This article explores what the NSW Nature Conservation Council had to say about the Recommendations of the Wambelong fire inquiry. You can have your say using the comments option. Sensible discussion and comments will be published.
Government must act on NSW Upper House inquiry recommendations
NSW Farmers resolved to support the adoption of all 29 recommendations from the NSW Upper House inquiry into the January 2013 fires at Wambelong.
Listening to NSW Farmers
NSW Farmers have published a series of media releases and we are very keen to help them distribute their message far and wide.
Fire lessons lost in smoke
NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott is due to respond to the Coonabarabran (Wambelong) fire inquiry by August 20, but agricultural bodies, fire service groups, and academics are split on how the state government should best apply the recommendations.
VFFA response to the Wambelong Fire Inquiry
The President of the Volunteer Firefighters Association (VFFA), Mr. Peter Cannon OAM , has welcomed the findings and recommendations of the NSW Upper House Inquiry into the Wambelong Fire, released today, as a positive step towards a system that will deliver far better outcomes for bushfire management and suppression for NSW and the Coonabarabran community.
Upper House committee publishes report on the Wambelong fire
The committee has set out a number of strategies to build greater respect for volunteers into the practices, procedures and culture of the RFS.
Recommendation 19 states 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.
RFS not told of plans for back-burning during Coonabarabran bushfires – inquiry hears
By Claire Aird, 12 Nov 2014 The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) was not told of plans for a controversial back-burning operation during last year’s bushfires near Coonabarabran in the state’s north-west, an inquiry has heard. Deputy state coroner
Ranger says he warned against back-burning during Coonabarabran bushfire disaster
By Claire Aird, 12 Nov 2014. The Rural Fire Service (RFS) made a “very bad decision” by back-burning during last year’s bushfires in north-west New South Wales, an inquest has heard. Deputy state coroner Hugh Dillon is overseeing an inquiry into
Senior RFS officers ignored advice on back burning Black Sunday fire, inquest hears
By Paul Bibby, Court Reporter, November 11, 2014 Rural Fire Service officers in charge of combating a fire chose to try a risky back-burning operation during the 2013 “Black Sunday’” bushfire, despite being strongly advised not to, an inquest has
Response to ‘Black Sunday’ fires one of the worst we’ve seen, Firefighters say
By Paul Bibby, Court Reporter, November 10, 2014 The attempt to control the “Black Sunday” bushfires that destroyed scores of homes and thousands of animals in northern NSW last year was described by firefighters as “one of the worst large-scale