INQ122
Recommendations for this Inquiry
INQ-ref | REC-UID | CODE | SubCode | SrcNUM | Recommendation |
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INQ122 | REC122-3777 | B - Preparedness | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Recommendation 1 | The Committee recommends that native vegetation, excluding road reserves be fenced. |
INQ122 | REC122-3789 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 13 | The Committee recommends that the native vegetation planning and approval process for prescribed burning be amended to allow flexibility for burning on optimum days. |
INQ122 | REC122-3790 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 14 | The Committee recommends that prescribed burning should only be undertaken by professionally trained personnel. |
INQ122 | REC122-3791 | E - Agency Organisation | 16 - Training and behaviour | Recommendation 15 | The Committee recommends that training be provided to landholders to enable them to assist with prescribed burns. |
INQ122 | REC122-3792 | A - Responsibility | 3 - Biodiversity | Recommendation 16 | The Committee recommends that, after a fire, as much vegetation as feasible be retained to minimise soil erosion from wind and first rains. |
INQ122 | REC122-3793 | A - Responsibility | 3 - Biodiversity | Recommendation 17 | The committee recommends that the government actively manage native vegetation for fuel loads, weeds and pests. |
INQ122 | REC122-3794 | A - Responsibility | 3 - Biodiversity | Recommendation 18 | The Committee recommends that when preparing the plan for fire management (including identifying where and when to undertake prescribed burning, firebreaks and fire access tracks) consideration must be given to the impact on local fauna. |
INQ122 | REC122-3795 | A - Responsibility | 3 - Biodiversity | Recommendation 19 | The Committee recommends that the government assess the impact on fauna movement prior to managing native vegetation. |
INQ122 | REC122-3796 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 20 | The Committee recommends that the government undertake public education programs to increase the awareness of the community to bushfires, the role fire plays in ecosystems and what steps they should take to minimise the impact of a fire. |
INQ122 | REC122-3788 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 12 | The Committee recommends that the Native Vegetation Council have a consistent approach to prescribed burning on both public and private lands. |
INQ122 | REC122-3787 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 11 | The Committee recommends that the Native Vegetation Council provide landholders with assistance for applications for prescribed burning (via a guide, a proforma or staff). |
INQ122 | REC122-3786 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 10 | The Committee recommends that the Native Vegetation Act be amended to allow for prescribed burning. |
INQ122 | REC122-3778 | E - Agency Organisation | 37 - Funding | Recommendation 2 | The Committee recommends that government consider options for assistance (including cost sharing) for farmers to fence native vegetation areas on private property affected by the Wangary fire. |
INQ122 | REC122-3779 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 3 | The Committee recommends that relevant government departments implement an ongoing management program for the eradication of feral pests and weeds. |
INQ122 | REC122-3780 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 4 | The Committee recommends that the government in cooperation with local authorities identify if: sufficient firebreaks and access track exist; they are strategically located; and they are being managed. |
INQ122 | REC122-3781 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 5 | The Committee recommends that the government in cooperation with local authorities assess fire tracks and breaks to determine if firebreaks and access tracks need to be wider and/or native vegetation removed so that it does not impinge on firebreaks or tracks. |
INQ122 | REC122-3782 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 6 | The Committee recommends that the government in cooperation with local authorities prepare a management plan that includes firebreaks and access tracks in the region, including the location of current breaks and access tracks and where breaks and tracks need to be established. |
INQ122 | REC122-3783 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 7 | The Committee recommends that the government establish designated fire safety areas within native vegetation and at road intersections. |
INQ122 | REC122-3784 | C - Response | 34 - Local knowledge | Recommendation 8 | 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) |
INQ122 | REC122-3785 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 9 | The Committee recommends that the government, via the CFS, coordinate the preparation and implementation of native vegetation management plans that incorporate management of fuel loads and includes a prescribed burning regime for the area. |
INQ122 | REC122-3797 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 21 | The Committee recommends that the Native Vegetation Council continue to seek mechanisms to interact with, and educate the individual farmer and landholder with respect to the Native Vegetation Act, its regulations and exemptions. |