Appendix C

The hearings: a summary

Table C.1 provides summary information about the hearings, which took place in seven ‘blocks’. Hearings took place from 11 May 2009 to 27 May 2010, accounting for 155 hearing days and 434 witnesses.

Table C.1 The hearings: a summary

Hearing block

Main topics covered in hearings

No. of hearing days

1

11 May – 6 July 2009

What happened

Warnings

Evacuation

Stay or go policy

Refuges

Detection of fires

Incident control and management

Emergency management

Emergency calls (000)

Victorian Bushfire Information Line

Community education

Oral submissions relating to interim recommendations

37

 

2

24 August – 24 September 2009

Building

The integrated Emergency Coordination Centre

Electricity

Causes and circumstances of Beechworth–Mudgegonga, Coleraine, Horsham and Pomborneit–Weerite fires

Inquiry into fire-related deaths (Beechworth–Mudgegonga, Bendigo and Churchill)

21

 

3

5 October – 6 November 2009

CFA maps

Causes and circumstances of Murrindindi, Churchill, Pomborneit–Weerite, Bendigo and Redesdale fires

Prevention of arson

Organisational structure

Inquiry into fire-related deaths (Murrindindi)

20

 

4

16 November – 15 December 2009

Causes and circumstances of Kilmore East, Bunyip, Delburn, Narre Warren and Upper Ferntree Gully fires

Systemic matters

Electricity, roadblocks, training, staffing and resourcing of incident management teams and incident control centres

Inquiry into fire-related deaths (Murrindindi)

Neighbourhood safer places

Impact of fires on individuals and communities

Oral submissionsbuilding, arson

18

 

5

1 February – 4 March 2010

Oral submissions (fires)Kilmore East, Beechworth–Mudgegonga, Coleraine, Pomborneit–Weerite, Horsham, Murrindindi, Redesdale, Bendigo, Churchill, Delburn, Bunyip, Narre Warren, Upper Ferntree Gully

Planning

Land and fuel management

Roadside clearing

Inquiry into fire-related deaths (Kilmore East)

21

 

6

17 March – 1 April 2010

Insurance

Inquiry into fire-related deaths (Kilmore East)

Firefighter safety

Mapping

Kinglake back-burn

Information sharing

Municipal fire prevention scheme

Oral submissionselectricity, planning, resourcing of incident management teams and training

11

 

7

6 April – 27 May 2010

Recovery and emergency management

Implementation reports and responses in relation to code red days

Aerial firefighting

Communications

Resource management and tracking

Future bushfire research

Stay or go revised

Organisational structure

Inquiry into fire-related deaths (Kilmore East)

Oral submissionsfuel management, roadside clearing, insurance, mapping, firefighter safety and welfare, information sharing, aerial firefighting, communications, resource management and tracking, stay or go revisited, organisational structure, leadership, emergency management, coordination, command and control

27

 

Total

 

155

 

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