Wilmington Fire

The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:13): Supplementary: does the minister acknowledge that locals, both CFS and farm fire units, were advised not to create containment lines in the Mount Remarkable National Park?

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Autism, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (15:13): I thank the member for her question. I believe I responded to this in regard to dry firefighting and made it very clear that my advice was that that was not provided. This has to be a coordinated effort. The CFS will provide the advice on the day about what is the best direction, what we need to be doing.

As I have just highlighted, there are a lot of different emergency services moving about on the one site. When aerial support is being used, we need to make sure that it is done in a safe way, and it has to be done through a coordinated effort. The amount of work that goes into making sure the right resources are used at the right time is crucial, and that is why it is done through a central control.