Question On Notice No. 2431 asked in the Legislative Council on 17 February 2015 by Hon Lynn Maclaren
Question Directed to the: Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment
Parliament: 39 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 2642-
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Question
With reference to the recent Shannon National Park wildfire:
(a) what was the exact time the fire was first reported, by whom and to whom;
(b) what was the exact location of the point of ignition;
(c) what was the exact time of the first fire fighting response;
(d) what was that response;
(e) who made the decision to respond at that time and in that way;
(f) what was the area burnt:
(i) the wildfire;
(ii) in associated backburns; and
(iii) in total;
(g) will the Minister table a map showing the tenure of the land burnt in the wildfire and associated backburns (land vested in the Conservation Commission, private property, other – please specify);
(h) how many hectares were burnt in the wildfire and associated backburns in each of the tenures given in answer to (g);
(i) will the Minister table a map showing the category of the land vested in the Conservation Commission that was burnt in the wildfire and associated backburns (State forest, national park, nature reserve, conservation park, other – please specify);
(j) how many hectares were burnt in the wildfire and associated backburns in each of the categories given in answer to (i);
(k) Will the Minister table a map showing the fuel age of the whole area burnt in the wildfire and associated backburns;
(l) will the Minister table a map showing the areas within the burnt area that were scheduled for a prescribe burn in:
(i) 2015;
(ii) 2016; and
(iii) 2017;
(m) will the Minister table a map showing the areas within the burnt area that consist of even-aged regrowth karri regenerated since 1967 and the year in which they were regenerated; and
(n) how many hectares of post-clearfelled regrowth karri aged 25 years or less were burnt in this wildfire?
Answered on 17 March 2015
The Minister for Environment has provided the following response.
(a) 0955 hours 30 January 2015, Department of Parks and Wildlife spotter aircraft to the Parks and Wildlife Pemberton Office.
(b) Parks and Wildlife grid reference JE8486.
(c) 1000 hours 30 January 2015.
(d) 2 x fixed wing 802 Air Tractor water bombers and 1 x air attack supervisor in a fixed wing American Champion Scout.
(e) Parks and Wildlife Donnelly District Duty Officer in consultation with the Parks and Wildlife Donnelly District Level 1 Incident Management Team and Parks and Wildlife Warren Regional Duty Officer.
(f) The total area burnt in the bushfire and the associated back burns is approximately 98,700 hectares. The area burnt by the bushfire and that burnt from associated back burning is not separately recorded.
(g) [See Tabled Paper No. #]
(h) Existing and proposed1 tenure categories current to 30 June 2014.
|
Tenure category |
Area burnt (ha)2 |
|
Land vested in the Conservation Commission |
|
|
National park |
78,290 |
|
Section 62 Forest Conservation Area |
2,940 |
|
State forest |
11,740 |
|
Freehold land held under title by the Executive Director |
260 |
|
sub-total |
93,230 |
|
|
|
|
Other public land |
|
|
Unallocated Crown land |
70 |
|
Other Crown reserves |
110 |
|
Public roads |
820 |
|
sub-total |
1,000 |
|
|
|
|
Private land |
|
|
Freehold |
4,470 |
|
Total |
98,700 |
1as proposed in the Forest Management Plan 2014-2023
2 areas rounded to the nearest 10 hectares
(i) [See Tabled Paper No. #]
(j) Please see the table provided in question (h).
(k)-(l) [See Tabled Paper No. #]
(m) [See Tabled Paper No. #]
(n) Approximately 2,840 hectares of regrowth karri aged 25 years or less were burnt in this bushfire.