Queensland bushfire strategy report.
Material type: TextPublication details: [Brisbane] : The Bureau, 1994, 0900Description: 19 pDDC classification:- 363.3709943 QUE
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"This Report was presented to Parliament on 9 September, 1994 by the Deputy Premier, Minister for Emergency Services and Minister for Rural Communities and Consumer Affairs, the Honourable Tom Burns, MLA"-T.p. verso
Caption title: Audit of bushfire strategies : Queensland Emergency Services
Cover title
More than 800 devastating wildfires occurred in New South Wales between late December 1993 and early January 1994. These resulted in the deaths of four people, widespread property loss, the destruction of 187 houses, and severely strained the resources of the NSW fire authorities. The Queensland Cabinet, at its first 1994 meeting, took the initiative on 24 January, 1994 to commission an audit of 'the effectiveness of existing bushfire strategies' in Queensland. The key issues identified by the audit were: responsibility for fire managment especially at the rural-urban interface; resourcing and training for rural fire brigades; and, administrative procedures. The audit found that although Queensland had coped well with past emergencies, there are concerns about the capacity to handle a very large scale wildfire disaster such as occurred in NSW
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