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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2005 Week 05 Hansard (Thursday, 7 April 2005 2005) . . Page.. 1594 ..
• The revised arrangements include monthly testing of full procedures in addition to routine maintenance performed by technical support contractors.
• Radio communications through the new TRN system were not disrupted. Radio communications through the existing VHF system were disrupted momentarily until hand held radios were activated.
• The four ACT fire towers were operating normally.
• VHF radio communications to the towers from the Comcen was disrupted momentarily until hand held radios were activated.
• A fire approximately 60kms away from the ACT in the Tumut area was being monitored, but remained under the control of the local authority.
• VHF radio communications to the towers from the Comcen was disrupted momentarily until hand held radios were activated.
• Normal RFS procedures, including the responsibilities of the fire towers, during a total fire ban day were maintained.
• The overall communications capability of the ESA has been enhanced over the past three years through a number of projects. For 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 to end February total capital expenditure on relevant projects has been $13.308m and recurrent expenditure $1.969m.
• The relevant enhancements are the Communications Upgrade project, Computer Aided Dispatch, Broadband data Links to Stations and Trunk Radio Network.
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TOTAL |
TOTAL |
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CAPITAL |
RECURRENT |
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($’000’s) |
($’000’s) |
($’000’s) |
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Communications Upgrade Project |
0 |
61 |
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Computer Aided Dispatch Budget Initiatives |
2,100 |
1,379 |
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Broadband Data Links To Stations |
439 |
200 |
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Trunk Radio Network |
10,769 |
329 |
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Totals |
13,308 |
1,969 |
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Grand Total |
15,277 |
• Options for future ESA Headquarters are being considered by government. Planning has been underway for over 12 months and $0.9m was allocated in the 2004-05 budget for forward design for the new ESA headquarters. This project has subsumed the Joint Emergency Services Training Centre project, which had remaining authorisations of $0.200m in 2004-05. Expenditure to the end of February on the combined project during 2004-05 has been $0.146m. This includes a feasibility study by GHD Pty Ltd setting out options for the new headquarters. These options consider sitings and variation in scope.
• The funding options for the future ESA Headquarters are being considered by government.
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