INQ280
Recommendations for this Inquiry
INQ-ref | REC-UID | CODE | SubCode | SrcNUM | Recommendation |
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INQ280 | REC280-1375 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | Recommendation 1 | That the NSW Government commit to and fund a long term program of prescribed burning based on the recommendation of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission of an annual rolling target of a minimum of five per cent of public land per year, and that the NSW Government commit to extending the |
INQ280 | REC280-1391 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 17 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service review its procedures, systems and infrastructure for notifying community members of bush fires, both when a fire has broken out and as it proceeds, to ensure the provision of timely and adequate information. |
INQ280 | REC280-1392 | E - Agency Organisation | 36 - Volunteers | Recommendation 18 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service, in order to ensure greater respect for volunteer fire fighters’ knowledge and experience in the management of fires: |
INQ280 | REC280-1393 | E - Agency Organisation | 36 - Volunteers | Recommendation 19 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service formally recognise the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association as a legitimate advocacy organisation representing volunteer bush fire fighters, and duly consult with it on policy and operational matters. |
INQ280 | REC280-1394 | E - Agency Organisation | 12 - EM agency and authority | Recommendation 20 | That the Minister for Police and Emergency Services examine the feasibility of relocating the NSW Rural Fire Service headquarters to a rural or regional location. |
INQ280 | REC280-1395 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 21 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service reassess the protection of pastoral assets during bush fires to ensure that priority for protection is not simply afforded to the homestead, and that land holders are, within reason, able to request which of their own assets are protected. |
INQ280 | REC280-1396 | A - Responsibility | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Recommendation 22 | That the Minister for Police and Emergency Services review the communications technologies used by the NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW, the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and Forestry NSW during fire fighting operations, to ensure that systems are standardised and effective. |
INQ280 | REC280-1397 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 23 | That the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service adopt an interim fencing agreement in the immediate aftermath of a fire. This will enable emergency and interim works to commence, but features such as length, fencing components and site of the fence line are not binding. |
INQ280 | REC280-1398 | B - Preparedness | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Recommendation 24 | That the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service: |
INQ280 | REC280-1399 | B - Preparedness | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Recommendation 25 | That the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service remove from its boundary fencing policy and standard contract the condition that requires adjoining land owners to maintain a fence that has been damaged by trees falling from national park land. |
INQ280 | REC280-1400 | D - Recovery | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Recommendation 26 | That the Office of State Revenue investigate mechanisms to enhance the affordability of insurance for properties and assets in fire affected areas. |
INQ280 | REC280-1401 | D - Recovery | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Recommendation 27 | That the NSW Government take all reasonable steps to expedite the process of establishing any legal liability for the losses incurred by property owners as a result of the Wambelong fire, and in the event that it is found liable, expedite the process of paying compensation claims. |
INQ280 | REC280-1402 | D - Recovery | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Recommendation 28 | That the Ministry for Police and Emergency Services and NSW Treasury: |
INQ280 | REC280-1390 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 16 | That the NSW Government consider enabling the default position during catastrophic and extreme fire danger periods to be the same as for section 44 fires, so that fire control centres have the same systems and resources ready to deploy should a fire break out. |
INQ280 | REC280-1389 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 15 | That the NSW Government, as a matter of urgency, amend the Rural Fires Act 1997 to codify the current interim arrangements for command and notification requirements for class 1 and class 2 fires, which clarify that the NSW Rural Fire Service or Fire and Rescue NSW: |
INQ280 | REC280-1388 | A - Responsibility | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Recommendation 14 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service: |
INQ280 | REC280-1376 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | Recommendation 2 | That the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service establish a regime of frequent mosaic burning within the Warrumbungle National Park, where conditions permit, to be monitored and evaluated via a formal fully funded research program. |
INQ280 | REC280-1377 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | Recommendation 3 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service, in collaboration with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, review and improve the system of bush fire management zones to ensure that greater priority is given to hazard reduction on land classified within land management zones. |
INQ280 | REC280-1378 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | Recommendation 4 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service: |
INQ280 | REC280-1379 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 5 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service develop and implement a comprehensive community education campaign aimed at increasing community understanding of and support for hazard reduction burns. |
INQ280 | REC280-1380 | F - Research and technology | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Recommendation 6 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service investigate mechanisms to enhance the predictability of megafires and how this information is communicated easily to the public. |
INQ280 | REC280-1381 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 7 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service review the decision not to construct additional fire trails in the Warrumbungle National Park following the Wambelong fire. |
INQ280 | REC280-1382 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 8 | That the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, at the direction of the NSW Rural Fire Service, enhance the network of fire trails within national parks across New South Wales by: |
INQ280 | REC280-1383 | B - Preparedness | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Recommendation 9 | That the NSW Government improve the protection of media and telecommunications towers around New South Wales by: |
INQ280 | REC280-1384 | E - Agency Organisation | 12 - EM agency and authority | Recommendation 10 | That the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service examine its staffing policy for periods of extreme and catastrophic weather conditions to ensure that sufficient staff are available on site on fire watch. |
INQ280 | REC280-1385 | B - Preparedness | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Recommendation 11 | That the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service consider the feasibility, on a case by case basis, of closing public roads through national parks on days with catastrophic fire danger rating, to mitigate the risk of bush fire ignition in national parks. |
INQ280 | REC280-1386 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | Recommendation 12 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service and the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service investigate the cost and feasibility of installing infrared cameras at the Siding Springs Observatory and key sites in other national parks to facilitate fire spotting. |
INQ280 | REC280-1387 | E - Agency Organisation | 12 - EM agency and authority | Recommendation 13 | That the NSW Rural Fire Service: |
INQ280 | REC280-1403 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 29 | That the Ministry for Police and Emergency Services urgently review its policies for the provision of disaster welfare services to ensure that in the event of a bush fire emergency and the declaration of a fire under section 44 of the Rural Fires Act 1997, adequate funding and services, especiall |