INQ015

TitleLong
Royal commission to inquire into the causes of and measures taken to prevent the bush fires of January 1939 and to protect life and property and the measures to be taken to prevent bush fires in Victoria and to protect life and property in the event of fu
INQAuthor
L.E.B. Stretton.
Year
InquiryType
Royal Commission
DisasterType
Bushfire
State
VIC
Status
Analysed
URL
INQ015

Recommendations for this Inquiry

INQ-ref REC-UID CODE SubCode SrcNUM Recommendation
INQ015 REC015_3954 A - Responsibility 24 - Govt responsibility Recommendation 1

It is recommended that each public department or body which may now or hereafter control forest areas be allowed to pursue its own policy of fire prevention and suppression.

INQ015 REC015_3955 E - Agency Organisation 12 - EM agency and authority Recommendation 2

The institution of a State Fire Authority is recommended.
INQ015 REC015_3956 A - Responsibility 24 - Govt responsibility Recommendation 3

It is strongly recommended that no public department of possible combination of public departments interested in forests should be permitted to gain control of this authority.
INQ015 REC015_3957 E - Agency Organisation 12 - EM agency and authority Recommendation 4

It is recommended that the functions of this authority should be primarily those of defining a general policy of prevention and suppression of bush fires and protection of life and property; of organizing and recruiting local brigades; of maintaining discipline of local brigades and over local fi

INQ015 REC015_3958 E - Agency Organisation 12 - EM agency and authority Recommendation 5

It is recommended that all members of the police force, members of brigades, municipal engineers and forest officers should be appointed as wardens.
INQ015 REC015_3959 E - Agency Organisation 37 - Funding Recommendation 6

It is recommended that an annual grant be made to the Association for distribution among the brigades for the purposes of purchase of equipment of which the brigades are in urgent need.
INQ015 REC015_3960 D - Recovery 33 - Relief and recovery Recommendation 7

It is recommended that the Forests Commission recognize and provide for the efficient exercise of three major functions, namely those of Commerce, Reclamation and Rehabilitation.
INQ015 REC015_3961 E - Agency Organisation 12 - EM agency and authority Recommendation 8

It is recommended that each forestry officer should be stationed in one district for as long a time as is practicable consistent with justice to the officer.
INQ015 REC015_3962 A - Responsibility 35 - Business and Industry in relation to industry Recommendation 9

It is recommended that the matter be submitted to experts, of which there are many in the Public Service; and that such experts determine the best manner of construction.