Country Fire Service

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:28): Supplementary: can the minister tell the house whether the number of state incident management teams has been increased from four to six, as per recommendation No. 8 in the review?

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:29): The last advice I received on that matter was that the CFS chief officer believed that that was not a requirement, he doesn't believe that is necessary at this point in time, and having reviewed—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. A. PICCOLO: We've said that. Given that there has been internal review amongst all of the services, my understanding is that they are confident they can work with the existing structure. Again, every year after each fire season matters are reviewed, and should that change they will do so; but, certainly, they believe that recommendation does not need to be implemented at this point in time.