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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 1132
Emergency Rescue Services - Brindabella Ranges Motor Vehicle Accident-
Mr Humphries - asked the Minister for Urban Services:
(1) Was there a single vehicle accident in the Brindabella Ranges on 20 November 1993 in which a car rolled off a road.
(2) If so, (a) what were the circumstances of this accident and (b) what services attended the accident.
(3) Has the Minister obtained a report of this accident, examining in whole or in part the co-operation of emergency services at the scene of the accident.
(4) Is the Minister satisfied that correct procedures were followed in all respects in relation to this accident.
Mr Connolly - the answer to the Member's question is as follows:
(1) Yes.
(2)(a) At 5.54 pm on 22 November 1993 a call was received
by Fire Brigade Communications Centre to a four
wheel drive vehicle involved in a single vehicle
accident on Balls Head Road approximately 1.8
kilometres from Piccadilly Circus.
(b) The Australian Federal Police were contacted and informed that the Fire Brigade would attend if required.
(3) Yes.
(4) There appears to have been a misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the instructions in relation to the attendance of the ACT Fire Brigade Rescue from Kambah Fire Station. The four wheel drive vehicle located at Kambah Fire Station is available for remote area rescue at all times and in the above situation it should have been dispatched in the first instance.
The operating procedures in relation to .remote area rescue and the crewing arrangements have been reaffirmed and the Communications staff as well as-all operational members reminded of the operational requirements.
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