House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-02-20 Daily Xml

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COUNTRY FIRE SERVICE MEDIA

Mr PENGILLY (Finniss) (15:08): Supplementary, sir: given the minister's explanation of enhancements, can the minister explain then why the CFS media do not operate over the weekend between Friday night and Monday morning?

The SPEAKER: That is not a supplementary question. Minister for Emergency Services.

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Finance, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:08): It is basically an issue of rostering. All year, they are on call, and it is deemed that on low fire risk days they can actually have their weekend off. But, if there is a fire warning, if climatic conditions are such that it is deemed by the CE that it is appropriate that that particular service be operated, then they are called in.