fire management plan out for comment

I'm one of the councillor representatives on the Yarra Ranges Municipal Fire Management Planning Committee. The committee is charged with the responsibility of improving fire management planning and integration of plans across the relevant agencies.

At the most recent meeting we discussed the draft Yarra Ranges Municipal Fire Management Plan 2012 - 2014. The plan is currently out for public comment.

If you'd like to find out more you can find a copy of the plan here. The plan reflects the shared responsibilities that government, fire agencies and communities have.

Closing date for submissions is 28 February, 2012.

Once the document has been finalised it will be presented to the Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee (I'm also a councillor representative on this committee) for endorsement. The plan will then be endorsed by Committee Agencies and it is planned that the final plan will go to council for approval in July 2012.