Legislation Review Roadshow in MR Tonight

The DFES Amalgamated Legislation Review roadshow is being held in Margaret River tonight, Wednesday, April 3 at 18:30 at the new Margaret River SES Facility on Clarke Road.

DFES staff will be doing a presentation on the legislation that would combine the existing emergency legislations and will be looking for feedback.

Among the issues be covered will be:

  • Functions (who does what and when)
  • Powers (tools to help us do our jobs)
  • Incident Control (first on scene to escalation)
  • Career and volunteer protection
  • Training (cost, delivery, standards)
  • Fuel load management and enforcement (across the different land types)

Further information from the Association Of Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades is available here:

http://www.avbfb.org.au/Articles.asp?ID=251