INQ061

TitleLong

Report of the Public Bodies Review Committee into the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board

INQAuthor

Cooper, R., et. al.

Year

1994

InquiryType

DisasterType

State

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Recommendations for this Inquiry

INQ-ref	REC-UID	CODE	SubCode	SrcNUM	Recommendation
INQ061	REC061-3241	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 1	The Committee recommends that the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board continue to exist.
INQ061	REC061-3408	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	24 - Govt responsibility 24 - Govt responsibility	Recommendation 2	It is inappropriate for an emergency services provider to develop its own standards, core objectives and functions. The Committee recommends that these be the responsibility of the Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
INQ061	REC061-3409	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 2.1	The Committee recommends that one standard model of fire cover be developed for Victoria as a matter of urgency.
INQ061	REC061-3410	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform	Recommendation 2.2	The Committee recommends that, following the development of standards of fire cover, related standards be established for: • Location of buildings; • Selection of equipment; • Identification of manpower resources; • Training.
INQ061	REC061-3411	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 2.3	The Committee recommends that collocation shall occur unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Minister that it is inappropriate.
INQ061	REC061-3412	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform	Recommendation 2.5	The Committee recommends that the Ministry for Police and Emergency Services seek common national fire standards.
INQ061	REC061-3413	C - Response C - Response	15 - Inter-service cooperation 15 - Inter-service cooperation	Recommendation 3	The Committee recommends to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services that a joint communications and dispatch facility be established under the Minister's control to implement the following minimum services to the Victoria Police and the emergency services:
INQ061	REC061-3414	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	37 - Funding 37 - Funding	Recommendation 3.1	That the cost of a Bureau of Emergency Services Telecommunications centre be recovered through user charges.
INQ061	REC061-3415	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	24 - Govt responsibility 24 - Govt responsibility	Recommendation 3.2	The Committee recommends that the Bureau of Emergency Services Telecommunications Centre extend its services as a commercial venture to smaller government agencies who could not develop such a dedicated system.
INQ061	REC061-3416	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	37 - Funding 37 - Funding	Recommendation 4	The Committee recommends that the Government act urgently to make the existing system of funding the fire services fair and equitable to all Victorians.
INQ061	REC061-3417	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	37 - Funding 37 - Funding	Recommendation 4.1	The Committee recommends that an equitable funding system be implemented which relates premiums to: • Risk covered; and • Standard of Fire Cover.
INQ061	REC061-3418	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	37 - Funding 37 - Funding	Recommendation 4.2	The Committee recommends that any change to the funding system reflect in a reduction of the total price charged to consumers through premiums by the insurance industry.
INQ061	REC061-3419	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 5	The Committee recommends that: • The Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board extend it role to include emergency medical response. • The Emergency response component of all Victorian Ambulance services report to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
INQ061	REC061-3420	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 6	The Committee recommends that the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board remain a statutory authority.
INQ061	REC061-3421	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 7	The Committee recommends that a new Board be appointed, consisting of nine members nominated by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services and including the Chief Executive Officer who shall not be Chairman.
INQ061	REC061-3422	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	9 - Community education 9 - Community education	Recommendation 8	The Committee recommends that the FireVision concept used by the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board be extended through the Directorate of School Education's Interactive Television Program to all emergency services and in particular to rural fire and emergency services.
INQ061	REC061-3407	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 1	The Committee recommends that the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board continue to exist.
INQ061	REC061-3258	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review	Recommendation 9	The Committee recommends that the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board be reviewed five years from the tabling of this report in Parliament.
INQ061	REC061-3257	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	9 - Community education 9 - Community education	Recommendation 8	The Committee recommends that the FireVision concept used by the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board be extended through the Directorate of School Education's Interactive Television Program to all emergency services and in particular to rural fire and emergency services.
INQ061	REC061-3242	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	24 - Govt responsibility 24 - Govt responsibility	Recommendation 2	It is inappropriate for an emergency services provider to develop its own standards, core objectives and functions. The Committee recommends that these be the responsibility of the Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
INQ061	REC061-3243	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 2.1	The Committee recommends that one standard model of fire cover be developed for Victoria as a matter of urgency.
INQ061	REC061-3244	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform	Recommendation 2.2	The Committee recommends that, following the development of standards of fire cover, related standards be established for: • Location of buildings; • Selection of equipment; • Identification of manpower resources; • Training.
INQ061	REC061-3245	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 2.3	The Committee recommends that collocation shall occur unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Minister that it is inappropriate.
INQ061	REC061-3246	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	38 - Agency/Department Reporting 38 - Agency/Department Reporting	Recommendation 2.4	The Committee recommends that performance monitoring standards be established, reviewed and maintained through a common reporting system by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
INQ061	REC061-3247	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform	Recommendation 2.5	The Committee recommends that the Ministry for Police and Emergency Services seek common national fire standards.
INQ061	REC061-3248	C - Response C - Response	15 - Inter-service cooperation 15 - Inter-service cooperation	Recommendation 3	The Committee recommends to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services that a joint communications and dispatch facility be established under the Minister's control to implement the following minimum services to the Victoria Police and the emergency services:
INQ061	REC061-3249	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	37 - Funding 37 - Funding	Recommendation 3.1	That the cost of a Bureau of Emergency Services Telecommunications centre be recovered through user charges.
INQ061	REC061-3250	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	24 - Govt responsibility 24 - Govt responsibility	Recommendation 3.2	The Committee recommends that the Bureau of Emergency Services Telecommunications Centre extend its services as a commercial venture to smaller government agencies who could not develop such a dedicated system.
INQ061	REC061-3251	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	37 - Funding 37 - Funding	Recommendation 4	The Committee recommends that the Government act urgently to make the existing system of funding the fire services fair and equitable to all Victorians.
INQ061	REC061-3252	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	37 - Funding 37 - Funding	Recommendation 4.1	The Committee recommends that an equitable funding system be implemented which relates premiums to: • Risk covered; and • Standard of Fire Cover.
INQ061	REC061-3253	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	37 - Funding 37 - Funding	Recommendation 4.2	The Committee recommends that any change to the funding system reflect in a reduction of the total price charged to consumers through premiums by the insurance industry.
INQ061	REC061-3254	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 5	The Committee recommends that: • The Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board extend it role to include emergency medical response. • The Emergency response component of all Victorian Ambulance services report to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
INQ061	REC061-3255	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 6	The Committee recommends that the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board remain a statutory authority.
INQ061	REC061-3256	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 7	The Committee recommends that a new Board be appointed, consisting of nine members nominated by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services and including the Chief Executive Officer who shall not be Chairman.
INQ061	REC061-3423	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review	Recommendation 9	The Committee recommends that the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board be reviewed five years from the tabling of this report in Parliament.

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