FOREST PRODUCTS COMMISSION — FIRE
MANAGEMENT
1342. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the
Minister for Forestry:
I refer to the Forest Products
Commission's fire management measures.
(1) For each of the last three financial years, what
was the total expenditure by the Forest Products Commission on fire
management measures in state forests?
(2) For each of
the last three financial years, what were the fire management measures and
where were they undertaken?
Hon
ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. This answer, of course, was prepared some time ago. The
following information has been provided by the Minister for Forestry.
(1) Native forest
fire management activities in state forests are undertaken by the Department of
Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions as the land manager. The Forest
Products Commission's fire management activities in state forests focus
on the direct or indirect protection of pine plantations. That expenditure is
as follows: in 2019–20, $2 346 699; in 2020–21, $3 717 246; and
in 2021–22, $3 041 963.
(2) Major fire management activities are carried out
across the entire Forest Products Commission estate. Key aspects of fire
management over the last three financial years were: liaison with DBCA, local
government, DFES and forest industry
partners; protection burning with DBCA on its lands adjacent to FPC plantations;
hazard reduction burning of plantation
logging slash and needlebeds on a targeted basis; firebreak and fire
trail maintenance in and around plantations; and maintenance of a wildfire
response capacity to protect plantation assets and support Western Australia's
inter-agency fire structures.