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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1

Rural Firefighting Service

Mr Humphries - asked the Minister for Urban Services:

(1) Is the Rural Fire Service to be moved from its present location in Forrest to a site in Woden; if so, when?

(2) What will be the cost of this move?

(3) What justification can the Government offer for such a move after the control room was only

recently relocated from Tuggeranong to Forrest?

(4) Have consultants been engaged to conduct a feasibility study concerning the move, specifically concerning the radio communications implications of such a shift; if so, who are the consultants and what is the cost of the consultancy?

(5) Why is the Government moving the Rural Fire Service Control Room before it has completed its

review of the proposed amalgamation of the ACT Bush Fire Council and ACT Fire Brigade?

(6) When does the Government expect the review to be completed?

(7) What consultation has the Government engaged in with respect to that review, in particular with

members of the ACT Bush Fire Council and workers involved with the Council.

Mr Connolly - the answer to the. Members question is as follows:

(1) The former Woden TAFE building is to be used as office accommodation to locate parts of the ACT Administration. The Fire and Emergency Services currently located in a commercial lease in Belconnen is one of the units being considered. The consideration will also cover whether to colocate the control rooms of the Fire Brigade and the Rural Firefighting Service currently located at Forrest.

(2) The exercise is being driven by the desire to save the cost of current private leases and would

not occur unless cost justified.

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