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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2017-10-31" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
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  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Fire Management Program</name>
      <text id="201710318f71613749714a8a90001809">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Fire Management Program</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="1807" kind="question">
        <name>Dr McFETRIDGE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
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          <question date="2017-08-07" qonNum="322">
            <name>Fire Management Program</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201710318f71613749714a8a90001810">
          <inserted>322 <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett)</by> (7 August 2017).  In 2015-16 and 2016-17, what resources were provided by the Country Fire Service (including man hours, units, training, equipment etc.) to work with the Department of Water and Natural Resources on the Fire Management Program to undertake prescribed burning?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4841" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.J. PICTON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Kaurna</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Police</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Correctional Services</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Emergency Services</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Road Safety</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister Assisting the Minister for Health</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister Assisting the Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2017-08-07" qonNum="322">
            <name>Fire Management Program</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4841">The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health, Minister Assisting the Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse):</by>  I am advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The Country Fire Service (CFS), in conjunction with the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), advise that this type of information is not readily available in any kind of quantifiable form.</inserted>
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            <inserted>CFS brigades are invited by DEWNR to participate in prescribed burns in their local area. The involvement of CFS brigades depends greatly upon the timing and location of the burn.</inserted>
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        <text id="201710318f71613749714a8a90001814">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>A number of CFS personnel are involved in the planning and on ground management of prescribed burns.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="201710318f71613749714a8a90001815">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Prescribed burning training is a joint operation between the CFS and DEWNR.</inserted>
          </item>
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