INQ126
Recommendations for this Inquiry
INQ-ref | REC-UID | CODE | SubCode | SrcNUM | Recommendation |
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INQ126 | REC126-1996 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 57 | That the Emergency Services Agency develop a clear policy for disseminating information to the public and the media in times of emergency and that, as required, that policy incorporate advance door-knocking of homes in the area affected, as well as regular broadcasts by local radio and television |
INQ126 | REC126-1999 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 60 | That the Canberra Urban Development Working Group referred to in Mr Peter Dunn's letter consider the report prepared by Mr Leonard and note particularly that the community awareness information currently available to householders in connection with measures they can take to better protect their h |
INQ126 | REC126-2001 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 62 | That community education programs provide information about fire behaviour, urban design principles that contribute to a specific level of risk, and the benefits of fitting basic ember protection materials in areas at risk from bushfire |
INQ126 | REC126-2003 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 64 | That the community be made aware of the risk presented by heavy loads of garden fuels and certain types of vegetation around their houses and take active, regular measures to reduce that risk |
INQ126 | REC126-2005 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 66 | That community education programs include unambiguous information that at times of unusually high water demand there might be a drop in or loss of water pressure and it might be appropriate for residents who intend to remain and fight a fire to have auxilary water pumps or booster pumps |
INQ126 | REC126-1990 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 51 | That the Emergency Services Agency take measures to ensure that the community regularly receives up-to-date information on the risks of bushfires |
INQ126 | REC126-1991 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 52 | That the Emergency Services Agency establish annual targets for the introduction of community education programs and provide resources to conduct regular independent assessments of the level of community preparedness engendered as a result of the programs |
INQ126 | REC126-1992 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 53 | That implementation of the Bushfire Wise Program continue and include a letterbox drop of the updated Bushfire Information Booklet |
INQ126 | REC126-1993 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 54 | That consulations and negotiations occur between the Emergncy Services Agency and the NSW Rural Fire Service to ensure that fire risk and safety messages to the community are coordinated. |
INQ126 | REC126-2012 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 74 | If they are willing and available to participate, that the taskforce's membership include Mr Phil Cheney, Mr Tony Bartlett, Mr Val Jeffery and Mr John Lowe |
INQ126 | REC126-1984 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 45 | That the Emergency Services Agency, with the support of the ACT Government, develop a single, new memorandum of understanding with the NSW Department of Environment and Conservation and the NSW Rural Fire Service, providing for liaison and joint operations as soon as it becomes apparent to whiche |
INQ126 | REC126-1985 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 46 | That the Emergency Services Agency, with the suport of the ACT Government, seek to establish with the NSW Department of Environment and Conservation and the NSW Rural Fire Service a protocol that will provide for the establishment of a joint incident management team as part of unified control arr |
INQ126 | REC126-1942 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 1 | That the ACT Attorney-General and the ACT Government - in consulation with the Chief Justice of the ACT and the ACT Chief Magistrate - take legislative action that would have the effect of funds being directly appropriated annually to the courts, preferable along the lines of the Commonwealth mod |
INQ126 | REC126-2006 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 68 | I recommend that, as appropriate, the ACT cooperate with the Commonwealth in the implementation of the committee's recommendations and, in particular, give careful consideration to adoption of the following recommendations: |
INQ126 | REC126-1976 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 37 | That the Emergency Services Agency have authority over the land management agencies and other landholders in order to implement preparedness and prevention measures – including fuel-reduction works where there are failures in compliance |
INQ126 | REC126-1962 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 22 | That, because of the small jurisdiction of the ACT (equivalent to one fire district in NSW) the ACT Government consider all possible options for the provision of fire services to the ACT, among them: |
INQ126 | REC126-2009 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 71 | That a taskforce be established to give effect to the recommendations in this report |
INQ126 | REC126-1948 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 7 | That the Emergency Services Agency be removed from the Department of Justice and Community Safety and transformed into an independent statutory authority reporting directly to the responsible Minister. |
INQ126 | REC126-1979 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 40 | That the policy and practice just recommended be the subject of a memorandum of understanding between the Emergency Services Agency and the Department of Territory and Municipal Services (previously the Department of Urban Services) or other relevant department or agency, so as to ensure that the |
INQ126 | REC126-1952 | A - Responsibility | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Recommendation 11 | That regular periodic reviews be undertaken of changes made to the operational and management arrangements for dealing with wildfires and other emergencies in the ACT, to ensure that those arrangements continue to comply with the Australian Inter-Agency Incident Management System Incident Control |
INQ126 | REC126-1947 | A - Responsibility | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Recommendation 6 | That the ACT Government commission a review of coroners’ jurisdiction in order to determine whether that jurisdiction ought to be limited or expanded and, if so, to what extend |
INQ126 | REC126-2010 | A - Responsibility | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Recommendation 72 | That the taskforce review the extent to which the recommendations in the McLeod report have been implemented in order to ensure implementation of those not yet implemented |
INQ126 | REC126-2011 | A - Responsibility | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Recommendation 73 | That the taskforce review the recommendations of the seven reviews of the Emergency Services Bureau carried out before the McLeod inquiry and ensure implementation of any of those recommendations that remain relevant but have not been implemented |
INQ126 | REC126-1970 | A - Responsibility | 35 - Business and Industry in relation to industry | Recommendation 31 | That the Emergency Services Agency reconsider and revise the arrangement that exists between the ACT Fire Brigade and Canberra airport in relation to the provision of assistance |
INQ126 | REC126-2004 | A - Responsibility | 35 - Business and Industry in relation to industry | Recommendation 65 | That the ACT Government and ActewAGL jointly develop and implement protocols that will create a procedure whereby each of the water and sewerage, electricity and gas distribution networks, or parts thereof, can safely and promptly be manipulated, controlled, shut off, isolated or disconnected und |
INQ126 | REC126-2000 | B - Preparedness | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Recommendation 61 | That the ACT Government consider taking measures to implement the provisions of Australian Standard 3959, Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas, for the ACT urban area |
INQ126 | REC126-2002 | B - Preparedness | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Recommendation 63 | That consideration be given when building to the positioning of outbuildings around residential structures such that their potential impact on the main structure is reduced |
INQ126 | REC126-1951 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 10 | That before each fire season the Emergency Services Agency, in conjunction with the Bush Fire Council – after consultation with the relevant ACT agencies, the Bureau of Meteorology, relevant NSW agencies and the community – conduct a qualitative risk analysis of the conditions and circumstances p |
INQ126 | REC126-1974 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 35 | That responsibility for fuel management lie with the land management agency that controls the area and that land managers be given authority to implement prescribed fuel-reduction burns within their area |
INQ126 | REC126-1977 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 38 | That a program be implemented to ensure that existing fire tracks and trails are cleared and accessible at all times and that a network of additional fire trails be established so as to allow direct fire suppression operations without undue delay in the event of a wildfire |
INQ126 | REC126-1971 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | Recommendation 32 | That a hazard-reduction program be introduced, involving regular and strategic burning in all areas of the ACT – including the catchment areas – with a view to having fuel-reduced areas in a pattern across the landscape, excluding only small areas of particular ecological or conservation importan |
INQ126 | REC126-1972 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | Recommendation 33 | That clarification be provided and information be made public in connection with the hazard reduction proposed under the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan for the area designated ‘Land Management Zone’, which appears to cover about 70 per cent of the ACT landscape and might be excluded from fuel |
INQ126 | REC126-1973 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | Recommendation 34 | If it is not part of the proposed version 2 of the Strategic Bushfire Management Plan, that the plan be revised to provide for a fuel-reduction burning regime in the ‘Land Management Zone’ that is equivalent to that contemplated for the corridors designated as the ‘Landscape Division Zone’ and th |
INQ126 | REC126-1975 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | Recommendation 36 | That prescribed burning operations be conducted according to agreed standard burning prescriptions |
INQ126 | REC126-1987 | C - Response | 7 - Inter-agency communication | Recommendation 48 | That measures be taken to ensure that ACT and NSW Rural Fire Service radio communications systems are integrated, so that ACT and NSW firefighting units can communicate with each other |
INQ126 | REC126-1961 | C - Response | 7 - Inter-agency communication | Recommendation 20 | That the Emergency Services Agency review the communications systems used by the four services (the ACT Ambulance Service, the ACT Rural Fire Service, the ACT State Emergency Service and the ACT Fire Brigade), by the Australian Federal Police, by NSW emergency services and by aircraft and ensure |
INQ126 | REC126-1997 | C - Response | 8 - Communications and warnings | Recommendation 58 | That the Emergency Services Agency conduct investigations - and liase with emergency services agencies in other jurisdicions - in order to ascertain what technologies exist and are effective for use in disseminating warnings and associated information to the community of the ACT |
INQ126 | REC126-1982 | C - Response | 8 - Communications and warnings | Recommendation 43 | That the Australian Federal Police and the Emergency Services Agency agree on a policy on community safety and evacuation during bushfires, based on the Australasian Fire Authorities Council position outlined in its paper Community Safety and Evacuation during Bushfires. |
INQ126 | REC126-1998 | C - Response | 8 - Communications and warnings | Recommendation 59 | That a system of public warnings that uses grid references shown on the maps in the Canberra telephone directory be adopted |
INQ126 | REC126-1994 | C - Response | 8 - Communications and warnings | Recommendation 55 | That the Emergnecy Services Agency publicise and demonstrate the use of the Standard Emergency Warning Signal and provide to the community adequate explanation of the application of the signal. This should occur at least annually, in conjunction with any pre-summer fire awareness initiatives |
INQ126 | REC126-1953 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | Recommendation 12 | That appointments of personnel to functional positions within the incident management team be based solely on competence and experience and be made by the Chief of the ACT Rural Fire Service or, in the absence of that officer, the Deputy Chief of the ACT Rural Fire Service |
INQ126 | REC126-1981 | C - Response | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Recommendation 42 | That senior officers in the Australian Federal Police and the Emergency Services Agency maintain regular and meaningful contact during fire emergencies, to ensure full dissemination of information and thus facilitate the making of good operational decisions |
INQ126 | REC126-1954 | C - Response | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Recommendation 13 | That senior officers of the Emergency Services Agency give greater recognition to the skills, knowledge and experience of people from other agencies – particularly the land management agencies – as well as rural residents and private individuals and use these people in roles commensurate with the |
INQ126 | REC126-1956 | C - Response | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Recommendation 14 | That courses and programs be conducted to increase the level of Incident Control System training and augment the expertise of people who are likely to perform functions in an incident management team |
INQ126 | REC126-2007 | C - Response | 34 - Local knowledge | Recommendation 69 | That the views and concerns expressed by the ACT Sustainable Rural Lands Group be taken into account when implementing the recommendations in this report |
INQ126 | REC126-2008 | C - Response | 34 - Local knowledge | Recommendation 70 | That, if he is willing to participate, Mr John Lowe be made a member of the implementation taskforce to which I refer in recommendation 70 |
INQ126 | REC126-1963 | E - Agency Organisation | 12 - EM agency and authority | Recommendation 23 | That priority be given to ensuring that the ACT has an adequate resource of remote area firefighting teams consisting of personnel with high levels of fitness and training in remote fire suppression |
INQ126 | REC126-1949 | E - Agency Organisation | 12 - EM agency and authority | Recommendation 8 | That the Emergency Services Agency be relocated into accommodation that is purpose-built and more sited to the agency’s operations than the current facility at Curtin |
INQ126 | REC126-1995 | E - Agency Organisation | 12 - EM agency and authority | Recommendation 56 | That the Emergency Services Agency staff the Media Unit within its planning Section with profesisonal, experienced information officers skilled in dissemination of information and media management and liaison |
INQ126 | REC126-1980 | E - Agency Organisation | 16 - Training and behaviour | Recommendation 41 | That public land management agencies ensure that their senior personnel have appropriate experience in fire management and are provided with adequate resources and suitable experienced and trained staff to effectively implement fire management programs |