounts of dry leaves and untended scrub within the cemetery in the event that
a fire of this nature should occur again?
(3) Will the
minister liaise with his colleague the Minister for Local Government to ensure
that the cemetery is being tended in a manner which prevents the build-up of
flammable materials in such a vulnerable and culturally significant location?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member. I am,
in fact, the Minister for Emergency Services, rather than the minister
representing Minister for Emergency Services.
(1)–(3) No.