INQ122

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Eyre Peninsula Bushfire and Native Vegetation
INQAuthor
The Environment, Resources and Development Committee
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DisasterType
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Recommendations for this Inquiry

INQ-ref REC-UID CODE SubCode SrcNUM Recommendation
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.