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AFAC Independent Operational Review of the Management of the Tasmanian Fires of January 2016 AFAC INDEPENDENT OPERATIONAL REVIEW A review of the management of the Tasmanian fires of January 2016 Prepared for Tasmania Fire Service, Forestry Tasmania and Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania April 2016 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following conducted this Review on behalf of the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC): • Assistant Commissioner Tom Dawson – Queensland Fire and Emergency Services • Bob Conroy • Paul Considine – Manager National Resource Sharing Centre, National Aerial Firefighting Centre Overall direction was provided by the AFAC office. The Review team would like to thank those individuals who gave freely of their time and spoke openly with the Review members. The team benefitted from the input of representatives of the Tasmanian fire agencies, representatives of interstate agencies that assisted with the management of the fires, officials from the Tasmanian State Government and representatives of organisations with an interest in promoting the values of the Tasmanian wilderness areas. The manner of participation was supportive of the aim of this Review to establish areas of good practice and identify opportunities for progressive improvement. The input of these individuals in preparing this document was of great benefit to the Review team. However the content of this report and its conclusions remain the joint responsibility of the team. AFAC, April 2016 Copyright © 2016, Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Limited All rights reserved. Copyright in this publication is subject to the operation of the Copyright Act 1968 and its subsequent amendments. Any material contained in this document except the cover photographs can be reproduced, providing the source is acknowledged and it is not used for any commercial purpose whatsoever without the permission of the copyright owner. Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Limited (ABN 52 060 049 327) Level 1, 340 Albert Street East Melbourne Victoria 3002 Telephone: 03 9419 2388 Facsimile: 03 9419 2389 Email: [email protected] Internet: http://www.afac.com.au Disclaimer: This document is constructed from consultation and research between the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Limited (AFAC), its members and stakeholders. It is intended to address matters relevant to fire, land management and emergency services across Australia and New Zealand. The information in this document is for general purposes only and is not intended to be used by the general public or untrained persons. Use of this document by AFAC member agencies, organisations and public bodies does not derogate from their statutory obligations. It is important that individuals, agencies, organisations and public bodies make their own enquiries as to the currency of this document and its suitability to their own particular circumstances prior to its use. AFAC does not accept any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or relevance of this document or the information contained in it, or any liability caused directly or indirectly by any error or omission or actions taken by any person in reliance upon it. Before using this document or the information contained in it you should seek advice from the appropriate fire or emergency services agencies and obtain independent legal advice. Photo next page: Pencil pine tree north of Lake Mackenzie – damaged but survived the 1961 Central Plateau fire – scorched again. Photo: Chris Emms, Fire Management Officer, Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania AFAC INDEPENDENT OPERATIONAL REVIEW A review of the management of the Tasmanian fires of January 2016 AFAC Independent Operational Review | A review of the management of the Tasmanian fires of January 2016 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Summary ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2 About the Review ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Terms of Reference............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Relationship to other review activities .................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3 The Tasmanian fires of January 2016 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Weather and climate ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Significance of climate change .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Lightning Caused Ignitions in Dry and Very Remote Areas .................................................................................................................................... 11 Recommendation 1 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Summary of the Major Fires 13th January to 24th March ........................................................................................................................................ 14 The Wuthering Heights Fire Complex ........................................................................................................................................................................... 14 The Mawbanna Fire .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Griffiths Creek Fire ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Maxwell River Fire ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 The Mersey Forest Fire Complex ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Gordon River Mt Cullen .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Timeline of the first 10 days of the fires ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16 4 The Tasmanian emergency management context .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Tasmanian Emergency Management (EM) arrangements ..................................................................................................................................... 17 State and Regional planning ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 State Emergency Management Plan .............................................................................................................................................................................. 17 The State Fire Management Council ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Fire Management Area Committees ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17 State Fire Protection Plan .......................................................................................................................................................................................................
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