INQ223 | Tools: BNHCRC Driving Change

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Appreciating the Risk: Report of the Special Inquiry into the November 2011 Margaret River Bushfire (WA)

INQAuthor

M.J. Keelty.

Year

2012

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Recommendations for this Inquiry

INQ-ref	REC-UID	CODE	SubCode	SrcNUM	Recommendation
INQ223	REC223-0514	B - Preparedness B - Preparedness	5 - Hazard reduction burns 5 - Hazard reduction burns	Recommendation 1	The Department of Environment and Conservation review its current policies and operational guidelines in particular by: * strengthening the governance of operations by ensuring the Guidelines are relevant and practical; * ensuring the processes that are implemented for prescribed burns are: (a) v
INQ223	REC223-0523	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review	Recommendation 10	The Government consider enacting legislation to facilitate the review of all future major incidents, including but not limited to fire, earthquake, storm and marine inundation, and the emergency response to them.
INQ223	REC223-0515	B - Preparedness B - Preparedness	5 - Hazard reduction burns 5 - Hazard reduction burns	Recommendation 2	The Department of Environment and Conservation urgently undertake a review of its risk management practices as they relate to prescribed burns including but not limited to: reviewing risk management practices to ensure that they are in accordance with AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009; finalising and impl
INQ223	REC223-0516	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review	Recommendation 3	The Department of Environment and Conservation review its implementation of the findings of the Ferguson Review conducted in 2010.
INQ223	REC223-0517	F - Research and technology F - Research and technology	26 - Research 26 - Research	Recommendation 4	The Department of Environment and Conservation be supported to conduct further research into the fuel management of coastal heath in the south west of Western Australia exploring alternatives to burning as well as best practice for burning.
INQ223	REC223-0518	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	16 - Training and behaviour 16 - Training and behaviour	Recommendation 5	The Department of Environment and Conservation explore human resourcing models that: · make succession planning a priority; · look at options for the attraction and retention of staff; and · review how the salary levels of staff matches the decision making required in major activities such as pre
INQ223	REC223-0519	C - Response C - Response	34 - Local knowledge 34 - Local knowledge	Recommendation 6	The Department of Environment and Conservation review its practices and procedures in the undertaking of prescribed burns so as to fully utilise the skills available to it in a seamless way including but not limited to: · volunteer bushfire brigades, especially in regard to use as a source of loc
INQ223	REC223-0520	E - Agency Organisation E - Agency Organisation	12 - EM agency and authority 12 - EM agency and authority	Recommendation 7	The Department of Environment and Conservation review the utility of its current regional model in terms of the capability of operational centres such as Kirup to service major fire activity on land proximate to the rural urban area (this recommendation should also be considered in the context of
INQ223	REC223-0521	A - Responsibility A - Responsibility	9 - Community education 9 - Community education	Recommendation 8	The Department of Environment and Conservation develop and implement a strategy to better inform the community about the complexities and decisions surrounding prescribed burns when they are undertaken in the rural urban area.
INQ223	REC223-0522	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 response operation to the Margaret River bushfire in November 2011 be the subject of a review with independent oversight.