Wednesday, 17 August 2022

Dunkeld bushfire preparedness

Ms KEALY: I raise a matter for the Minister for Emergency Services. In June of this year I wrote to the minister asking for a meeting with Peter Flinn and Simon Armytage. They are CFA volunteers from the Dunkeld region. Between them they have around a hundred years experience. It is amazing what these guys have contributed to CFA and fire control over the local area. They want to emphasise how important it is that our local CFA volunteers, who have got experience in local fires, are front and centre when it comes to incident control, planning local burns and making decisions about the CFA. I urge the minister to meet with them.