Inquiry Search
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC286-1477 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Develop and deliver flood incident response management training to SES personnel. |
REC286-2019 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Assess water supply resilience in the case of an interruption. |
REC286-2073 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Ensure people designing and certifying buildings are appropriately trained and qualified. |
REC286-2042 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Increased regulation of landslide risk assessment. |
REC286-2062 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Review State Special Emergency Plan: Human Influenza Pandemic Emergencies. |
REC286-1470 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Integrate Storage Operating Rules with downstream flood response plans. |
REC286-2013 | 16 - Training and behaviour | State to develop a Swift Water rescue capability. |
REC286-2069 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Implement a database management approach for notifiable disease record systems. |
REC286-2036 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Provide information on landslide hazards and risks to decision makers. |
REC286-2060 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop a flexible plan for establishing flu-specific services. |
REC286-1462 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop a strategic plan for the operation and management of the seismic monitoring network in Tasmania. |
REC286-2068 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Develop a disaster client record system. |
REC286-2033 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Incorporate heatwave surge response planning into business continuity planning. |
REC286-2096 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Review current all-hazards emergency management arrangements to evaluate if they adequately address Tsunami response and recovery requirements. |
REC286-2059 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Enhance business continuity planning by the Tasmanian Health Service. |
REC286-1444 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Maintain adequate seasonal fire crew resources across the fire agencies. |
REC286-2067 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Improve integration of health information systems. |
REC286-2030 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop innovative response models of patient care to improve surge capacity. |
REC286-2086 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop SOP for recovery package. |
REC286-2058 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Clarify the relationship between the DHHS and THS in the establishment of flu services. |
REC286-1434 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Improve the strategic resource-to-risk skills mix (recruitment, retention, capacity), including investigating difference models of volunteering within the TFS Brigade Network. |
REC286-2065 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Deliver human influenza pandemic training and exercises in THS and other key organisations. |
REC286-1481 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Integrate clean-up arrangements into emergency plans. |
REC286-2029 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Create a stakeholder plan template to aid heatwave preparedness and response in facilities occupied by people vulnerable to heatwaves (e.g. nursing homes) |
REC286-2080 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Formalise response triage arrangements. |
REC286-2057 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Provide training sessions to GPs to improve their understanding of their roles, options and obligations relating to human influenza pandemic. |
REC286-2063 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Review Tas Govt interoperability arrangements. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC243-0839 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That noting the precedents for legislated charters in the Carers Recognition Act 2005 and the Health and Community Services Complaints Act 2004, that the Government support the Fire and Emergency Services (Volunteer Charters) Amendment Bill introduced by the Member for Morphett in November 2012 to enshrine the Country Fire Service and the State Emergency Service at law. |
REC243-0837 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Government’s Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (SAMFS Firefighters) Amendment Bill be amended to include Country Fire Service firefighters alongside Metropolitan Fire Service firefighters. |
REC243-0836 | 24 - Govt responsibility | That the Government explore as a matter of priority the transitioning to St John Ambulance SA Ltd providing non-emergency ambulance carriage services in South Australia, and be appropriately funded for doing so. |
REC243-0844 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the State Government give high priority to liaising with interstate and Federal processes, and offer to take a lead, on changing the climatic and fire rating arrangements to ensure these match the conditions that can create dangerous bushfire conditions at short notice. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC242-2639 | 24 - Govt responsibility | That the Government’s Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (SAMFS Firefighters) Amendment Bill be amended to include Country Fire Service firefighters alongside Metropolitan Fire Service firefighters. |
REC242-2638 | 24 - Govt responsibility | That the Government explore as a matter of priority the transitioning to St John Ambulance SA Ltd providing non-emergency ambulance carriage services in South Australia, and be appropriately funded for doing so. |
REC242-2646 | 24 - Govt responsibility | That the State Government give high priority to liaising with interstate and Federal processes, and offer to take a lead, on changing the climatic and fire rating arrangements to ensure these match the conditions that can create dangerous bushfire conditions at short notice. |
REC242-2641 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That noting the precedents for legislated charters in the Carers Recognition Act 2005 and the Health and Community Services Complaints Act 2004, that the Government support the Fire and Emergency Services (Volunteer Charters) Amendment Bill introduced by the Member for Morphett in November 2012 to enshrine the Country Fire Service and the State Emergency Service at law. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC166-3002 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the Tasmania Fire Service provide additional training in the use of thermal camera imaging: |
REC166-3001 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the Tasmania Fire Service provide further training in respect to sprinkler systems, namely: |
REC166-3000 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Tasmania Fire Service establish clear systems and protocols for dealing with fires. |
REC166-3005 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Coroner prepare a discussion paper and draft guidelines for the clarification of investigative roles of the Tasmania Police Service, the Tasmania Fire Service, and the Coroners Office for adoption in relation to future fires where a Coroner’s Inquest is established. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC153-1789 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Minister for Emergency Services and the Chief Officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service cause to be included among the SACFS’ Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) a requirement that Incident |
REC153-1795 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the South Australian Country Fire Service develop as part of competency for inclusion on a Level 2 or Level 3 Incident Management Team a minimum requirement of demonstrated skill and competency in risk assessment. |
REC153-1788 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Minister for Emergency Services and the Chief Officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service cause to be included among the SACFS’ Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) a requirement that Incident |
REC153-1794 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the Minister for Emergency Services and the Chief Officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service reinforce in the minds of all Incident Management Team members, in particular but not limited to the Incident Controller and Planning Officer, of the need to conduct a full risk assessment that not only addresses operational risk, but the risk posed to the general public by an existing incident and at all times to consider and identify the ‘worst case scenario’ outcome. |
REC153-1805 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Minister for Emergency Services, the Minister for Environment, the Chief Officer of the CFS and the Native Vegetation Council, together develop a Code of Practice relating to the management of native vegetation as it affects bushfire prevention. |
REC153-1787 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Minister for Emergency Services, the South Australian Country Fire Service, the South Australia Police and the South Australian Farmers’ Federation together continue to develop strategies to reduce the risk of harm to private firefighters and in particular: |
REC153-1793 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the Minister for Emergency Services and the Chief Officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service reinforce in the minds of those Officers who perform the role of Regional Duty Officer the need to deliver to the Deputy State Coordinator timely, accurate and relevant information pertaining to an ongoing fire incident. |
REC153-1798 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the South Australian Country Fire Service design tuition courses aimed specifically at developing among its members skill and competency in identifying and implementing feasible and appropriate containment measures designed to bring control to a fire incident so as to minimise the risk posed to the general public. |
REC153-1774 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Minister for Emergency Services, the Chief Officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service, the President of the Farmers’ Federation of South Australia and the Minister for Local Government, with a view to developing a Code of Practice, establish a body to investigate the impact of existing farming practices on bushfire risk and prevention. |
REC153-1792 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the Minister for Emergency Services and the Chief Officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service reinforce in the minds of those Officers who perform the role of Regional Duty Officer the duties and responsibilities attaching to that position insofar as they apply to an ongoing fire incident, and in particular to recognise the need to conduct a risk assessment in relation to an incident and the need to scrutinise, evaluate and validate the strategies and Incident Action Plans of Incident Management Teams. |
REC153-1797 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the South Australian Country Fire Service develop as part of competency for inclusion on a Level 2 or Level 3 Incident Management Team a minimum requirement of demonstrated skill and competency in identifying and implementing feasible and appropriate containment measures designed to bring control to a fire incident so as to minimise the risk posed to the general public. |
REC153-1790 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Minister for Emergency Services and the Chief Officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service cause to be included among the SACFS’ Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) a requirement that Incident |
REC153-1796 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the South Australian Country Fire Service design tuition courses aimed specifically at developing among its members skill and competency in risk assessment. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC139-3538 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The requirement to establish a Bushfire Management Committee is inserted into the SA Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005. |
REC139-3543 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Bushfire Management Committees be given the appropriate powers under the SA Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005 to ensure that bushfire management strategies that have been identified in a Bushfire Management Plan or any other action to reduce bushfire risk, are completed by individuals, the community, agencies or organisations. |
REC139-3550 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The State Bushfire Coordination Committee work with the Native Vegetation Council to develop more streamlined processes for the prescribed burning of native vegetation for hazard reduction. |
REC139-3537 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The requirement for a rural council to appoint a suitably qualified Fire Prevention Officer under section 77 of the SA Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005 is removed. |
REC139-3542 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Bushfire Management Committees will have the following members who reside and/or are employed/assigned in the area of responsibility, with experience in bushfire management: |
REC139-3548 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The current provisions for permit to light and maintain fire under Section 81 of the SA Fire and Emergency Services Act and Regulations 2005 to be reviewed for improvement with an accreditation for a self-regulation process. |
REC139-3536 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The requirement for a rural council to establish a District Bushfire Prevention Committees under section 75 of the SA Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005 is removed. |
REC139-3541 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Bushfire Management Committees will have the following functions: |
REC139-3547 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The principle of developing Codes of Practice for Bushfire Management, referenced in the SA Fire and Emergency Services Act and Regulations 2005 be endorsed and further developed by the State Bushfire Coordination Committee. |
REC139-3535 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The requirement to establish Regional Bushfire Prevention Committees under section 73 of the SA Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005, is removed. |
REC139-3540 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The State Bushfire Coordination Committee will have the following members with experience in bushfire management: |
REC139-3545 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | SA Country Fire Service to be responsible for Bushfire Management Plan preparation, analysis of future risks trends based on investigation and executive support to Bushfire Management Committees. |
REC139-3534 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The SA Bushfire Prevention Advisory Committee established under section 71 of the SA Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005, is removed and replaced with the State Bushfire Coordination Committee. |
REC139-3539 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The State Bushfire Coordination Committee will have the following functions: |
REC139-3544 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The area of responsibility for Bushfire Management Committees will be established based on bushfire risk and the capacity of the area to cooperate and collaborate. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC122-3790 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The Committee recommends that prescribed burning should only be undertaken by professionally trained personnel. |
REC122-3789 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The Committee recommends that the native vegetation planning and approval process for prescribed burning be amended to allow flexibility for burning on optimum days. |
REC122-3788 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The Committee recommends that the Native Vegetation Council have a consistent approach to prescribed burning on both public and private lands. |
REC122-3786 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The Committee recommends that the Native Vegetation Act be amended to allow for prescribed burning. |
REC122-3784 | 34 - Local knowledge | The Committee recommends that the government provide authority to a single community representative body to authorise clearing of native vegetation for fire management. (The community representative body must incorporate the CFS, DEH, Native Vegetation Council and local council) |
REC122-3791 | 16 - Training and behaviour | The Committee recommends that training be provided to landholders to enable them to assist with prescribed burns. |
REC122-3779 | 24 - Govt responsibility | The Committee recommends that relevant government departments implement an ongoing management program for the eradication of feral pests and weeds. |