I recommend that ASIO liaise with the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre with a view to both agencies cooperating in the identification, assessment and management of fixated, radicalised individuals.

I recommend that the Premier of New South Wales consider whether the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 should be amended to ensure that there is appropriate access to health related information available to ASIO (consisten

The Departments of Fire and Emergency Services and Parks and Wildlife to investigate and adopt an emergency services resource management system that will enable the registration, tasking, tracking, management and coordination of emergency management personnel, vehicles, plant and aircraft.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services to work with the Department of Planning and Local Governments to adopt a policy which enables Local Governments to identify, register and communicate, ‘Places of Bushfire Last Resort’ in settlements and townsites where the life risk from bushfire is v

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services to investigate and adopt a system that will allow the public to opt in, monitor and receive, through a ‘push mechanism’, bushfire and other emergency warnings, maps and information using a wide variety of devices including personal hand held smart dev

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services to issue a photo identification card to DFES members, members of Bush Fire Brigades, volunteer emergency services, Incident Management Teams, forestry industry brigade members and Networked Government Emergency Agency members.

The State Emergency Management Committee to adopt, across all hazards, the doctrine of: · the primacy of life; · the ‘Strategic Control Priorities’ (as documented by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services); and · community warnings that are timely, tailored and relevant.

The State Emergency Management Committee to review the policy for traffic management at emergency incidents so it reflects national ‘best practice’. This includes the production and issuing of an aide-memoire to guide traffic management, emergency and incident management personnel.

The State Government to create a Rural Fire Service to enhance the capability for rural fire management and bushfire risk management at a State, regional and local level.

The State Government to establish an arrangement to develop a ‘network’ of Western Australian State Government agency personnel who can be called upon for bushfire and emergency incident management capability within Western Australia.

The State Emergency Management Committee, in consultation with Western Australian Farmers Federation, the Association of Bush Fire Brigades, the Contractors Association of WA, and the Forest Industries Federation of WA, to establish systems for the voluntary registration of: · farmer firefighting

The State Emergency Management Committee to establish a State Bushfire Coordinating Committee as a sub-committee of SEMC.

The Departments of Parks and Wildlife and Fire and Emergency Services to adopt the policy that all bushfire Level 3 Incident Management Teams in the Perth Hills and the South West will be integrated and pre-formed from the start of the 2016/17 fire season with substantial involvement of both the

The Department of Parks and Wildlife to plan for the highest priority hazard reduction burning effort around settlements and critical assets in the South West and Perth Hills.

The Department of Parks and Wildlife to continue emphasis on landscape hazard reduction burning with the annual objective of treating 140,000 hectares per annum in Land Management Zone C.

The State Government to explore options for streamlining the functions and the independence of the State Emergency Management Committee Secretariat and the Office of Bushfire Risk Management with a view to including an inspectorate function, and appointing a person who is dedicated to that role.

The Departments of Parks and Wildlife and Fire and Emergency Services to develop options for the expansion of the ‘Bushfire Mitigation Grant Scheme’ 20 January 2016 Waroona Fire Special Inquiry utilising both State and Commonwealth Government funding to enable the implementation of hazard reducti

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services, utilising the Office of Bushfire Risk Management, to develop a simplified and fast track hazard reduction burn (and other fuel mitigation techniques) planning and approval process to ensure the timely conduct of township and asset protection burns by

The Department of the Premier and Cabinet to conduct an independent review of the current arrangement for the management and distribution of the Emergency Services Levy.

Coordinated and targeted mitigation of fire risk

Co‐designed arrangements that support a unified response to fire

Structures to incorporate local knowledge and situational awareness into the fire response

Live resource tracking system that can be used by all response agencies

A unified and integrated fire sector across the whole fire hazard

Review of institutional arrangements in the fire sector

Resourcing models appropriate to local needs, including fire risk and remoteness

Resolve reoccurring issues with systems and processes

Cross-agency resource management system

IAP formats and processes appropriate to the nature of the emergency response.

Flexible pre‐formed multi‐ agency IMTs

Appropriate and scalable resourcing models for remote locations

IGEM recommends that Emergency Management Victoria continue to lead the development and application of a comprehensive sector wide preparedness model for integration within and across emergency management arrangements in Victoria.

The Committee finds that on the evidence presented, that a review and reform of the Fire Services Act 1979 is necessary.

The Committee finds that on the evidence presented, that the Government should undertake a review of how firefighting equipment and gear in Tasmania can be better standardised with interstate equipment and gear to improve cross-jurisdiction resource utilisation.

The Committee finds that on the evidence presented, that section 107 of the Fire Service Act should be amended to provide greater clarity in relation to discretionary spending by the Chief Officer or alternatively, the Act should be amended to include the authorisation for the State Fire Commissi

The Committee finds that on the evidence presented, that volunteer firefighters are at risk of being undervalued and underrated and that the Government should use best endeavours to ensure the full acknowledgement and recognition of these services.

The Committee finds that on the evidence presented, that the State Government should establish an independent Chair to govern the State Fire Commission and that this governance arrangement should be included in the reform of the governing legislation.

The Committee recommends the State Fire Commission be fully reimbursed for the costs of the State Emergency Service transfer in years 2014 to 2017.

The Committee finds that on the evidence presented, that the State Fire Commission should assess whether community engagement programs of the State Fire Services and State Emergency should be centralised.

The Committee finds that on the evidence presented, the State Fire Commission introduces key performance indicators reporting in relation to its work in community engagement to measure its success in program delivery and community engagement.

The Committee finds that on the evidence presented, that the Fuel Reduction Burn Program should be maintained and have its budget directly funded to ensure that the program continues and does not hinder other services or programs.

The fire agencies consider how the Regional Fire Operations Centre (RFOC) as a concept adds value once a level 3 IMT is up and running in a region.

The Tasmanian fire agencies develop a multi-agency position to ensure that training for incident controllers includes training in how the transition from local incident control to Divisional Command is managed.

Further conversations take place between TFS and SES to identify what skills and capabilities may be transferable between the agencies, not just in the event of a future fire, but in case of future hazards for which SES is the primary response agency, including food, earthquake and tsunami.

All Tasmanian fire agency staff who are assigned to aviation-related roles be required to complete the formal nationally recognised training appropriate to that role.

That suffcient Tasmanian firefghters are trained in winch operations to sustain a ‘first strike’ capability until they can be reinforced (if necessary) by interstate capability; and that consideration be given to how winch-capable aircraft can be sourced to support this activity at fire incidents

That a full review be undertaken of the benefts and costs of training a cadre of Tasmanian volunteer firefghters in remote area firefghting, with reference to the experience of jurisdictions interstate that already do so.

The Tasmanian fire agencies review: • their pre-season engagement with groups such as (but not limited to) environmental groups who might beneft from a greater understanding of fire management tactics, in order to inform them of and receive feedback on intended approaches to firefghting and fire

The Tasmanian fire agencies think more broadly about how staff who are already employed by Government could support the management of future emergencies.

The Tasmanian fire agencies take steps at a national level to share learnings from the 2016 fires about the administration of interstate assistance and support the codifcation of the workings, structure and reporting lines of an Interstate and International Liaison Unit for future complex deploym

The Tasmanian fire agencies commission a review into the efectiveness of aerial firefghting in the 2016 fires, in order to better understand and to document for future reference the cost-efectiveness of specifc fire suppression strategies and tactics in different vegetation types.

The Tasmanian fire agencies develop a joint multi-agency Fire Preparedness Matrix to guide decision-making in response to severe fire weather conditions or capacity issues.

The Tasmanian fire agencies consider the development of fire operational guidelines to avoid long-term environmental impacts such as: • • • strategies and tactics that will minimise the impact of fire management activities conditions under which earthmoving equipment and fire chemicals may be use

Investigate the costs and benefits in enhancing the current Tsunami detection buoy network.

Continue the Bushfire Ready Neighbourhoods Program.

Advocate for an National Notifiable Diseases Database.

Include consideration of coastal inundation in land use planning for new developments and uses.

Further development of Landslide Hazard Banding of the State (MRT).

Ensure appropriate levels of insurance of public assets from flood risks.

State to develop a Swift Water rescue capability.

Personal protective equipment (masks, gowns, gloves, goggles) – review fit-testing vs fit-checking.

Ensure sufficient investment in controls across the PPRR spectrum with a focus on Prevention and Mitigation.

Continue the Community Bushfire Protection Program with a renewed focus on vulnerable groups.

Engage with industry bodies to explore opportunities to better understand and manage risks.

Develop, implement, review and exercise inter-agency community evacuation and recovery plans across the State.

Consider outcomes of national review of warnings and review resilience of warning systems’ infrastructure.

Review building controls to ensure they are adaptive to changing coastal inundation risks.

Develop linkages between landslide risk assessors and building engineers/structural works.

Integrate existing capabilities into a Total Flood Warning System.

Review legal liability of participants in prevention and mitigation preparedness, response and recovery activities.

Review flood response sustainment capacity of organisations.

Improve the strategic resource-to-risk skills mix (recruitment, retention, capacity), including investigating difference models of volunteering within the TFS Brigade Network.

Provide information on landslide hazards and risks to decision makers.

Implement a social marking program to promote improved respiratory etiquette and hygiene.

Investigate the costs and benefits in enhancing the current Tsunami warning arrangements with signage and audible warning systems at key exposed locations (e.g. Port Arthur and Kingston Beach).

Expand the existing Fire Ready Schools Program with enhanced support and incorporate other sites used by vulnerable groups.

Identify and analyse statewide storm hazard risk.

Exercise time-critical decision making processes within the context of an earthquake scenario.

Assess water supply resilience in the case of an interruption.

Review legislation relating to Fuel Stove only areas, Fire Permit System and Total Fire Bans to ensure appropriate incentives to modify individuals’ behaviour.

Promote the use of Water Sensitive Urban Design in stormwater systems.

Incentivising safer sites (charge people less rates and discounts for defensive actions by land managers).

Improve insurance affordability.

Increase SES Capability and Capacity to respond to flood event.

Maintain adequate seasonal fire crew resources across the fire agencies.

Provide training sessions to GPs to improve their understanding of their roles, options and obligations relating to human influenza pandemic.

Investigate the costs and benefits of delivering a public education and awareness program.

Introduce child-centred household level disaster risk reduction strategies in school programs.

Improve community educational information.

Incorporate heatwave surge response planning into business continuity planning.

Review seismic monitoring network alert systems to ensure emergency managers are on the contact lists.

Raised access routes.

Ensure landuse planning and building systems, including appeal mechanisms, are transparent, equitable and integrated at the municipal, State and national levels.

Continue the development and implementation of community level Bushfire Mitigation Plans.

Improve the coordination and delivery of the National seismic monitoring program.

Raise public awareness of the limitations of general insurance relating to landslide.

Develop and deliver flood incident response management training to SES personnel.

Deliver human influenza pandemic training and exercises in THS and other key organisations.

Review volunteering arrangements to improve recruitment and retention.

Improve knowledge and understanding of the effect heatwaves coinciding with other hazard events have on the effectiveness and capability of response and recovery capabilities