AFAC Annual Report 2021-22 by AFAC

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Contents

Welcome

Major projects and activites

AFAC Board

Professional development

AFAC National Council AFAC company reports AFAC business units

and events

Collaboration Model

Financial highlights

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Welcome

President’s message Elected by the AFAC National Council, the AFAC Board provides governance and oversight for the effective management of AFAC as a company. Meeting bi-monthly throughout the year, the AFAC Board has continued to ensure that AFAC is sustainable and able to adequately provide the services its members require during what has been another challenging year for the sector. This year AFAC published the Strategic Directions for Fire and Emergency Services in Australia and New Zealand 2022-26, the third edition developed by AFAC. Expanding to cover six priority areas, the strategic directions provide the fire and emergency services sector with a shared vision and a joint commitment to enhanced community resilience. Over the 2021-22 period AFAC has continued to maintain capabilities such as the National Resource Sharing Centre and the National Aerial Firefighting Centre on behalf of AFAC members to support and enable their operations. Key to maintaining this support is collaboration and facilitation, which is at the core of all AFAC business. Building relationships with members and stakeholders across Australia, New Zealand and the world, has been integral to the growth and development of AFAC. Collaborating and sharing knowledge across our networks is why AFAC has cemented itself as a trusted source for our members and stakeholders alike. This year, due to COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions across Australia and New Zealand the AFAC conference and exhibition was held virtually for the first time in its 26-year history. Attracting over 2,800 registrations, AFAC21 was delivered on an interactive and immersive online platform that provided a much needed opportunity for our sector to collaborate and share knowledge following the recent emergency events (the 2019-20 bushfires, extreme storms and flooding, a pandemic) that produced new challenges for fire and emergency services. Despite disruptions, the sector has maintained efforts to deliver nationally agreed doctrine, and AFAC has continued to work on key national projects, including the rollout of the Australian Fire Danger Rating System and the Australian Warning System. Well positioned to support further work, the AFAC Research Committee has developed the AFAC Research Strategy 2022-2027 to provide a high-level view of the role research and development play in the path towards the sector’s strategic directions, and to identify opportunities for collaboration. On behalf of the AFAC Board, I would like to express my gratitude to the membership, the AFAC CEO and staff for their efforts to progress the sector throughout another year under challenging circumstances.

CARLENE YORK, APM Commissioner, NSW SES AFAC President

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CEO’s message AFAC exists to support our members to create safer, more resilient communities. This purpose drives our program of work and despite continued challenges over the last year from COVID-19 as well as complex and concurrent disasters, our sector has maintained its collaborative spirit and continued to drive forward important work. The National Resource Sharing Centre continued to coordinate the movement of fire and emergency service personnel between Australian jurisdictions to provide surge capacity for fire, flood and severe weather events, with nearly 1,000 personnel deployed to Queensland and New South Wales to assist with flood operations this season. The National Aerial Firefighting Centre conducted a record level of procurement activity to arrive at a fleet of 164 aircraft for 2021-22. This fleet was supplemented by a new national large airtanker thanks to welcome additional funding from the Australian Government. This large airtanker is a national capability that can assist all jurisdictions as needed. While the AFAC21 powered by INTERSCHUTZ Conference and Exhibition was not able to take place in person in Sydney as planned, we were able to deliver a virtual conference on a state-of-the-art digital platform. The conference attracted over 2,800 registrations and had high levels of engagement throughout. Despite disruptions, AFAC also conducted a total of 91 collaboration group meetings, bringing together over 1,100 individuals across 34 groups representing our member agencies. This is a great achievement and highlights the important role collaboration across our sector plays in benefitting communities. In what was a challenging year, I offer my thanks and gratitude to the National Council, the AFAC Board and AFAC staff for their efforts, contributions and dedication.

ROB WEBB Chief Executive Officer, AFAC

AFAC governance

AFAC Board Elected by the AFAC National Council, the AFAC Board provides governance oversight to the effective management of the organisation. Board members hold office for two years and are eligible for re-election. The Board meets on a bi-monthly basis.

President

Treasurer

Carlene York, APM

Stephen Griffin

Darren Klemm, AFSM

Commissioner

Chief Executive Officer

Commissioner

NSW State Emergency Service

Victoria State Emergency Service

Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA

Commenced March 2020.

Commenced April 2015.

Greg Leach, AFSM

Natalie MacDonald

Rob Rogers, AFSM

Commissioner

Chief Executive Officer

Commissioner

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Country Fire Authority

NSW Rural Fire Service

Commenced October 2021.

Commenced June 2022.

Commenced October 2021.

Commenced October 2018.

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David Nugent, AFSM

Georgie Cornish

Director of Fire, Environment, Land and Water

Deputy Chief Officer SA Country Fire Service

Parks Victoria Commenced May 2021. Commenced July 2019.

AFAC Board meeting attendance DIRECTOR

Rob Webb CEO (non-Board member) AFAC

ATTENDED/ELIGIBLE

C York

5/5

P Baxter

2/2

N Cooper

1/2

G Cornish

5/5

S Griffin

5/5

R Jones

4/4

D Klemm

5/5

G Leach

3/3

N MacDonald

3/3

D Nugent

5/5

R Rogers

1/1

AFAC National Council, members and affiliate members

AFAC National Council, members and affiliate members AFAC members support Australian and New Zealand communities through mitigation and response phases of emergency management and support the transition to recovery. Knowledge is built by bringing together collaborators from across jurisdictions, capabilities and hazards to find opportunities and solve problems with collective effort. Senior representatives of fire and emergency service agencies from Australia and New Zealand form the AFAC National Council, with one representative per member organisation. Please note all AFAC member, affiliate member and National Council representatives listed are correct as at 30 June 2022.

34 Members ACT Emergency Services Agency

Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service

ACT Parks and Conservation Service

NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service

Airservices Australia

NSW Rural Fire Service

Bushfires NT

NSW State Emergency Service

Country Fire Authority, Victoria

Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions WA, Parks and Wildlife Service

Parks Australia

Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, SA

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Department of Fire and Emergency Services, WA

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

Department of Home Affairs, Emergency Management Australia

South Australian Country Fire Service

Fire and Emergency New Zealand

South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service

Fire and Rescue NSW

South Australian State Emergency Service

Fire Rescue Victoria

Surf Life Saving New South Wales

Forest Fire Management Victoria – Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Sustainable Timber Tasmania

Forestry Corporation of NSW

Tasmania State Emergency Service

Forestry SA

Victoria State Emergency Service

Northern Territory Emergency Service

Parks Victoria

South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission

Tasmania Fire Service

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24 Affiliate Members Australasian Road Rescue Organisation (ARRO) Australian Maritime Safety Authority Australian Red Cross Brisbane City Council Bureau of Meteorology Council of Australian Volunteer Fire Associations (CAVFA) Department of Conservation New Zealand

NSW Environment Protection Authority NSW Volunteer Rescue Association Pacific Islands Fire Emergency Services Association (PIFESA) RedEye Apps Resilience NSW State Emergency Management Committee, WA Surf Life Saving Australia

Department of Family, Fairness and Housing Department of Health Emergency Management Victoria Geoscience Australia Hong Kong Fire Services Department HQPlantations Pty Ltd Melbourne Water Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management National Biosecurity Response Team National SES Volunteers Association

Company Structure

AFAC National Council

AFAC Board

National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) Strategic Committee

Risk and Audit Committee

Remuneration Committee

Commissioners and Chief Officers Strategic Committee (CCOSC)

Research Committee

Management

Industry workforce management

CEO Office

National projects and innovation

Resilience and risk reduction

Supporting operations

Communications and events

Corporate services

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Our Vision Integrated fire and emergency management supporting resilient communities.

Our Purpose AFAC, as the National Council for fire and emergency services, supports the sector to create safer, more resilient communities. We drive national consistency through collaboration, innovation and partnerships. We deliver enhanced capability by developing doctrine and supporting operations.

Our Values Respect Mutual obligation Evidence-based decision making

Collaboration Mutual benefit

AFAC company repor ts

AFAC Conference Pty. Ltd. In 2015, AFAC and Deutsche Messe formed a partnerrship to create a new company, AFAC Conference Pty. Ltd. Under the partnership, AFAC drives the conference program, while Deutsche Messe utilises its expertise in coordinating exhibitions to lead the exhibition and event logistics. AFAC21 powered by INTERSCHUTZ was the fifth event delivered under this arrangement, with the 2020 event postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time in its 26-year history, the AFAC conference and exhibition was held virtually on 5-8 October 2021. The conference expanded to seven concurrent streams, running simultaneously with the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) Australia National Conference and the Australian Disaster Resilience Conference. With the conference not being able to be held in Sydney in 2021, a decision was made postpone the event in this jurisdiction to 2024 due to venue availability. The conference theme ‘Balancing impact and expectations’ was developed by the host agencies in response to recent emergency events that produced new challenges in terms of impact on communities, environments and economies. AFAC21 focused on how to manage the consequences of major events, while meeting the expectations of the community and government. The program also explored how the sector can continue to learn and find opportunities to deliver with new and innovative approaches. The traditional 4 day conference format was adapted to run completely online, given the government-imposed lockdowns and travel bans across Australia and New Zealand. The virtual program was made available to registrants to view ondemand until 31 January 2022. In keeping with its commitment to improve diversity and inclusion, the AFAC21 program reached a gender balance across the program (presenters, chairs and panellists) of 51% female, which has increased from 42% at AFAC19 in Melbourne. The conference attracted over 2,800 registrations, 150 presentations, 113 posters and 37 exhibitors, and had very high levels of engagement throughout. The Professional 12

AFAC21 conference highlights

2,800

registrations

37 7 exhibitors

concurrent streams

150 113 posters

presenations

Development Program ran on 8 October and included one workshop delivered in the virtual format. There were 305 registrations and 51 attendees. Those who couldn’t attend live were able to view the session on-demand, for three months post conference. Exhibitors who signed on for AFAC21 powered by INTERSCHUTZ were given the option to move their booking to the AFAC22 event in Adelaide or offered a refund. The majority of exhibitors held their bookings over for AFAC22. The AFAC21 virtual exhibition was made available to all exhibitors and partners, with 37 exhibitors participating. Exhibitors, visitors and delegates shared their feedback on the virtual exhibition experience, which summarised that while people made the most out of the virtual exhibition, the preference is for it to return to an in-person exhibition in the future.

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Fire Prediction Services Ltd. Fire Prediction Services (FPS) has continued to support Phoenix this financial year, with development work done to keep Phoenix running through changes to curing data arising from the introduction of the new Australian Fire Danger Rating System. Work is also underway to build some flexibility into the self-extinction threshold to better model fires in a wider range of conditions. The Spark development project has been progressing well. Phase 1 (proof of concept) was completed in 2020, and phases 2 and 3 delivering a minimum viable operational system are now in train. The work is being specified, tested and deployed by AFAC, and built by CSIRO under the FPS-CSIRO partnership agreement with science input from agency experts, CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology. Financial support has been from fire agencies and the Minderoo Foundation. Two technical reference groups with representatives from across the jurisdictions met regularly throughout the year to review progress and advise on priorities for further development and implementation. The two groups cover science and operations, with members appointed for their particular expertise in these areas. The Spark development work is overseen by a Project Board comprising AFAC, CSIRO and jurisdictional members.

Delivery of an operational system was extended by 3 months to March 2022, reflecting the impact of COVIS-19 on the development team, complexity in delivering some features and an increase in scope that came with some additional development funds from CFA. There is sufficient funds to complete phases 2 and 3 and operate till at least the end of the 2022-23 financial year. Further funds from licence fees are expected to cover Phoenix and Spark maintenance in subsequent years. The priority for (FPS) is supporting fire prediction systems for fire and land management agencies. FPS also supports academic use and the development of new systems to ensure that agencies have the best possible fire prediction technology available to support their operations and planning. Over the last two years, FPS has also made commercial licences available for the private sector, with contractual conditions designed to maintain the key role of fire agencies in providing a single source of authoritative public information during fire events. The FBS and AFAC Boards have provided in-principle endorsement of the transition of FPS into AFAC. It is proposed that governance will be provided by a multi-jurisdictional committee. Completion of the transition is expected in the 2022-23 financial year.

AFAC business units

National Aerial Firefighting Centre The National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) is a business unit of AFAC that provides a national cooperative arrangement for the provision of aerial resources to states and territories for firefighting and emergency response. NAFC is co-funded by the Australian states and territories and the Australian Government. The NAFC contracted fleet in 2021-22 included 164 aircraft services contracted from largely Australian operators. The spread of aircraft types was designed to provide a wide variety of aerial response to Australia’s unique and varying environments. The fleet included 5 large airtankers, 84 helicopters (including 11 large firebombers), 55 smaller fixed wing firebombers, 9 light fixed wing reconnaissance aircraft and 4 specialist strategic intelligence gathering fixed wings. Alongside firebombing, the fleet also included aircraft providing specialist assistance in the form of rappelling, winching, aerial supervision, passenger carriage, cargo transport, prescribed burning and a sophisticated aerial information gathering and mapping capability. AFAC conducted a record level of procurement activity in 2021 to arrive at this fleet, including the evaluation of several firefighting aircraft models new to NAFC. Services were evaluated by a diverse group of multi-jurisdictional agency subject matter experts, according to criteria, policies and standards developed over time and maintained by AFAC. The result allowed for effective and efficient procurement, with value for money options on a range of models - most having been utilised in previous seasons, alongside several new models, including 2 CH-47 Chinooks, 5 Blackhawk helicopters, one Super Puma and one 214ST helicopter, all contributing to a steady and safe evolution in the types of aircraft available to the jurisdictions. 14

The fleet was supplemented by the arrival of a national large airtanker with the welcome provision of additional funding from the Australian Government. After a survey of availability in the market, NAFC procured the services of a Boeing 737 aircraft which the NAFC Strategic Committee decided to base initially in Busselton, Western Australia. While this service could be easily moved to meet activity elsewhere, quiet activity in the eastern states led the aircraft to remain at Busselton where it was instrumental

in the response to increased fire activity. The national large airtanker made 80 retardant drops in Western Australia, primarily in the southeast. Further procurement activity by NAFC secured a national large airtanker for an additional two years until at least 2024. Overall, 2021-22 was a quieter season nationally for the NAFC fleet in terms of hours flown, albeit with high levels of aerial response to the increased fire activity in Western Australia. The NAFC season commenced in July 2021 with the Northern Territory season and the final service finished on 30 April 2022 in South Australia. The national resource sharing arrangements coordinated through the AFAC National Resource Sharing Centre (NRSC) aided support to Western Australia with the sharing of a large airtanker and firefighting helicopters from New South Wales. AFAC and the NRSC acknowledge the good will and effort from agency and industry personnel to allow these sharing arrangements to operate effectively. The provision of aerial firefighting services in the continuing pandemic required a significant rate of effort from AFAC, the aviation firefighting personnel in our member agencies, our stakeholders in the Australian Government and our industry partners. AFAC provided frequent contact, advice and information sharing with Australian government stakeholders, including Emergency Management Australia. Once again, AFAC recognises the effort and diligence from industry and members in this complex environment. The Australian Government provided approximately $30 million through the NAFC Grant Agreement, including $24 million towards the standing charges incurred by the states and territories for the NAFC fleet, and $4 million to contract the national large airtanker. The provision also allows development of national capability-enhancing projects over the three-year period of the grant; a national decision support tool and supporting research into aerial firefighting utilisation and effectiveness. AFAC welcomes the support from Emergency Management Australia in the development of this NAFC Grant. The NAFC ARENA package continued to develop in its scope and service provision. Greater uptake of operational and

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Specialist aircraft for: rappelling, winching, aerial supervision, passenger carriage, cargo transport, prescribed burning and a sophisticated aerial information gathering and mapping capability

4 strategic intelligence gathering fixed wing 5 Large Airtankers 84 Helicopters 9 light fixed wing reconaissance

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55 small fixed wing firebombers

11 Large helicopter firebombers AFAC CEO Rob Webb, Director-General EMA Joe Buffone and Senator Bridget McKenzie welcoming the national large airtanker in December 2021.

dispatch modules amongst jurisdictions has driven reporting enhancements, including in the electronic Flight Operations Returns module. Further ARENA upgrade works have enhanced functionality, including a tenderbox module to assist with procurement and increasing operational support systems. ARENA continues to provide aircraft operations support, reporting information and dispatch support to AFAC Members. The development of a decision support tool (Resource to Risk) to support agencies making planning decisions about where to allocate aerial resources was a key provision of the Australian Government funding. The project team developed a simple proof of concept for integrating risk-based decisionmaking into ARENA. A prototype aviation coverage model was then developed, showing coverage in terms of aircraft type, timeframe, capacity, water availability and airbase location. A planning module allows agencies to plan aircraft allocations up to 5 days in advance and formulate short-term

resource allocation plans, approval mechanisms and action lists. Validation and refinement has commenced, including data cleansing and gap analyses. Phase 2 of the project will continue over coming years. The NAFC Strategic Committee, being the sub-committee of the AFAC Board which governs the NAFC arrangements, met formally on 8 occasions in 2021-22, including procurement sub-committee meetings to decide the contracting and governance of the national large airtanker. AFAC recognises their contribution and the active collaboration shown between the state and territory members, and particularly thanks Mark Jones in the role of Chair. The NAFC Directors and team continued to deliver their objectives effectively during evolving times and under rolling work-from-home directives. Their commitment, collaboration and rate of effort, along with that from the agency and industry personnel involved in the NAFC arrangements, are recognised and appreciated. 15

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Australian Government National Emergency Management Agency

Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience AIDR is the national institute for disaster risk reduction and resilience. In the 2021-2022 financial year, AIDR continued to drive the development of knowledge, capability, networks and thought leadership to influence change for a more disaster resilient Australia.

interface between ‘top down’ and ‘bottom up’ approaches to risk reduction and resilience. For the first time, AIDR presented a 2-stream conference, showcasing a curated selection of thematic sessions that was well received by the cohort of virtual delegates.

AIDR engaged with stakeholders across a range of sectors and jurisdictions, including 66,862 stakeholders from at least 27 sectors via networks, events and social media. AIDR’s online engagement demonstrates positive trends in views of the AIDR websites over time and increased social media followers.

AIDR’s role as the national knowledge hub for disaster risk reduction and resilience continued to grow in 2021-22, with stakeholders rating AIDR’s knowledge products and services as credible and useful. AIDR delivered new and cutting-edge resources through AIDR’s handbook and events programs and invested heavily in enhancing outreach and utilisation of existing AIDR knowledge products by developing fit-forpurpose, bite-sized pieces that people can easily digest when needed.

AIDR delivered 70 professional development events to more than 5,000 participants across Australia. The AIDR events program has evolved to include a range of delivery options as a standard element, based on the popularity, accessibility and widespread value of online professional development. This year 42 events were delivered online, 24 in-person, and two were delivered in a hybrid model. AIDR continues to provide tailored clinics and masterclasses for a range of agencies and their stakeholders. This financial year, AIDR was pleased to support Queensland Fire and Emergency Services by delivering masterclasses on Disaster Planning in Dynamic Environments and Leadership in Disaster, Crisis and Adversity in 10 locations across Queensland. The 2021 Australian Disaster Resilience Conference was hosted on a state-of-the-art, feature-rich, interactive virtual platform, with a record number of 514 delegates attending across the two days. The theme was ‘Meeting in the middle: community voices and complex choices’ which explored the

Senator Bridget McKenzie wiith the winners of the national large airtanker naming competition.

Two new handbooks were published, including Australia’s inaugural Systemic Disaster Risk handbook, launched by Senator Bridget McKenzie, and a Disaster Resilience Education handbook. A minor review of Public Information and Warnings integrated the Australian Warning System and new warnings research from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC. Two handbooks were submitted for endorsement for publication, including a new Incident Management handbook and a minor review of the Australian Emergency Management Arrangements handbook to incorporate changes triggered by the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements (2020). The first scoping phase of a review of the National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines was completed, and a program of scoping refined the focus of three future handbooks on disaster resilience in the urban context, animals in disaster,

Minister for Emergency Management Senator the Hon Murray Watt delivers a keynote adress at the Risk to Resilience Summit.

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5 27 Active networks across

sectors

Professional development events

Handbooks

5,000 4 editions more than

participants across Australia

66,862 42 24 2 Stakeholders

submitted for endorsement

Online

and the ecological dimensions of disaster resilience. A series of case studies, companion documents, knowledge-intoaction briefs, and social media tiles was also produced to support implementation of Handbook guidance. The popular Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub continued to grow, through regular updates to thematic collections and the addition of new events to the Australian Disaster Mapper. This year, AIDR curated a collection of flood recovery resources and published a new Evacuation Collection, featuring planning tools and research alongside the Evacuation Planning Handbook. Four editions of the Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AJEM) were published. The April 2022 edition included a new series called Viewpoints, which examined the challenges of mainstreaming disaster risk reduction across policy sectors. Emeritus Professor Stephen Dovers contributed a seed article, and six eminent practitioners were invited to respond. This new series supports AIDR’s commitment to provide thought leadership on important issues affecting emergency managers and those supporting disaster resilience across a range of sectors. AIDR’s influence as national thought leader in disaster risk reduction and resilience is also evident in the growing number and range of national committees, conferences, panels, workshops and strategic meetings the AIDR team are invited to join and speak to. For example, AIDR presented on systemic disaster risk at the United Nations Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Bali in May, and partnered with then National Recovery and Resilience Agency (now the National Emergency Management Agency) to support the development of the Second National Action Plan to implement the National Disaster Risk Reduction

In-person

Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Hybrid

Framework. A series of online and in-person consultation events were held throughout March to June, culminating in the From Risk to Resilience Summit in Sydney. AIDR continued to support five active networks over the financial year, delivering a combination of virtual and inperson events and engaging with participating members across the networks. AIDR, on behalf of Emergency Management Australia, coordinated the national large airtanker naming competition through the DRANZSEN and DRESG networks and received entries from schools in every Australian state. 262 community recovery officers, facilitators, and guest speakers from across Australia and New Zealand participated in monthly ‘Possibility Lab’ sessions. The Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum has seen a significant growth in membership and continues to focus on championing the needs of volunteers across emergency management and disaster resilience. The Jurisdictional Emergency Management Education Network collaborates on national capability development across the emergency management sector and is building a stronger relationship with the AFAC Learning and Development Group. Volunteer Leadership Programs were held in-person in Darwin, the Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Hobart, Bendigo, Mt Gambier, Canberra, Port Macquarie, and Perth. These continue to be very highly regarded by attendees. AIDR continues to build partnerships and collaborate with those working to reduce disaster risk and enhance disaster resilience across sectors. 17

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National Resource Sharing Centre The 2021-22 peak operational season once more saw the National Resource Sharing Centre (NRSC) coordinating the movements of fire and emergency service personnel between Australian states and territories to provide surge capacity for fire, flood and severe weather events. The NRSC works at the direction of the Commissioners and Chief Officers Strategic Committee (CCOSC) in collaboration with the NRSC Resource Managers Group (RMG) to identify available national capability and support its movement, at the request of jurisdictions experiencing significant emergency and disaster events, to where it is needed most. In January 2022 the NRSC coordinated the movement of large airtankers and a lead plane from New South Wales to Western Australia to support fire suppression efforts. In February, Western Australia requested a full incident management team (IMT) to provide a strategic reserve capacity in circumstances where Western Australia domestic IMT capability was fully deployed and ongoing severe fire weather threatened the state. Also in February 2022, demonstrating the range of hazards that the NRSC can coordinate resource movements for, a request was made by Queensland for swift water rescue crews to assist with flood rescue operations. This was soon followed by a request from New South Wales for swift water and flood rescue crews, storm damage operatives, and community liaison officers as well as a range of IMT positions.

The NRSC was activated three times between March and June 2022 to support deployments of flood management personnel to New South Wales. Across the season, nearly 1,000 personnel were deployed to New South Wales and Queensland, demonstrating that national capability to provide surge capacity to flood operations can be just as significant as it is for fire. After-action reviews and lessons identified from these deployments will help contribute to continuous improvement in deployments for flooding and severe weather. The NRSC maintained its international relationships with the United States of America and Canada during the year. The Operating Plans which are made under arrangements between the Australian, United States, and Canadian governments were updated in 2022 to provide necessary updates as well as to embed some lessons identified from previous exchanges between the countries. Outside of the operational domain, the NRSC marked two significant milestones. The first was the agreement of the Australian Government to provide funding towards the NRSC over the next 3 years, reflected in the Federal Budget for 2022-23. The AFAC National Council has also agreed to provide specific funding for the NRSC over this period. This funding means that the NRSC has been able to recruit a small core staff of four people, who as well as managing the NRSC deployment activity when it happens, will work on development of doctrine and other products

AFAC NRSC 2021-22 timeline

NRSC coordinate the move of large airtankers and a lead plane from NSW to WA.

Jan 2022

Feb

WA request full IMT to support ongoing severe fire weather.

QLD request swift water rescue crews.

Mar

NSW request swift water and flood rescue crews, storm damage operatives, community liaison officers and a range of IMTs.

Apr

May

NRSC activated 3 times for NSW flood management support 1,000 personnel deployed to NSW and QLD over the season

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Western Australian personnel arrive in NSW Northern Rivers during the flood recovery response. Image: NSW SES

relevant to national capability. This will help to address the conclusions of the Royal Commission on National Natural Disaster Arrangements relating to enhancements of national understanding of capability and capacity, and better information about fire and emergency services personnel, equipment and aerial assets. The second significant milestone for NRSC was the publication of a suite of doctrine products outlining what the NRSC does and how it does it, across a range of practice areas. Since its inception in 2016, the NRSC has grown organically, with some initiatives being rolled out in response to the needs of AFAC Members as they have arisen. Over this time substantial quantities of documents were produced, and standard plans and approaches to practice established, but without this material being codified.

Recognising that the NRSC is now embedded as an important element of Australasian national (and transTasman) capability to combat major events and disasters, a project was undertaken to structure existing doctrine, ensure currency of resources and a ‘single point of truth’, and also provide a vehicle for capturing lessons identified from deployment activity through the ability to update and issue new editions of doctrine. By creating this doctrine suite and making it available to AFAC Member personnel, the NRSC has both provided another national tool for standardisation and streamlining of practice, and developed an important foundation for business continuity into the future.

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Emergency Management Professionalisation Scheme The AFAC Emergency Management Professionalisation Scheme (EMPS) continued to grow in 2021-22. The five priorities in the strategic plan for 2019-23, endorsed by the AFAC National Council, are well underway and gains have been achieved. The credentialing of practitioners, alignment of credentials with skills required of emergency management personnel participating in international deployments, creating synergies with other AFAC business areas and exploring options for growing the scope of the scheme has been the primary focus. The AFAC EMPS Portal is working well as a tailored workflow system, database and reporting tool for AFAC Members and the EMPS team. During 2021-22, more AFAC Member managers were onboarded and in a staged approach, AFAC EMPS practitioners were provided their login details. Practitioners with an AFAC EMPS credential are able to edit personal information and view their credential/s. The portal will support future nominations for intra-state, interstate and international deployments of personnel. Credentialling of fire and emergency services personnel has continued throughout the period with applications received from fire and emergency service agencies across the country. AFAC has developed national liaison competencies for the roles of Field Liaison Officer, IMT Liaison Officer and Jurisdictional Liaison Officer. The liaison roles will be added to the suite of EMPS professional standards. AFAC has also been involved in the development of a suite of national competencies for recovery roles. It is anticipated that these will also form part of the suite of EMPS professional standards. The EMPS credentials reflect the increasing recognition of the importance of professional standards and the opportunities that exist for industry personnel to have their knowledge and expertise recognised. The focus of activity moving forward will be on the promotion of the scheme and its benefits to members, the implementation of the Commissioners and Chief Officers Strategic Committee’s intent for international deployments and the expansion of professional standards.

AFAC collaboration and secretariat Collaboration has an integral role in progressing the work of AFAC and for our AFAC Members in delivering on the AFAC Strategic Directions 2022-2026. AFAC provides the mechanism to support the collective power enabled by fire and emergency services by participation in the Collaboration Model. The AFAC Collaboration Model continues to be one of AFAC’s highly sought-after member benefits. The 34 collaboration teams, with representatives from AFAC’s Australian and New Zealander member agencies, are tasked with driving progress in areas across the 6 strategic directions. Efficiency in creating solutions grows when agency representatives are given the opportunity to discuss and leverage each other’s insights and expertise. Outcomes unattainable as individual agencies can be seen within national doctrine and felt in local impacts. Furthermore, through the maturing of the AFAC Collaboration Model, temporary working groups have been established to deliver on targeted priority areas, such as the Alternative and Renewable Technologies Working Group. The collective expertise of such working groups has enabled key doctrine and national positions to be developed to support the fire and emergency services agencies nationally. The Collaboration Model is highly respected by the fire and emergency services industry. These groups provide an integral knowledge capability within AFAC, drawing upon the experience of over 900 senior agency personnel from AFAC’s 34 members.

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Major projec ts and ac tivites Australian Government engagement Fundamental to AFAC’s role as a delivery partner and facilitator of national ways of working is our relationship with the Australian Government. The 2021-22 period saw the relationship with the Australian Government further strengthen for the benefit of our members, and through them, the Australian community. The key conduit to the relationship was the government’s Emergency Management portfolio, through the Minister for Emergency Management, Emergency Management Australia (EMA) and the National Recovery and Resilience Agency (NRRA). AFAC also continued strong relationships with the Bureau of Meteorology, the CSIRO, and also Geoscience Australia. As AFAC members, EMA, Parks Australia, and Air Services Australia all contribute to, and benefit from, AFAC’s national and international footprint. AFAC continued work towards the delivery of several programs of work related to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Australia’s National Natural Disaster Arrangements. Through AFAC’s extensive collaboration network, common approaches are developed.

This year saw the continuation of several significant grant programs including working with the Australian Government to deliver the Australian Fire Danger Rating System, contributions to the National Aerial Firefighting Centre, the implementation of community education for the Australian Warning System, and a new enhanced National Resource Sharing Centre. These all contribute to Australia’s national resilience and represent examples of federal, state and territory governments working together towards common goals. AFAC was proud to host the Minister for Emergency Management Senator the Hon. Bridget McKenzie at the AFAC office in December 2021 and welcomed the Minister and the Director General of EMA, Mr Joe Buffone, to formally launch of the national large airtanker upon its arrival in Australia. AFAC remains committed to delivering the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience on behalf of the Australian Government and look forward watching this evolve with time. The nature of legislated roles and responsibilities means that coordination between all levels of government is vital. AFAC is committed to supporting these links and providing the opportunity for collective results far greater than can be achieved by any single group.

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Industry Doctrine AFAC’s suite of doctrine publications is one of AFAC’s most integral intellectual property assets. The collection of evidence-based doctrine consisting of technical notes, guidelines and position statements, are regularly reviewed through the AFAC Collaboration Model, guided by a documented life-cycle framework and is the official view of the AFAC National Council. The AFAC collaboration groups develop doctrine that is relevant, timely and nationally applicable, supporting agency interoperability. It is widely known that while most doctrine does not command action, there is robust reasoning for its adoption. Where no uptake of doctrine’s approach occurs, detailed reasons should be provided. Comprising over 110 evidence-based publications, the AFAC doctrine collection provides guidance for the consistent utilisation and implementation of practice, training and research. Guidance in the form of positions, frameworks, guidelines and training resources enables our members to operate at the forefront of the sector with a readiness and standard of safety while facing complex issues. In 2021-22, the following AFAC doctrine activities were undertaken: Doctrine Proposals: ˃

Current Incident Feed (extent) Standard and Data Dictionary

Ergonomic Emergency Service Vehicle Design

New doctrine completed: ˃

Incidents Involving Electric Vehicles

Large Animal Rescue Operations

Fire History Data Dictionary

Fire Safety in Waste Management Facilities

National Community Safety Announcements for Flood Risk Communication

Guide to Recognition of Prior Learning

Fire and Emergency Aviation Training and Assessment Framework

Revised doctrine: ˃

Framework for Risk Management and Workplace Health and Safety for Emergency Responders

Landscape Fire Performance Measures Data Dictionary

Safe Work Guideline: Managing Fatigue in Emergency Response

Use of Personal Fire Shelters in Wildfires

Use of Lookouts, Awareness, Communications, Escape Routes, Safety Zones (LACES) System for Wildfire Firefighters Safety on the Fireground

National Position on Prescribed Burning

Compressed Air Foam Systems Guideline

Major projects and activites

A national bushfire simulator - Spark Operational The Spark operational development project has been running for 15 months and made considerable progress. Milestone 5 (of 8) has been completed, and the development version 0.1.6 is stable and running on CSIRO cloud servers. The AFAC hosted version is due to be upgraded to V0.1.6 in mid October 2022.

Input fuel condition data from the AFDRS using the full range (23 classes) of AFDRS fuel types and input jurisdictional fuel classification (~ 150 classes per jurisdiction) for at high resolution. As a demonstration, the 10m Tasmanian data is bundled with V0.1.6 with other jurisdictional data to follow. The high-resolution fuel data matches corresponding high resolution topography and other land surface data to demonstrate that Spark can run sensibly at very high resolution. This gives the most accurate available representation of fuel data but is much higher than intended when fire behaviour models were developed. Discussions are ongoing with the Spark science advisory group to recommend the most appropriate resolution for operations, most likely to be in the range 30-100m. The ‘look-up-table’ and fuel raster method used to manage and interpret jurisdictional fuel data is compatible with fuel data handling in the AFDRS, and is expected work seamlessly across jurisdictions, with South Australian data planned for the next release. Considerable new infrastructure was built into Spark to support this feature.

Ensemble fire simulations, efficiently running multiple simultaneous simulations and generating a summary output, such as the probability that a location will be impacted by the fire. Two templated demonstrations of fire ensembles are bundles with V0.1.6: running predictions with a range of wind directions around the Bureau of Meteorology weather forecast and with windspeeds bracketed around the official prediction. The operator can also manually set up other ensembles, such as running a range of ignitions points where initial ignition location is uncertain. When the Bureau of Meteorology high resolution ensemble model forecasts are operationally available, running simulations for each of these as an ensemble will be implemented, but this is currently in-scope for phase 4.

The functionality completed for milestone 5 and included in version 0.1.6 comprises a full set of about 70 changes, additions and fixes. This includes known issues at the time of release, most of which will be addressed in the next release. A snapshot of the major features implemented for the latest milestone are: ˃

A ‘supplementary’ disruption layer that allows the operator to input custom disruptions to the spread of the fire. These can represent roads or tracks not represented in the map layer and firebreaks with adjustable width. This functionality could also be used to represent lines of retardant applied by aircraft which in later versions may have a time period set where they are deemed to be effective. On the recommendation of the Spark science expert group, the custom disruption layer was recommended as a sufficient method to represent suppression until more complex suppression models are developed. This functionality complements the already implemented simple ‘mask’ feature which allows the operator to mark any area as non-combustible. In the next milestone, the mask feature will be extended to be a more general fuel editor, allowing any fuel attribute to be set to any valid value giving much more flexibility to represent modifications to the input fuel layer, and correct for any errors found in the input agency fuel maps. ROS infrastructure (update to level-set fire spread solver) is an infrastructure update needed to support features in future milestones.

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AFAC Strategic Directions 2022-2026

AFAC independent reviews

The AFAC Strategic Directions 2022-2026 is the third edition developed by AFAC. The strategic directions have been endorsed by the Australia-New Zealand Emergency Management Committee (ANZEMC) and the National Emergency Management Ministers’ Meeting (NEMMM). AFAC reports to these bodies annually on accomplishment.

AFAC facilitates assurance activities for AFAC Members, providing a cost-effective way for fire and emergency service organisations to review aspects of their operations or business, based on industry expertise. AFAC uses its extensive networks of expert fire and emergency service practitioners to source senior industry experts to participate in review panels, so that agencies or governments commissioning AFAC reviews can be confident that these activities will be carried out by people who thoroughly understand the subject matter and have a contemporary appreciation of industry good practice. This in turn means that the review activities themselves are more targeted on the real issues, and recommendations are specific, realistic, and relevant.

The AFAC Strategic Directions Achievement Report 2022 is the first report based on the new Strategic Directions, which consist of six priority areas that reflect the mutual commitment and vision and provide opportunity to address shifting environmental circumstances to support safe and resilient communities in Australia and New Zealand. The 6 Strategic Directions to guide the fire and emergency services sector for 2022–2026 are: 1.

Supporting resilient communities through risk reduction

Providing a trusted response

Using credible and timely information and data

Safe, capable and diverse workforce

Informed by knowledge, innovation and research

Effective and transparent governance.

Through 25 selected projects and initiatives, the report demonstrates the work that has been completed in the last 12 months by all jurisdictions in conjunction with AFAC Members and our partner agencies. The report provides just a sample of initiatives undertaken rather than an exhaustive list of all activities relating to the strategic directions. Together these initiatives support a more disaster resilient Australia and New Zealand by demonstrating a level of national capability, based on operational readiness, and underpinned by the most current qualifications and standards available, lessons management and research utilisation.

During the 2020-21 year, AFAC completed independent reviews of the 2021 Wooroloo fire in Western Australia (for DFES), the 2020 K’gari (Fraser Island) fire (for QPWS), the 2021 NSW flooding event (for NSW SES), and a review of CFA training (for CFA). The Wooroloo fire review was carried out by a hybrid panel, one member of which was based in Western Australia, with the other two members participating remotely owing to COVID restrictions. The CFA training review is the first time that AFAC has been commissioned to provide a review focused primarily on an agency’s activities other than operational response. In addition to providing subject-matter expertise from senior AFAC member personnel, the review benefitted from the extensive experience of AFAC’s own Director, Workforce Development in the field of fire and emergency services learning and development.

Major projects and activites

Australian Fire Danger Rating System The Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS) is a national program that is funded and collaborated by the Australian Government and the states and territories, and delivered by local implementation teams. The AFDRS is coordinated by NSW RFS and AFAC, with support from the Bureau of Meteorology. The AFDRS replaces the previous system that was based on science more than 60 years old and brings a generational change to the way fire danger is calculated and communicated in Australia. New technology and research have informed the development of the AFDRS and have improved our ability to accurately predict fire behaviour and the potential threat to the community. The AFDRS uses the latest scientific understanding about weather, fuel and how fire behaves in eight different types of vegetation to improve the reliability of fire danger forecasts. This strengthens the ability of those working in emergency services to be better prepared, make improved decisions and provide better advice to the community. The AFDRS is designed to be continuously updatable so that the system can take advantage of improving science, data, and information into the future. Outcomes during 2021-22 included the final year deliverables of the development and implementation of the new system.

They included: ˃

nationally consistent public facing design for fire danger ratings with community action messaging

operational testing during the fire season to enable agencies to become familiar with the new system

delivery of nationally consistent products such as training assets, decision-making framework and communications products

development of an eLearning training course within AFAC

delivery of sample public-facing products and ongoing support for agencies in their local implementation.

The final phase also included the development of prototype indices for bushfire impact, suppression likelihood and ignition likelihood that may become important additions to the system in the future. The program was on track to go live by 1 September 2022. The public-facing fire danger rating design is simple and easy to understand. It includes 4 levels and a ‘no rating’. Across the country, fire and emergency services have applied nationally consistent colours, signs and terminology. This means that wherever you go in Australia, and whatever the season or fuels you’re surrounded by, you can understand the level of threat and what you need to do to stay safe.

Image: NSW RFS

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Australian Warning System In October 2017 the Commissioners and Chief Officers’ Strategic Committee (CCOSC) identified warnings as a national priority and committed to establishing a nationally consistent three-level warning framework across multiple hazards. Following an extensive social science research project to understand how the community understands and takes action in response to warnings, CCOSC endorsed the Australian Warning System (AWS) in September 2020. The AWS is a 3-level, multi-hazard warning system that applies to bushfire, flood, cyclone, severe storm and heatwave, and can be extended by jurisdictions to other hazards. CCOSC members also endorsed a national community education program to support the implementation of the AWS. The AWS was subsequently endorsed into policy through ANZEMC in March 2021, and the National Emergency Management Ministers Meeting tasked ANZEMC with developing an action plan and key milestones to progress the implementation of the AWS, as one of seven priorities actions ahead of the 2021-22 severe weather season. The AWS has been implemented across all Australian bushfire agencies, with other hazards being implemented by jurisdictions in a staggered approach determined by their system requirements and operational priorities. Jurisdictions are also currently working collaboratively to finalise frameworks for hazards.

A submission was made to ANZEMC for funding for the AWS community education and engagement program. The submission requested funding to deliver a national community education and engagement program to raise the awareness of all Australian residents and visitors, including CALD and newly arrived community members, tourism operators and other key stakeholders, about the new AWS. The funding application was successful, and the AWS community education and engagement program was launched by the former Minister for Emergency Management on 1 December 2021, under the banner “Know the Signs”. A range of social media, print and digital assets have been developed for the campaign, which jurisdictions will be able to use as part of their ongoing community education and awareness programs. Rollout of the campaign in states and territories has commenced, aligned to their specific requirements and hazard seasons. The AWS education campaign will also include CALD video and audio resources translated into five key languages: Mandarin, Arabic, Vietnamese, Hindi and Cantonese. The national education campaign will raise awareness of the AWS for multiple hazards and will increase understanding of the actions that community members should take when they receive a warning. This will empower people to make informed decisions, to take protective action, and reduce potential impacts and consequences of a hazard when they receive a warning.

The Australian Warning System A consistent approach to warnings.

ADVICE

WATCH AND ACT

EMERGENCY WARNING

Major projects and activites

Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Australia The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Australia (HFSCA) is a partnership of AFAC and Fire Protection Association Australia. The HFSCA informs and advocates the benefits of home fire sprinklers to protect Australian communities from the impact of residential fires and to support the sustainability of the built environment. HFSCA has continued to build on the momentum and progress of previous years. The coalition secured a third International Fire Suppression Alliance funding grant. These funds are assisting the coalition to finalise sprinkler designer/installer training modules, develop residential sprinkler specifications for additional classes of buildings, and investigate the potential use of residential sprinklers in bushfire prone areas. A 4 year strategy was developed in 2021, identifying six key areas of influence: advocacy, education, research, capability and capacity building, technical advice and standard setting. The coalition has aligned its priorities to these areas, together with a range of national policies. Some of the projects underway in 2021-22 include the development of a standard for safe, reliable, cost-effective residential fire sprinklers for class 1a homes, and a feasibility study into integrating internal residential fire sprinklers with external bushfire sprinklers for use in bushfire prone areas. The coalition is continuing to work with fire authorities in a number of jurisdictions to advocate for residential sprinklers in social housing, and the HFSCA has been supporting agencies as they develop proposals to relevant government departments. Recognising the findings from recent residential fire fatality research and AFAC’s Towards Zero strategy, the HFSCA is supporting the mitigation of fire for those community members who are at greatest risk. Through its continuing engagement with stakeholders, the coalition is adding new supporters. These like-minded organisations have committed to collaborate with HFSCA on different projects through either financial or in-kind contributions.

Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System The Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System (AIIMS) is an integral part of emergency management doctrine for the fire and emergency services industry in Australia. The system enables Australian agencies to come together to resolve incidents through an integrated and effective response. Traditionally courses in AIIMS have been delivered faceto-face. However, with AFAC’s development of the AIIMS Principles and AIIMS Awareness as online courses, AFAC members and external organisations now have greater flexibility in the delivery of AIIMS training. These online courses have seen an increasing uptake in student numbers since their release in 2020 and 2021 respectively. The AFAC AIIMS Principles online course, based on the nationally accredited short course 22459VIC Course in the Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System 2017, had 210 enrolments in the 2021-22 financial year. For the same period, the AIIMS 2017 Awareness online course, based on the nationally accredited short course 22463VIC Course in Awareness of the Australasian InterService Incident Management System, 2017, had 1330 students enrolled from AFAC member agencies and other organisations across Australia. These enrolment numbers are in addition to the significant face-to-face delivery of these courses that is being undertaken by AFAC members and licensed commercial registered training organisations. The National Centre for Vocational Education Research data for 1 July 2021–20 June 2022 for the 22463VIC Course in Awareness of the Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System confirms 1,396 have completed the course. The figure for the 22459VIC Course in the Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System 2017 is 1,410. The availability of these courses online is supporting the face-to-face delivery and uptake of these courses.

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2021 – 22

Champions of Change

Research

The Fire and Emergency Group’s fourth progress report was released in December 2021. Members achieved or moved closer to gender balance across 60.2% of leadership categories. Women comprised 37.3% of hires across the group and represented in 23.2% of promotions, tracking above the overall women’s representation across the group (21.6%).

In 2021, the AFAC Research Committee identified the need for a research strategy to provide a high-level view of the role research and development play in the path towards the sector’s strategic directions. Putting a strategy in place supports agencies to identify opportunities for collaboration and allows greater targeting of research to deliver the most important capabilities. It also enables the AFAC Research Committee to better understand the research landscape and work towards stronger alignment of priorities across the AFAC Collaboration Network.

80.8% of members have an organisation-wide approach for mainstreaming flexible work. 50% reported that they conducted and took action on a gender pay equity audit at least every two years, increasing from 15.4% in 2020. 53.8% of members reported they have sponsorship in place as a practice expected of all leaders, increasing from 12% in 2020. 96.2% of members have policies or initiatives in place to enable flexible access to parental leave for all parents and 92.3% have initiatives in place to support employees experiencing or supporting family experiencing domestic and family violence. The Fire and Emergency Group identified the need to engage and activate a broader network of champions for gender equality, diversity and inclusion. In May 2022 ‘everyday respect’ workshops were held with over 100 senior and middle management leaders across member organisations. The workshops focused on practical actions leaders at all levels can take within their sphere of influence to progress gender equality. Building buy-in for gender equality remains an ongoing priority area for the group. Ongoing thanks is extended to the Fire and Emergency Groups Convenor Kristen Hilton and Champions of Change Coalition Program Directors Lisa Pusey and Somali Cerise who support the group and the Implementation Leaders.

Through workshops with the AFAC Research Committee and representatives from across the Collaboration Network, the AFAC Research Strategy 2022-2027 was developed, drawing on the collective experience and goals of member agencies. The strategy focuses on the role of research in addressing the challenges and opportunities the sector faces, and identifies 7 national priority themes that require further research to better understand their impacts for future policy and practice. For research outcomes to contribute to the needs of the sector, research needs to target the right areas, ask the right questions and have the appropriate support and resourcing for translation and implementation. The strategy supports the sector to collaborate and invest in research that addresses issues of national importance and enables evidence-based good practice. AFAC intends to apply and trial the AFAC Research Strategy 2022-2027 for 12 months to provide time to socialise it across the Collaboration Network. Progress will be reviewed after 12 months. Rosalind Houghton from Fire and Emergency New Zealand was appointed by the AFAC Board to Chair the AFAC Research Committee.

Major projects and activites

Standards AFAC and its members have a significant voice to drive progress in the sector through the Standards Network of representatives. All AFAC member agencies are consulted when comment is provided in relation to the development or revision of Australian or International Standards, ensuring the collective view of AFAC member agencies is put forward.

AFAC play a key role in the development and revision of Australian and International Standards which advance and guide the interests of the broader emergency management sector, these include:

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Fire Protection Association Australia (FPAA)

National Association of Steel-Framed Housing Inc. (NASH)

management of fire related risks

fire protection and fire safety

standards for firefighter’s personal protective equipment

fire protection systems and equipment

fire safety systems and equipment

storage, transportation and handling of dangerous goods/hazardous materials.

53 -0 52 -0

NFPA JWG -SC15 /SC14 TC/94 14 4/SC TC/9 3 SC1 94/ TC/ 94 TC/ 1 -02 TX

SF SF

-0 50

-04 9-0 SF 8 04 9- 0 SF 049 6 -05 SF-0 4-04 SF-04 9-03 SF-049 -02

EL04 2 FP -00 FP 1 -0 02

Primarily AFAC participation focuses on:

E L- 0 03 005

International Standards Organisation (ISO)

EL-

CE-030 CS-0 62

Joint Standards Australia and New Zealand Standards committees (AS/NZS)

BD-066

CE-005

Standards Australia

BD-058

1 -0 02 2 2-0 -00 -03 P F 2 -00 FP 003 FP04 FP-0 3 04-0 FP-0 FP-008

-0 FP

FP-009

SF-049-01

FP-009-01

SF-049

FP-011

SF-018

FP-017

SF-010 6 SF-00

MB-025

IT-268

MB-027

M 30

FPA

E01 5 ME -00 2 CH -00 9-0 CH00 9 8 -05 CH-0 09-0 4 CH-00 9-02 CH-009-0 1 CH-009

03 SF-0 0 -03 ME 3 -09 ME 0 -07 ME 57 E-0 7 M 01 EM

4 00 EM 62 E-0 M 1 2-0 -06 ME -09 2 -06 ME 1 A10 NASH

FP-01 8 FP-0 19 FP-0 20 FP022 FP -02 3 LG -00 LG 7 -0 11

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AFAC is currently represented on the following committees: Community Engagement Technical Group

Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience IT-268

Smart Cities and Communities

MB-025

MB-027

Hazmat and CBRN Technical Group

Security and Resilience Built Environment and Planning Technical Group

Ageing societies

CH-009

Safe Handling of Chemicals

BD-058

Thermal Insulation

CH-009-01

Emergency Procedure Guide Working Group 1

BD-066

Prefabricated Concrete Elements

CH-009-02

Emergency Procedure Guide Working Group 2

CE-005

Explosives

CH-009-04

Emergency Procedure Guide Working Group 4

CE-030

Maritime Structures

CH-009-05

Emergency Procedure Guide Working Group 5

CS-062

Solid Fuel Burning Appliances

CH-009-08

Emergency Procedure Guide Working Group 8

EL-003

Electric Cables and Wires

ME-002

Gas Cylinders

EL-005

Secondary Batteries

ME-015

Storage and Handling - Liquefied Petroleum Gases

EL-042

Renewable Energy Power Supply Systems and Equipment

ME-017

Flammable and Combustible Liquids

FP-001

Maintenance of Fire Protection Equipment

ME-057

Road Tankers for Hazardous Liquids and Gases

Fire Detection, Warning, Control and Intercom Systems

ME-070

Liquefied Natural Gas Storage and Handling

FP-002

ME-093

Hydrogen Technologies

FP-002-01

Installation Standards

FP-002-02

Product/Panel

FP-002-03

Network Monitoring

FP-003

Fire Extinguishers

SF-003

Occupational Protective Footwear

FP-004

Automatic Fire Sprinkler Installations

SF-006

Eye and Face Protection

FP-004-03

Combined Sprinkler & Fire Hydrant Systems

SF-010

Occupational Respiratory Protection

FP-008

Fire Pumps & Tanks

SF-018

Occupational Protective Helmets

FP-009

Fire Hydrant Installations

SF-049

Firefighters Personal Protective Equipment

FP-009-01

Drafting Subcommittee AS 2419.1

SF-049-01

General requirements

FP-011

Special Hazard Fire Protection Systems

SF-049-02

Structural firefighting

FP-017

Emergency Management Planning – Facilities

SF-049-03

Wildland firefighting

FP-018

Fire Safety

SF-049-04

Hazardous materials

FP-019

Passive Fire Protection (Chair)

SF-049-05

Rescue

FP-020

Construction in Bushfire Prone Areas

SF-049-06

CBRN

FP-022

Fire prevention and protection for mobile and transportable equipment

SF-049-08

JWG (SF-010 and SF-049) RPD

FP-023

Tunnel Fire Safety

SF-050

High Visibility Clothing

LG-007

Emergency Lighting in Buildings

SF-052

Personal Safety – Personal Protective Equipment

LG-011

Photoluminescent Exit Signage

SF-053

Protective Clothing

ME-004

Lift Installations

TX-021

Sun Protective Clothing

ME-062

Ventilation and Airconditioning

TC/94

Personal Safety - Personal Protective Equipment (Chair)*

ME-062-01

Ventilation and Airconditioning

TC 94/SC13

Protective clothing*

ME-062-09

Ventilation and Airconditioning

TC 94/SC14

Firefighters’ personal equipment (Chair)*

FPAA101

Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Design and Installation

TC 94/SC14 -SC15 JWG

Respiratory Protective Device (RPD)*

NASH

Steel Framed Construction in Bushfire Areas

NFPA

NFPA Correlating Committee on Fire and Emergency Services PPE*

*International Standards Committee

Operational Equipment Technical Group ME-030

Pumps PPE Technical Group

Professional development and events National Memorial Service On Friday 6 May, AFAC hosted the annual National Memorial Service to remember and reflect on the commitment of fire and emergency service personnel across Australia and New Zealand who have died in the line of duty. The service was held at the National Emergency Service Memorial in Canberra, where 13 personnel were commemorated during the service. A further 12 names were added to the Memorial Wall. Families of those commemorated each received an AFAC Memorial Medallion, presented by the Governor-General of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable David John Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Her Excellency Mrs Hurley, and AFAC President Commissioner Carlene York. Approximately 450 people were in attendance, in addition to the service being livestreamed to YouTube. To date, the service has been viewed 1,074 times via the AFAC YouTube channel.

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The NRSC hosted one event in 2021–22, the ‘Interstate Deployment – NRSC Deployment Manager Information Session’ on 20 October 2021. This session was run for 49 participants, with 100% reporting an improvement in knowledge. The session was recorded and made available on the AFAC website.

Lessons Management Forum The Lessons Management Forum was held on 22-23 March 2022 in Brisbane, after being postponed due to COVID-19. The forum explored the theme ‘What does success look like?’, with 13 presentations delivered over two days. The forum was delivered as a hybrid event for the first time, allowing participants to join in person and virtually via Zoom. There were 194 participants in total with 113 attending virtually. Future forums will continue to be held as hybrid events, increasing the accessibility of event participation across the AFAC Membership. Feedback was very positive with 96% of participants agreeing or strongly agreeing the forum improved their knowledge, 91% agreeing or strongly agreeing they would recommend the forum, and 87% giving the forum an overall rating of 4 or above out of 5.

Knowledge Event Series Due to the ongoing uncertainty around COVID-19, and the closure of Australian borders to international guests, AFAC did not run the Knowledge Event Series sponsored by the Motorola Foundation in 2021-22.

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The AFAC Events Team supports the delivery of events and professional development across AFAC and its business units. In the 2021-22 financial year, many events were run online or in a hybrid model due to continuing COVID-19 restrictions.

83 Events 68 hosted virtually 12 in person 3 hybrid

Over

8,600 participants

of participants reported an improvement in knowledge

of participants were from Victoria or New South Wales

Professional development and events

Senior Leaders Cohort and Executive Forum

Stewart & Heaton Masterclass

The Senior Leaders Cohort and Executive Forum ran from 27-28 July 2021 as a virtual event with 35 online participants. The Senior Leaders Cohort on 27 July had three presenters discussing a range of topics around ethics and governance, non-technical skills, and managing teams in an online environment.

The Stewart & Heaton Masterclass was presented on 11 May 2022 in Sydney with the guest speakers being the winners of the 2021 Leading Practice in Mental Health Award, Tasmania Fire Service – Department of Police Fire and Emergency Management. The Stewart & Heaton Masterclass topic was ‘Wellbeing: The Tasmanian Context’ and was delivered as a hybrid event with 24 participants attending in person and 123 participants online via Zoom. Feedback was positive with 90% strongly agreeing or agreeing the masterclass improved their knowledge, 100% strongly agreeing or agreeing they would recommend the masterclass, and 100% giving the masterclass a rating of 4-5 out of 5.

The combined Senior Leaders Cohort and Executive Forum on 28 July included two presentations on mental health within the industry for 36 online participants. Both events were very well received, with 100% of participants strongly agreeing or agreeing that the events improved their knowledge and that they would recommend the event to others.

Bushfire webinars The AFDRS had one online event in 2021-22, the fourth webinar in the AFDRS Webinar series: ‘Fire Behaviour Index’ on 25 August 2021, which had 153 participants in attendance. Feedback was very positive with 100% of attendees reporting an improvement in knowledge as a result of the session. There was one online event run for FBAN, the ‘Estimating smoke emissions in near real time for Air Quality forecasting’ webinar on 21 December 2021, with 30 participants attending. Feedback was positive, with 100% indicating improved knowledge.

National Aerial Firefighting Centre events Two Aviation Simulation webinars ran in 2021–22, under the NAFC branding. The Aviation Simulation webinar: ‘Immersive simulation training for wildland fire aviation in the United States: past, present and future’ on 28 October 2021 attracted 80 participants, gaining very positive feedback with 100% of those participating indicating an improvement of knowledge and that they would recommend the event to others. The ‘Enhancing Aviation Simulation following the 2019-20 bushfires’ webinar on 1 December 2021 had 54 participants with 93% indicating an improvement of knowledge, and all participants indicating that they would recommend the event.

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AIPM programs AFAC, in partnership with the Australian Institute of Police Management (AIPM), offered a number of professional development courses during the financial year. Representatives from the emergency management sector across Australia attended the range of programs. AFAC member agencies had a combined total of 62 delegates in attendance during the 2021-22 financial year.

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Industry awards at AFAC21 The Industry Awards were presented during the AFAC21 powered by INTERSCHUTZ Conference.

Graduate Certificate in Applied Management

With the postponement of AFAC20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, AFAC’s Industry Awards were not held in 2020. The decision was made to carry over nominations, and they were assessed alongside new nominations in 2021 for the three award categories.

Graduate Diploma of Executive Leadership

The award recipients were as follows:

Strategic Command Program

Executive Development Strategy programs

Frontline: Developing Future Leaders program

Balance program

Facilitate: Building Learning Organisations Workshop.

The courses offered through AIPM include:

Due to the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns across state borders, the AIPM residential programs at the Manly campus that were cancelled for the 2020-21 financial year were rescheduled for delivery in the first half of 2022. This resulted in no AFAC Visiting Fellows being involved in the delivery of AIPM programs during this 2021-22 period.

AFAC and Stewart & Heaton Leading Practice in Mental Health Award This award recognises the efforts of an AFAC Member to support an industry culture that adopts leading practice and spreads the benefits of innovative and creative mental health initiatives across all first responders in Australasia. In 2021, Tasmania Fire Service – Department of Police Fire and Emergency Management was the winning agency for the innovative MyPulse health and wellbeing program. Knowledge Innovation Award This award recognises the innovation, creativity and contribution an individual staff member of volunteer has made to the advancement of knowledge management and research utilisation in their agency or jurisdiction. It also recognises an AFAC Member for their demonstrated commitment to ensuring knowledge management and research utilisation are an accepted and valued practice. In 2021, Bruce Botherway, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, received the individual award for the development of a fit for purpose collector app that informs prioritisation of resources. Fire and Rescue NSW was the winning agency for the establishment of the Preventing Firefighter Exposure to Carcinogens program. Laurie Lavelle Award This award recognises the efforts of an individual who has undertaken a role within an AFAC Member that has contributed significantly to enhancing the knowledge or skills, operations, performance or public profile in the emergency services sector in Australasia. In 2021, John Gilbert, Country Fire Authority, was the award recipient for the Bushfire Self Evacuation Archetypes research project.

Collaboration Model

AFAC collaboration Through collaboration, AFAC assists the emergency management sector to identify and achieve strategic and operational priorities. Collaboration occurs through sharing knowledge and exchanging insights, exploring opportunities and creating solutions.

Direction 1

Direction 2

Supporting resilient

Providing trusted

communities

response

This approach enables members to consider common challenges, generate solutions, develop positions and inspire new directions in practice. The AFAC collaboration model is aligned to the Strategic Directions for Fire and Emergency Services in Australia and New Zealand 2022-2026.

Direction 3

Direction 4

Credible information

Safe, capable and

and data

diverse workforces

Direction 5

Direction 6

Informed by knowledge,

Effective and transparent

innovation and research

governance

AFAC Annual Report

Collaboration model 2021 – 22

1 | Supporting resilient communities

Adam Green, QFES

Simon Davis, FENZ

Andrew Dowdy, BOM

Steven McKee, QFES

COMMUNITY SAFETY GROUP

Peter Jones, DFES-WA

Blair Trewin, BOM

Steven Hayes, FRNSW

Anthony Miles, NTFRS

Kaitlyn Samson, AIDR

Darren Klemm, DFES-WA

Bob Evans, NTPFES

Lucy Saaroni, CFA-VIC

Candice Zhang, FRV

Amanda Leck, AFAC

Jennie Fluin, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Allyson Lardner, FFMV-DELWP

Jonathon Wright, FENZ

Colin Lindsay, SA-MFS

Justin Leonard, CSIRO

Darren McQuade, FRV

Luke Purcell, AFAC

Emma Fitzpatrick, TFS

Matthew Dyer, QFES

Fiona Dunstan, SA-CFS

Melissa O’Halloran, NSWRFS

Graham Swift, DFES-WA

Melissa Pexton, DFES-WA

Greg Howard, SA-MFS

Mike Meinema, DBCA-WA

Heath Stimson, NSWRFS

Nicholas Kuster, NSW-SES

Jeff Lucas, NSW RFS

John Bates, NHRA

Louise Collins, CFA-VIC

Robyn Smith, NSW EPA

Mark Edwards, GA

Steve Cameron, EMV

Mark Kahler, QFES Matthew Shonk, ACT FR

Barry Gray, MFB-VIC

Michelle Young, FRV

Luke Purcell, AFAC

Peter Mason, SA-MFS

Ben Millington, NSWRFS

Peter Gallagher, FENZ

Brad Commens, QFES

Rebel Talbert, NSWRFS

Garry Cook, CFA-VIC

Rhiannon Garth, TFS

Gina Jones, SPC

Roxanne Hilliard, FENZ

Glenn Brewer, ACT-ESA

Simon Burt, NTFRS

Matt Davis, SA-CFS

Stacey Hook, NBRT

Patrick Haines, SPC

Todd O’Donoghue, FENZ

Terry Trewin, NTPFES

SES COMMUNITY SAFETY GROUP Chris Beattie, SA-SES Kate White, VIC-SES Amanda Leck, AFAC Allyson Lardner, FFMV-DELWP Anthony Draheim, ACT-ESA Chris Irvine, TAS-SES Eamonn Lennon, QFES Gemma Bellenger, NTFRS Graham Swift, DFES-WA Liz Connell, SA-SES Melissa Pexton, DFES-WA Oshanna Alexander, SA-SES Rachel Rowett, SA-SES Robert Evans, NTES Sally-Anne Perry, NSW-SES Selina Neill, QFES Shane Daw, SLSA

CLIMATE CHANGE GROUP Dermot Barry, TFS Liz Connell, SA-SES Sarah Harris, CFA-VIC

Council sponsor

BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING TECHNICAL GROUP – BUSHFIRE PLANNING DIVISION Mark Chladil, TFS Ivan West, AFAC Adam Moss, QFES Ana Negreiros, DFES-WA Caren Siegfriedt, SA-CFS David Boverman, NSWRFS Greg Potts, ACT-ESA Jackson Parker, DFES-WA James Haig, QFES Leah Bertholini, SA-CFS

PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP GROUP

Melissa Pexton, DFES-WA

Trent Curtin, FRNSW

Scott MacKenzie, ACT-ESA

Len Leslie, CFA-VIC

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TECHNICAL GROUP Amanda Leck, AFAC Andrew O’Connell, FRV Boris Radickovic, CFA-VIC Chris Sedunary, SA-CFS Colleen Ridge, TAS-SES David Webber, NSW-SES David Felton, FRNSW Fiona Amundson, ACT-ESA Geoff Kaandorp, FRV Graham Kingsland, FRNSW Isaia Piho, FENZ

Andrew Andreou, CFA-VIC

Jacqueline Murphy, NSWRFS

Allan Riley, DFES-WA

James Haig, QFES

Ivan West, AFAC

Jane Houston, QFES

Andrew Sharrad, SA-MFS

Karen Enbom, CFA-VIC

Andrew Spry, DFES-WA

Kate Macfarlane, RNSW

Anthony McKinnon, NTFRS

Kristina Riley, Bushfires NT

Brian Talbot, ACT-ESA

Leah Parlour, DFES-WA

Carolyn Blake, FRV

Liz Connell, SA-SES

Daniel Greig, TFS

Melissa Heffernan, NTES

David McCurdy, FRV

Michael Morris, FRNSW

David Lewis, FRNSW

Oshanna Alexander, SA-SES

Gavin Maund, DFES-WA

Rachel Rowett, SA-SES

Heath Stimson, NSWRFS

Rita Reitano, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Ian Shepherd, QFES

Sally Perry, NSW-SES

Jamie Vistnes, FRNSW

Sandra Barber, TFS

Joel Taggart, SA-CFS

Sarah Anderson, RNSW

John Hawes, FRNSW

Shane Daw, SLSA

Kate Grimwood, SCFS

Sita Bacher, SAFECOM

Mathew Smith, NSWRFS

Steve Cameron, EMV

Paul Owens, ACT-ESA

Susan Davie, VICSES

Rachael Robertson, DFES-WA

Vinny Schar, SA-MFS

Deputy Chair

Michael Forbes, FRNSW Ivan West, AFAC Ben Millington, NSWRFS Bob Lanigan, FRV Cheryl Cook, NSWRFS Claire Humberstone, NSWRFS Dale Rayner, TFS Daren Mallouk, QFES David Groer, Airservices George Xydias, Victoria Police Graham Kingsland, FRNSW Greg Symonds, FRNSW Gregory Mason, ACT-ESA Leslie Vearing, FFMV-DELWP Matthew Shonk, ACT FR Nicole Harvey, CFA-VIC Phillip Crossley, SA-MFS Todd O’Donoghue, FENZ

Fiona Dunstan, BOM

BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING TECHNICAL GROUP – BUILT ENVIRONMENT DIVISION

Chair

FIRE INVESTIGATION NETWORK

2 | Providing trusted response AIIMS STEERING GROUP David Nugent, PARKSVIC Erin Liston-Abel, AFAC Cameron Beresford, ACT-ESA Chris Ipkendanz, NBRT Chris Quinn, Airservices Craig Patterson, SA POL Daniel Austin, NSW-SES Dave Hunt, DCNZ David Coetzee, MCDEMN-NZ Gavin Freeman, FRV Jacqueline Durand, ANZPAA Joanne Greenfield, QFES Kyle Stewart, NSWRFS Malcolm Cronstedt, DFES-WA Matt Crowley, Airservices Michael Fleming, AMSA Neil Gallant, QFES Paul Flynn, ACTFR Paul Johnstone, FRNSW Paul McGuiggan, FRNSW Paul Seager, NSW-NPWS Paul Turner, FENZ Paul Considine, AFAC Rick Curtis, DFES-WA Rob Purcell, Airservices Russell Dippy, SA POL Sandra Lunardi, AFAC Scott Turner, SA-CFS

AFAC Manager

Current Outgoing

Simon Rickard, Australian Red Cross

Penny Dunstan, CFA-VIC

Katy Edwards, PWS-TAS

Joe Gomez, Airservices

Steve Davies, Airservices

Peter Curran, DFES-WA

Kyle Stewart, NSWRFS

John Cawcutt, QFES

Stuart Ellis, AFAC

Peter Roberts, QFES

Marty McLaughlin, QPWS

Ken Hall, SA-CFS

Stuart Midgley, NSWRFS

Rachel Bremner, CFA

Monique Blason, ForestrySA

Leanne Schmidt, SA-SES

Susan Fayers, EMV

Rachel Taylor, NTPFES

Naomi Stephens, NSW-NPWS

Mark Spain, NTFRS

Tony Costello, SA-SES

Rebecca Patrick, DFES

Nathan Connor, QPWS

Matthew Mavity, ACT-ESA

Tony O’Day, FRV

Ros Mitchell, PWS-TAS

Nicole Prajbisz, HQP-QLD

Megan Stiffler, FRNSW

Rosemary Hegner, RNSW

Penny Rogers, Melbourne Water

Paul Fletcher, SA-MFS

Scott Cashmere, AMSA

Peter McKechnie, NSWRFS

Paul Jones, NSWRFS

Scott Turner, SA-CFS

Rob Sandford, SA-CFS

Paul Turner, FENZ

Naomi Stephens, OEH-NSW

Serena Eales, SA-CFS

Rohan Scott, ACT-RFS

Rob Purcell, Airservices

Cara Schultz Schultz, NSWRFS

Sonya Oyston, NSW-SES

Ryan Neich, FRNSW

Stephen Sewell, NTPFES

Sandra Lunardi, AFAC

Stephanie Trestrail, DFES-WA

Sam Sanderson, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Tim McNeilly, SA-CFS

Adam Moss, QFES

Stevie-Lee Knott, Resilience NSW

Scott Donohoe, FRNSW

Alex McFadden, NSW-NPWS

Susan Gronow, FRNSW

Scott Farquhar, ACT-PCS

Andrew Faunce, FRNSW

Terrence Farley, FRNSW

Shoni Maguire, BOM

Andrew Richards, QFES

Tim Killen, QPWS

Simon Heemstra, AFAC

Andrew Chan, SLSNSW

Tina Cox, ACT-ESA

Stefan de Haan, DBCA-WA, PWS

Andy Cusack, CAVFA

Wendy Blair, NSW-NPWS

Thomas Hurst, Melbourne Water

Ben Ribbons, ACT-ESA

Wendy Thom, NBRT

Tim McGuffog, ForestryNSW

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Chris Barnett, DFES-WA Clinton Kuchel, DFES-WA Corey Duane, Airservices

Tony Johnstone, QFES

SES OPERATIONS GROUP

David Adam, QPWS

Conor McDonald, AFAC

Georgeina Whelan, ACT-ESA

David Eade, FRV

Alen Slijepcevic, CFA-VIC

Georgeina Whelan, ACT-ESA

David Ahlin, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Alison Dillon, HQP-QLD

Dermot Barry, SA SES

Deborah Parsons, SA-MFS

Allyson Lardner, FFMV-DELWP

Erin Liston-Abel, AFAC

Diana MacMullin, SA-SES

Andrew Dunn, HQP-QLD

Anthony Draheim, ACT-ESA

Edvardas Starinskas, FRV

Andrew Graystone, PARKSVIC

Brian Cox, QFES

Fadia Mitri, FRV

Anthea Howard, SA-CFS

Chris Lane, NBRT

Felicity Shanahan, DELWP

Ben Millington, NSWRFS

Daniel Austin, NSW-SES

Gary Tanner, Airservices

Brenton Hastie, SA-CFS

Fleur O’Connor, NTES

Glenn Jennings, CFA-VIC

Cameron Chaffey, NSW-NPWS

Glenn Alderton, QFES

Greg Butters, TFS

Carl Hollis, NSW-NPWS

Leon Smith, TAS-SES

James Harington, Airservices

Carla Mooney, BOM

Liz Connell, SA-SES

Jason Males, AMSA

Chandra Wood, Brisbane City Council

Paul Carr, DFES-WA

Jeannie Cotterell, ACT-ESA

Colin Lindsay, SA-MFS

Paul Turner, FENZ

Jemma Krasowski, SA-MFS

Dave Gossage, CAVFA

Robert Evans, NTES

Justin Kibell, EMV

David Tchappat, FRNSW

Shane Daw, SLSA

Kasie Mowczan, FRNSW

Dean Sheehan, STTAS

Tim Wiebusch, VICSES

Kate Lowes, ACT-ESA

Emma Fitzpatrick, TFS

Liz Pryor, NPWSS

Erin Liston-Abel, AFAC

Marc Bellette, DH

Fiona Gill, DEWNRS

Mark Beech, ACT-PCS

Geoff Morris, CFA-VIC

Ken Block, FRV

Mark Harriott, ACT-ESA

Glenn Benham, SA-MFS

Gavin Freeman, FRV

Mark Fishlock, NTES

Ian Imrie, DCNZ

Erin Liston-Abel, AFAC

Meg Williams, DVCA

James Haig, QFES

Brenton Clarke, SA-SES

Michael Abulencia, Airservices

Jeff Harper, TFS

Brett Boatman, CFA-VIC

Mick Armstrong, NSW-NPWS

Joe Gomez, FFMV-DELWP

Brett Loughlin, SA-CFS

Natalie Cassone, NSW-SES

John Bates, NHRA

Bruce Byatt, TFS

Nick Connolly, TAS-SES

John Tillman, DFES-WA

Craig Waters, DFES-WA

Olivia Tamlyn, TFS

Jye Hill, STTAS

David Bruce, FRV

Pamela Simon, SLSA

Karin Stubberfield, DFES-WA

Jeff Harper, TFS

Paul Wallworth, VICSES

Katherine Jenkins, ACT-ESA

Jim Hamilton, FRNSW

Outgoing

Deputy Chair

Anthony Gallacher, AFAC Bernie O’Rourke, NSWRFS Brad Bourke, DBCA-WA, PWS

David Bowing, NSW-SES

Daniel Catrice, FFMV-DELWP

Murray Carter, DFES-WA

Chair

Andrew Turner, BushfiresNT

Claudio Muench, TFS

Neil Cooper, ACT PCS

Council sponsor

Adam Bannister, DFES-WA

Troy Horn, ForestrySA

Craig Garrett, DFES-WA

Current

Tim Mitchell, FENZ

RURAL AND LAND MANAGEMENT GROUP

FIRE AND EMERGENCY AVIATION TECHNICAL GROUP

URBAN OPERATIONS GROUP

AFAC Manager

Corey Dunn, SA-CFS John Katakouzinos, CFA-VIC Martin Gibson, QFES Martin Piesse, STTAS Michael Ayton, DBCA-WA, PWS Neil Brooksbank, TFS Nik Stanley, SA-CFS Raymond Jasper, VICSES Richard McNamara, FENZ Rosalie Brooke, NSW-NPWS Scott Donohoe, NSWRFS Simon May, ACT-ESA Stephen Bishop, FENZ Stu Whiteley, DELWP Terry Shehan, DFES-WA Wesley Bruce, QFES

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (CBRN) TECHNICAL GROUP Paul Fletcher, SA-MFS Jim Hamilton, FRNSW Erin Liston-Abel, AFAC Barry Byrne, FRV Bruce Rodway, ACTFR Chris Castle, SA-MFS Damien Reid, QFES Dean Harrison, AARFFS Gary Osborne, NTFRS Greg Howard, SA-MFS Jeffrey Davis, DFES-WA Jim Cryer, ACT FR Krystle Mitchell, SA-MFS

AFAC Annual Report

Collaboration model 2021 – 22

Melanie D’Ambrosio, SA-MFS

Anthony Dodd, VICSES

Paul Hattink, QFES

Cheryl Steer, FRNSW

Michael Logan, QFRS

Brad Quinn, FRV

Paul Wallworth, VICSES

Christina Hanger, CFA-VIC

Paul Beylerian, FRNSW

Brad Turley, NTFRS

Roy Veal, FENZ

Corinne Mulholland, IGEM-QLD

Paul Flynn, ACTFR

Darren Crawford, DEW-SA

Russell Turner, FRNSW

Danielle Blanch, SA-CFS

Paul Smeath, QFES

David Heslop, NSWRFS

Shaun Weston, FRNSW

Fiona Amundson, ACT-ESA

Peter Cleary, FRNSW

Des Hosie, FENZ

Wendy Blair, NSW-NPWS

Fiona Dunstan, BOM

Ron Miller, ACT-ESA

Emma-Lee Finch, DBCA-WA, PWS

Ryan Murray, DFES-WA

Jennifer Norman, FRNSW

Stuart Males, TFS

Ken Edwards, NSWRFS

Tanya Kuiper, SA-CFS

Kevan Mooney, SA-CFS

Tim McNeilly, SA-CFS

Kim Payton, FENZ

Trudy Geoghegan, FENZ

Maria Lambrinos, FFMV-DELWP

Victor Lenting, FENZ

Matthew Colman, ACT-ESA

Darren Klemm, DFES-WA

Liz Connell, SA-SES

Will Klinge, FRV

Matthew Watson, DFES-WA

Mike Wouters, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Mark Cunnington, NTES

Meghan Chardon, NTFRS

Carl Hollis, NSW-NPWS

Melanie Gill, VICSES

Mike Klenner, DFES-WA

Jackson Parker, DFES-WA

Monique De Silva, SA-CFS

John Cawcutt, QFES

Neil Mott, Airservices

Rob Webb, AFAC

Nicola Moore, IGEM-QLD

Erin Liston-Abel, AFAC

Nicole Middleton, FFMV-DELWP

Simon Heemstra, AFAC

Nicole Ely, SA-MFS

RESCUE TECHNICAL GROUP

Fiona O’Loghlin, VICSES

3 | Credible information and data PREDICTIVE SERVICES GROUP

Hugh Martin, ABC Isabel McCormick, ACT-ESA Kath Ryan, QFES Kaylee Rutland, ACT-ESA Kirra Waine, NSW-SES

Alan Crossman, DFES-WA

Peter Eime, SA-MFS

Ailish Milner, ARFS

Paul Terawsky, DHA-EMA

Andrew Thorn, FRV

Peter Manley, ACT-ESA

Alen Slijepcevic, CFA-VIC

Peta Miller-Rose, QFES

Anthony Heafield, FRV

Robin Marlin, SA-CFS

Andrew Stanios, FFMV-DELWP

Peter Middleton, TFS

Ashley Cogdon, DFES-WA

Ros Mitchell, PWS-TAS

Andrew Turner, BushfiresNT

Philip Lindsay, FRNSW

Brad Commens, QFES

Sam Sanderson, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Anthea Howard, SA-CFS

Rachel Rowett, SA-SES

Brad Trewavis, FRV

Sandra Taylor, QFES

Brian Levine, NSW-NPWS

Reegan Key, EMV

Bradley Moore, QFES

Sharene Quayle, NSW-SES

Christopher Collins, TFS

Sara Pulford, SA-SES

Brenton Clarke, SA-SES

Shaun Goad, SA-MFS

David Taylor, PWS-TAS

Selina Young, TFS

Chris Hart, ACT FR

Sofia Stavropoulos, NSW-SES

Deb Sparkes, AFAC

Serena Eales, SA-CFS

Clayton Allison, FRNSW

Steve Jackson, CFA-VIC

Donald Macdonald, NSW-NPWS

Sita Bacher, SAFECOM

David Juniper, SA-MFS

Steven Heimann, NSWVRA

Dylan Rowe, FFMV-DELWP

Steve Dwyer, DHA-EMA

David Zakrzewski, SA-CFS

Susan Butterworth, DPFEM

Eddie Staier, PWS-TAS

Duncan Cochrane, SA-MFS

Tim Radici, DBCA-WA, PWS

Evan Morgan, BOM

Xave Watson, FFMV-DELWP

Hamish Webb, FFMV-DELWP

Gary Osborne, NTFRS Ian Duncan, FENZ Jay Bland, FRNSW Jeremy Smith, TFS

Lachlan McCaw, DBCA-WA, PWS

DIGITAL IMMERSIVE LEARNING NETWORK

PREDICTIVE SERVICES PRACTITIONERS (BUSHFIRE) NETWORK

Laurence McCoy, NSWRFS

Mike Wouters, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Maggie Towers, Bushfires NT

Aaron Macumber, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Joel Graham, SA-MFS

Bruce Budge, QFES

Phillip Brien, FFMV-DELWP

Adam Whitchurch, PARKSVIC

Josh Turner, FRNSW

Sandra Lunardi, AFAC

Raymond Bott, QFRS

Agnes Kristina, DFES-WA

Lisa Kerslake, SA-CFS

Adam Shearer, SAFECOM

Tim Mitchell, FENZ

Ailish Milner, ACT-RFS

Mark Dobson, TFS

Andrew Fay, NSW-NPWS

Tony Scherl, ACT-PCS

Alen Slijepcevic, CFA-VIC

Matthew Adamson, NTFRS

Ant Williams, SA-CFS

Valerie Densmore, DBCA-WA, PWS

Alex Aitken, DFES-WA

Nathan Wilcock, DFES-WA

Ben Millington, NSWRFS

Paul Flynn, ACT FR

Ben Alton, FENZ

Peter Mason, SA-MFS

Brad Slater, DFES-WA

Andrew Crisp, EMV

Rick Owen, CFA-VIC

Chris Mower, SA-MFS

Greg Leach, QFES

Robert Landon, NSW-SES

Craig Moore, SA-MFS

Anthony Clark, NSWRFS

Scott Dodson, FRNSW

David Harris, FRV

Simone McDonnell, AFAC

Fleur Woodley, NSW-NPWS

Amanda Leck, AFAC

James Brandwood, DFES-WA

Adam Shearer, SAFECOM

James Hall, FRV

Akshy Athukorala, BushfiresNT

David Kemp, SAFECOM

Kevin Cowper, FENZ

Angela Gardner, CFA-VIC

Terese Howlett, VICSES

Kirsty Waugh, CFA-VIC

Anni Fordham, DFES-WA

Sandra Lunardi, AFAC

Lyneece Naylon, SA-CFS

Anthony Gerace, ABC

Alexandra Williams, DPFEM

Mark Reilly, FRNSW

Barry Gray, FRV

Alison Donohoe, FRNSW

Mitchell Fitzgerald, SA-CFS

Carla Denino, DHA-EMA

Andrew Collins, FFMV-DELWP

Nathan Smith, Airservices

Carla Mooney, BOM

Andrew Taylor, CAVFA

Norm Flawn, FENZ

Caroline Jindra, DHA-EMA

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY TECHNICAL GROUP

Alex Otterbach, DEW-SA (NPWS)

WARNINGS GROUP

Amanda Slipper, DEW-SA (NPWS) Andrew McLoughlin, DEW-SA (NPWS) Andrew Sheath, DEW-SA (NPWS) Andrew Sturgess, REAPL Andrew Turner, BushfiresNT Anthea Howard, SA-CFS Anthony Cheesman, FFMV-DELWP Anthony Sandeman, DEW-SA (NPWS) Barry Heilbronn, QFRS Belinda Kenny, NSWRFS Bradley Stewart, NSWRFS Brenton Hastie, SA-CFS Brett Beecham, DBCA-WA, PWS Brett Loughlin, SA-CFS

Brian Levine, NSW-NPWS

Kent Barron, QFES

Tim McKern, CFA-VIC

Sheree Lineham, Airservices

Casey Scholten, QFES

Kerryn McTaggart, PARKSVIC

Tim Mitchell, FENZ

Sindy McCourt, SA-CFS

Catherine Jolly, BOM

Kirsty Idczak, PARKSVIC

Timothy Groves, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Sonia Mosca, EMV

Chantelle O’Brien, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Lachlan McCaw, DBCA-WA, PWS

Timothy Wells, CFA-VIC

Stephen Smith, QFES

Chris Medlin, FFMV-DELWP

Laurence McCoy, NSWRFS

Tom Denman, NSW-NPWS

Tammy Moffat, SA-CFS

Chris Morton, FFMV-DELWP

Mark Beech, ACT-PCS

Tony Scherl, ACT-PCS

Tasha Weir, CFA-VIC

Chris Quinn, NSWRFS

Mark Chladil, TFS

Tony Smith, DBCA-WA, PWS

Terri Wright, CFA-VIC

Christopher Collins, TFS

Mathew Bartlett, HCC

Valerie Densmore, DBCA-WA, PWS

Thomas Hoffman, FRV-VIC

Damien Dubrowin, NSW-NPWS

Matt Plucinski, CSIRO

Damon Ezis, DEWNRS

Matthew Geiger, QFES

Dan Jones, PARKSVIC

Meaghan Jenkins, NSWRFS

Daniel Heinrichs, CFA-VIC

Melanie Gent, HCC

Daniel Idczak, CFA-VIC

Michael Ayton, DBCA-WA, PWS

Darcy Prior, FFMV-DELWP

Michael Jones, FFMV-DELWP

Dave Atkins, DBCA-WA, PWS

Mick Everingham, QFES

David Clarke, NSWRFS

Mika Peace, BOM

David Field, NSWRFS

Mike Chan, DBCA-WA, PWS

David McKenna, DEWNRS

Mike Meinema, DBCA-WA, PWS

David Philp, NSWRFS

Murray Mitchell, DBCA-WA, PWS

David Taylor, PWS-TAS

Musa Kilinc, CFA-VIC

Dean Putting, CFA-VIC

Naomi Stephens, NSW-NPWS

Deb Sparkes, AFAC

Naomi Withers, FFMV-DELWP

Duncan Watt, ForestryNSW

Nathan Faggian, BOM

Eddie Staier, PWS-TAS

Neale Hutcheon, CFA-VIC

Elizabeth Mapletoft, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Nicholas Bauer, FFMV-DELWP

Erin Heinrich, NSWRFS

Nicholas Severin, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Evan Lewis, FFMV-DELWP

Nick McCarthy, CFA-VIC

Evan Morgan, BOM

Nicki Syme, DBCA-WA, PWS

Graham Furlong

Nicole Warnock, DBCA-WA, PWS

Francis Hines, QFES

Nils Waite, NSWRFS

Frazer Wilson, FFMV-DELWP

Paul Cook, NSWRFS

Gavin Maund, DFES-WA

Paul Rampant, DBCA-WA, PWS

Geoff Selwood, NSWRFS

Pedro Palheiro, DBCA-WA, PWS

Glen Daniel, DFES-WA

Raymond Bott, QFRS

Graeme Martin, QFES

Rob Haigh, QFES

Graham Furlong

Rob Webb, AFAC

Graham Hardy, DFES-WA

Rob Woodward, QFES

Grant Pearce, FENZ

Robert Haigh, FCRC

Greg Mattingley, PARKSVIC

Robert Watchorn, HCC

Hamish Webb, FFMV-DELWP

Rochelle Richards, TFS

Ian Tanner, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Rohan Scott, ACT-RFS

Jackson Parker, DFES-WA

Russell Stephens-Peacock, QFES

Jamie Molloy, FFMV-DELWP

Samuel Ferguson, TFS

Jason Sharples, UNSW

Sarah Harris, CFA-VIC

Jennifer Hollis, NSWRFS

Scott Haynes, SA-CFS

Jessica Ngo, CFA-VIC

Scott Turner, SA-CFS

Jill Read, PARKSVIC

Sean Walsh, UniMelb

John Bally, AFAC

Sharon Merritt, AF

John Bates, NHRA

Shaun Molloy, DFES-WA

John Runcie, NSWRFS

Simeon Telfer, DEW-SA (NPWS)

John Stoner, PARKSVIC

Simon Heemstra, AFAC

Joshua Wong, FFMV-DELWP

Simon Wicks, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Justin Dally, CFA-VIC

Stephen Lewin, QFES

Katherine Jenkins, ACT-ESA

Steve Nicholson, DBCA-WA, PWS

Kathryn Schneider, PARKSVIC

Steve Summers

Kelsey Tarabini, FFMV-DELWP

Thomas Duff, CFA-VIC

Council sponsor Current Outgoing

Chair

Deputy Chair

Tina Cox, ACT-ESA

4 | Safe, capable and diverse workforces DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION GROUP Julie Bissinella, MCC Lisa Pusey, MCC Madeleine Kelly, AFAC Alex Suwitra, EMV Andrew Turner, BushfiresNT Ariana Henderson, PARKSVIC Brendan Nally, FENZ Callum MacSween, QFES Chris Eagle, FFMV-DELWP Christina Bullivant, NSW-NPWS Colin Thomas, FRV Cynthia Wilson, VICSES Emma McGrath, DPFEM Erin Hegerty, VICSES Gemma Gray, EMV Ian Tanner, DEW-SA (NPWS) Jolene Goulton, PARKSVIC Karen Elligett, NTPFES Kate Bender, EMV Kate Lindenau, NSW-SES Kate Lowes, ACT-ESA Katie MacWilliams, DBCA-WA, PWS Kelly Ross, SAFECOM Kim Lusk, DFES-WA Kirsty Cadusch, VICSES Louise Clarke, FRNSW Matt Lanham, Airservices Matthew Brocklehurst, TAS-SES Michelle Smith, FRNSW Miranda Gilberg, NSW-SES Natalia Cruz-Hendricks, FRNSW Natasha Pellicano, FRV-VIC Peter Button, SA-MFS Rachel Rowett, SA-SES Rebecca Hughes, ACT-ESA Rosie Amatt, QPWS Ross Dickson, ForestryNSW Sam Quigley, FFMV-DELWP Shane Batt, TFS Sharon Kelsey, VICSES Shelley Cussen, VICSES

AFAC Manager

Tony Fuller, BushfiresNT Trina Schmidt, NSWRFS Wayne Phillips, ACT-ESA

WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT GROUP Michael Morgan, SA-MFS Mark Roche, QFES Sandra Lunardi, AFAC Andrew Short, QFES Anna Tsentidis, SAFECOM Chris Wells, FENZ Erin Baker, DPFEM John Hussey, CFA-VIC Kate Blandon, ACT-ESA Lauren Wright, FRV Les Daly, Airservices Marco Ghedini, DPFEM Michael Baldi, FRNSW Michael Wassing, QFES Nancy Appleby, DFES-WA Nicole Middleton, DELWP Peter Mason, SA-MFS Praneeth Dhanu Dhanu, Airservices Robert Prime, SA-MFS Shiona Somerville, SA-MFS Steve Richardson, TFS Tammy Moffat, SA-CFS Trina Schmidt, NSWRFS

MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING NETWORK Michael Baldi, FRNSW Lorna O’Dwyer, AFAC Andrea Heath, TFS Annette Balshaw, FFMV-DELWP Ann-Marie Jenkins, ACT-ESA Anthony Edmonds, Airservices April Christie, FENZ Bernie Scully, QFES Blake McMillan, Airservices Brendan Parsey, Airservices Brendan Mott, FRNSW Brian Moon, SA-MFS Chantelle Barker, NTPFES Charlotte Hunter, DFES-WA Elizabeth Gould, NSW-SES

AFAC Annual Report

Collaboration model 2021 – 22

Emma-Lee Finch, DBCA-WA, PWS

Brighid Jamieson, FENZ

Rebecca Sinton, DFES-WA

Jane Rovins, FENZ

Heti Cruickshank, NSW-SES

Catharine Phillips, DFES-WA

Stephen Smith, QFES

Joanne Dyson, IGEM-QLD

Irina Tchernitskaia, FRV

Christina Hovey, NSW SES

Jane Abdilla, SAFECOM

Katie Moulton, NSW SES

Les Daly, Airservices

Donald Pescud, FRNSW

Louise Gartland, FRV

Faye Bendrups, NSESVA

Matthew Richman, TFS

James Haig, QFES

Naomi Engelke, CFA-VIC

Jane Houston, QFES

Nicole O’Reilly, FRV

Jennifer Pidgeon, DFES-WA

Paridah Warren, DBCA-WA, PWS

Jon Kneebone, FENZ

Paul Scott, NSWRFS

Julie McLean, EMV

Rachel Treeby, VICSES

Kathryn White, DFES-WA

Rebecca Hughes, ACT-ESA

Kerry Laurie, CFA-VIC

Suzanne Leckie, CFA-VIC

Kirsty Cadusch, VICSES

Teegan Modderman, QFRS

Erin Hegerty, VICSES

Tenneile Manenti, NSWRFS

Kirsty Percasky, FENZ

Tim Radici, DBCA-WA, PWS

Kristina Riley, BushfiresNT

Tom Alexander, NSW-SES

Kristine Wendtman, NSWRFS

Traci Carse, FRNSW

Kylie Kapeller, TFS

OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE TECHNICAL GROUP

Lisa Greig, SAFECOM Michael Smitheram, SAFECOM Mark Cunnington, NTES

Nick Nicolopoulos, FRNSW

Nicoli Ackland, SA-CFS

Simon Heemstra, AFAC

Paul Wallworth, VICSES

Erin Liston-Abel, AFAC

Raelene Williams, CFA-VIC

Andrew Sanders, SEMC-WA

Sonia St Alban, CFSVA

Anthony Griffiths, FRV

Soour Gov, BushfiresNT

Chris Hall, FRV

Steve Cameron, EMV

David Launder, SA-MFS

Tina Holt, BushfiresNT

David Foot, ACT-ESA Janna Shnaider, FRV Jared Ebrall, DFES-WA

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS NETWORK

Jason Brown, QFES

Shiona Somerville, SA-MFS

Jason Jones, ACT-ESA

Sandra Lunardi, AFAC

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALISATION SCHEME David Nugent, Parks Vic Rob Webb, AFAC Stuart Ellis, AFAC Sandra Lunardi, AFAC Paul Considine, AFAC Andrew Short, QFES Brad Delavale, DFES-WA David Nugent, PARKSVIC Georgeina Whelan, ACT-ESA Ian Tanner, DEW-SA (NPWS) Jason Heffernan, CFA-VIC Kate Fitzgerald, DJCSV Nicole Hogan, NSW-SES Paul Seager, NSWRFS Paul Turner, FENZ Peter Button, SA-MFS Robert McNeil, NSW-SES Scott Turner, SA-CFS Steve Pearce, SLSNSW

John Gilbert, CFA-VIC Josipa Matesa, RNSW Julie Wyner, FRNSW Lisa Marie Jackson, EMV Loriana Bethune, NHRA Mark Cuthbert, AC-C Mark Stirling, ACT-ESA Matt Lipsett, EMA Melissa Matthews, AIDR Michael Bourne, CFA-VIC Michael Shapland, IGEM-QLD Michael Carroll, QFES Mike Wouters, DEW-SA (NPWS) Nicole Wakelin, EMV Ros Houghton, FENZ Rosemary Hegner, RNSW Sarah Rooke, QFES Scott Colefax, NSW-NPWS Suzanne Bermingham, FRV Tammy Leahy, QFES Tammy Moffat, SA-CFS Tim Hassiotis, FRNSW Tracy Smith, SEMC-WA Trish Malone, SEMC-WA

5 | Informed by knowledge, innovation and research

6 | Effective and transparent governance

KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND RESEARCH UTILISATION NETWORK

COLLABORATIVE PROCUREMENT BUSINESS STRATEGY GROUP

John Gabbedy, Airservices

Amy Winter, PSBA

Kevin Kay, FENZ

Bernard King, FRNSW

Stuart French, CFA-VIC

Michael Jones, TFS

Brendan Cox, FRNSW

Simon Heemstra, AFAC

Guy Thomas, QPWS

Nicola Clark, NSW-SES

Brendan Nally, FENZ

Rob Web, AFAC

Kristy Phelps, SA-SES

Paul Salter, TFS

Chloe Sellars, DBCA-WA, PWS

Allison Rifai, IGEM-QLD

Chris Wells, FENZ

Anthony Bradstreet, NSWRFS

Dan Jones, CFA-VIC

Sam Quigley, SA-CFS

Clare Moxey, DBCA-WA, PWS

Blythe McLennan, NHRA

Russell Shephard, AFAC

Sara Pulford, SA-SES

Courtney Collins, DPFEM

Cheryl Steer, FRNSW

Ann Karaolias, NTFRS

Diane Thompson, NSWRFS

Claire Cooper, EMV

Arthur Tindall, AFAC

Fiona Bridges, QFES

Clinton Kuchel, DFES-WA

Chris Myers, VICSES

Helen Redmond, DFES-WA

Coralie Muddle, QFES

Chris Eagle, FFMV-DELWP

Janette Pearce, FRV

Darren Crawford, DEW-SA

Chrissy Pappafloratos, FENZ

Kate Blandon, ACT-ESA

David Groer, Airservices

Christine Benson, Airservices

Kate Lowes, ACT-ESA

David Foot, ACT-ESA

Dean Fornito, FRV

Kevin Reading, QFES

Des Hosie, FENZ

Erin Baker, DPFEM

Lisa Chih, NSWRFS

Desia Colgan, SEMC-WA

Gavin Wornes, SA-CFS

Trina Schmidt, NSWRFS

Louise Clarke, FRNSW

Desiree Beekharry, NHRA

Julie Best, SAFECOM

Catriona Freeman, AFAC

Marco Ghedini, DPFEM

Diana MacMullin, SA-SES

Karen Jordan, ACT-ESA

Alison McLeod, ACT-ESA

Narelle Koteff, NSWRFS

Geoff Kaandorp, FRV

Lynette Connor, VICSES

Brendan Hurley, FRNSW

Natasa Mitic, NSW-SES

Gerabeth Abbott, VIC SES

Mai Ly, SAFECOM

Brenton Hastie , SA-CFS

Peter Mason, SA-MFS

Heather Stuart, NSW-SES

Matthew Hubbard, CFA-VIC

Brett Loughlin, SACFS

Rebecca Hughes, ACT-ESA

Jackson Bell, VICSES

Nick Alfieris, FRNSW

Rebecca Scott, FENZ

Selena Stanley, QFES Selina Tu, FENZ Sophie Vassiliou, Prod Comm Teresa Brugnera, NSWRFS Victoria Petrevska, CFA-VIC

VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL GROUP

Mark Jones, SA-CFS

Maree O’Neale, ACT-ESA

Patrick Cummins, DPFEM Phil Kilsby, SA-MFS

OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT TECHNICAL GROUP

Jennifer Blyth, CFA-VIC

David Campbell, FENZ

John Clampett, AFAC

Rachel Hanigan, NSWRFS

Arthur Tindall, AFAC

David Falla, FRV

John Hawes, FRNSW

Rachel Steinbauer, FENZ

Russell Shephard, AFAC

David Mack, SA-MFS

John Parrôt, CFA-VIC

Richard Burnell, DFES-WA

Aaron Gutsche, SA-CFS

Esitone Pauga, FENZ

Julian Colebrook, FRV

Sam Mitchell, NTPFES

Adrien Thompson, ForestryNSW

Gerry Thomas, Melbourne Water

Katelyn Samson, AIDR

Simon Butt, ACT-PCS

Andrew Canderle, NSWRFS

Greg Napier, DBCA-WA, PWS

Mark Chladil, TFS

Stephanie Plattner, NSW-SES

Anthony Mallia, ACT-ESA

Hatti Zhao, FFMV-DELWP

Mark Porter, FRNSW

Stephen O’Malley, NSWRFS

Brett Jackson, FRNSW

Jacob Beinke, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Mark Reilly, FRNSW

Todd Crawford, DPFEM

Cameron McEwin, NSWRFS

John Kagis, DFES-WA

Mark Tarbett, CFA-VIC

Chris Myers, VICSES

Kenneth Murphy, FRNSW

Matthew Cox, FRNSW

Cohen Sanders, NSWRFS

Lucy Sinclair, SA-CFS

Matthew Rowley, FRNSW

Craig Brownlie, FRV

Luke Ashworth, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Michael Beecroft, QFES

Donald McErlich, FENZ

Lynette Connor, VICSES

Michael Gleeson, FRNSW

Donna Rosenberg, QFES

Matthew Price, NSW-SES

Owen Parker, FFMV-DELWP

Evonne Harding, QFES

Natalie Middleton, NSW-NPWS

Paul Beylerian, FRNSW

Ian Bounds, TFS

Nathan Ferguson, NTFRS

Paul Johnstone, FRNSW Raymond Bott, QFRS

FLEET TECHNICAL GROUP Tim Smith, CFA-VIC Lee Watson, SA-CFS Russell Shephard, AFAC Adam Major, QFES Alex Lee, DPFEM

Jacob Beinke, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Paul Flynn, ACTFR

Andrew Webb, CFA-VIC

John Kagis, DFES-WA

Paul Smeath, QFES

Rory Fegan, FRNSW

Anita Maricchiolo, Airservices

Kenneth Murphy, FRNSW

Phil Kilsby, SA-MFS

Shaohua Xia, FRNSW

Anthony Mallia, ACT-ESA

Luke Ashworth, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Phil Taylor, FRV

Sreten Landolac, CFA-VIC

Ashley Sullivan, NSW-SES

Lynette Connor, VICSES

Robert Landon, NSW-SES

Stephen Munro, FRV

Barbara Zandona-Gehan, QFES

Natalie Middleton, NSW-NPWS

Rodney Evans, Airservices

Steven McKee, QFES

Brett Thompson, Airservices

Nathan Ferguson, NTFRS

Ryan Bulluss, DFES-WA

Will Klinge, FRV

Bruce McDonald, NSWRFS

Owen Parker, FFMV-DELWP

Sam Sanderson, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Cameron McEwin, NSWRFS

Paul Foster, FRV

Sreten Landolac, CFA-VIC

Chris Fogarty, NSW-NPWS

Phil Kilsby, SA-MFS

Stephen Boucher, SA-CFS

Chris Pines, FRNSW

Robert Landon, NSW-SES

Suzanne Bucklar, NSW-NPWS

Daniel McNeill, QPWS

Ryan Bulluss, DFES-WA

Tim Radici, DBCA-WA, PWS

David Mack, SA-MFS

Sam Sanderson, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Timothy Moore, DFES-WA

Frank Howe, DPFEM

Scott Chamberlin, Airservices

Tyron Clark, TFS

Guy Thomas, QPWS

Scott Turner, SA-CFS

Ian Peisley, FRNSW

Stephanie Mundy, ACT-ESA

Jane Smith, NSW-SES

Stephen Boucher, SA-CFS

Jason Kleemann, SA-CFS

Stephen Lowe, TFS

Andrew Canderle, NSWRFS

STANDARDS REPRESENTATIVES NETWORK Russell Shephard, AFAC Adam Dalrymple, FRV

John Lambrichs, DFES-WA

Suzanne Bucklar, NSW-NPWS

John Magon, NSW-NPWS

Timothy Moore, DFES-WA

Amanda Leck, AFAC/AIDR

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TECHNICAL GROUP

Arthur Tindall, AFAC

John Kagis, DFES-WA Lynette Connor, VICSES Mark Wootton, DFES-WA Mark Saunders, QFES

Daniel Hooley, QFES

Andrew Andreou, CFA-VIC Barry Byrne, FRV Brian Smart, FRNSW

Michael Hourn, FRV

Arthur Tindall, AFAC

Christopher Markwell, QFES

Mick Appleton, FFMV-DELWP

Mark Tarbett, CFA-VIC

Cihan Soylemez, FRV

Mike Moran, FENZ

Russell Shephard, AFAC

Daire Fleming, FRNSW

Natalie Middleton, NSW-NPWS

Aaron Gutsche, SA-CFS

Damian O’Toole, FRV

Nathan Symonds, Airservices

Adrien Thompson, ForestryNSW

David Kearsley, FRV

Phil Kilsby, SA-MFS

Andrew Canderle, NSWRFS

David Kubler, SA-MFS

Po Chung, FRV

Andrew Harding, NSW-SES

David Lewis, FRNSW

Robert Welling, VICSES

Andrew Loader, FFMV-DELWP

Esitone Pauga, FENZ

Sam Sanderson, DEW-SA (NPWS)

Brenton Clarke, SA-SES

Gavin Maund, DFES-WA

Scott Hares, DFES-WA

Brett Jackson, FRNSW

Geoffrey Jowett, FRV

Stephen Herbert, DBCA-WA, PWS

Cameron McEwin, NSWRFS

George Avramopoulos, FRV

Stephen Greenall, NTPFES

Chris Myers, VICSES

Jamie Vistnes, FRNSW

Cohen Sanders, NSWRFS

Jeffrey Davis, DFES-WA

Financial highlights

Statement of Financial Performance Statement of Financial Performance for the year ended 30 June 2022 2022 ($)

2021 ($)

Revenue

41,012,100

33,396,103

NAFC aircraft disbursements

-29,686,990

-24,520,469

Salaries & related expenses

-6,051,115

-5,424,486

International deployment expenses

-2,960,465

IT & communication expenses

-703,265

-500,941

Occupancy expenses

-568,963

-736,139

Travel & meeting expenses

-197,448

-78,217

Consultancy & management fees

-179,100

-236,732

Media & promotional expenses

-69,849

-79,097

Legal expenses

-38,647

-242,356

-173,851

Research utilisation expenses Predictive services expenses

-54,776

Other expenses

-1,392,335

-1,773,171

Loss for the year

-836,077

-424,132

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Net fair value loss on investments Total comprehensive income for the year

-836,077

-424,132

Financial highlights

Statement of Financial Position Statement of Financial Position for the year ended 30 June 2022 2022 ($)

2021 ($)

Cash & debtors

CURRENT ASSETS

41,282,296

51,993,758

Others

3,583,167

3,560,536

Total current assets

44,865,463

55,554,294

IT, office equipment & leasehold improvement

1,042,021

1,149,876

Operating lease right-of-use asset

1,409,153

534,752

Total non-current assets

2,451,174

1,684,628

Total assets

47,316,637

57,238,922

Trade creditors

22,196,641

33,897,848

Revenue in advance

6,960,407

7,514,979

Special project funding

8,831,832

6,630,759

Operating lease liability

1,604,895

612,142

Total current liabilities

39,593,775

48,655,728

718,413

742,668

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

CURRENT LIABILITIES

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Others Total non-current liabilities

718,413

742,668

Total liabilities

40,312,188

49,398,396

Net equity

7,004,449

7,840,526

AFAC Annual Report

2021 – 22

Auditor’s Opinion In our opinion the financial report of Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Ltd is in accordance with the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission Act 2012, including: (a) giving a true and fair view of the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Ltd financial position as at 30 June 2022 and of its performance for the year ended on that date; and (b) complying with Australian Accounting Standards (including the Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission Regulation 2013.

John S Creffield. 29 August, 2022

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