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Fire Management and Suppression core capability

Provide firefighting capabilities to manage and suppress fires while protecting lives, property, and the environment in the affected (land and water) area.

Critical Task Table 7: Agency roles mapped to the VPF, by critical tasks within the Fire and Management Suppression core capability

Critical Task 7.1: Reduce incidence and consequence of fire.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
CFA	Protect life, property and the environment from the effects of fire, accidents and other hazards through suppression of uncontrolled fires.	7.2
CityLink	Ensure tunnels have redundant fire detection and suppression systems.	7.2
DEECA	Fire - plan and deliver programs to reduce the risk of bushfire in state forest, national parks and protected public lands.	1.3
DTP	Participating agency for the following bushfire mitigation activities: landscape fuel management including legislative requirements building regulations, policies, standards and codes land use planning Historic heritage values assessments in accordance with Heritage Act 2017	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.2
ESV	Electricity - Administer regulations and codes that monitor and ensure the prevention and mitigation of bushfires that arise out of incidents involving electric lines or vegetation close to electric lines.	1.1
FRV	Protect life, property and the environment from the effects of fire, accidents and other hazards through the suppression of uncontrolled fires.	3.1, 7.2
FRV	Provide key support for investigation into the causes of fire.	4.4, 4.6
PV	Support DEECA and undertake activities (including works) described in DEECA Fire Protection and Readiness and Response Plans to ensure fire prevention and preparedness on public land in Victoria (Fire Protected Area).	1.1, 3.2
	Responsible as the land manager for fire prevention works not included in the Fire Protected Area on parks and reserves managed by PV in the Country Area of Victoria and FRV Fire District (other than planned burns which are the responsibility of DEECA).
	Fire suppression: Responsible for support functions (DEECA) for fire suppression.	3.2, 7.2
	Support DEECA with the enforcement of regulations that relate to the safe use of campfires to protect the natural and cultural values of the PV estate and other public land, through the provision of trained authorised officers, and in accordance with the Parks Victoria Enforcement policy and procedures.	3.2, 18.2

Critical Task 7.2: Suppress, contain and extinguish major fires.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
Airservices Australia	Combat agency for: ARFFS - rescue and firefighting at designated aerodromes Airservices Australia Air Traffic Control – inflight emergencies.	3.1, 12.3
	Provide ARFFS at Melbourne and Avalon aerodromes inclusive of: rescue and fire response role to aircraft fires, accidents and incidents on or in the vicinity of the aerodrome structural firefighting on or in the vicinity of the aerodrome and wildfire suppression on or in the vicinity of the aerodrome.	3.1, 3.2
	Subject to its regulatory obligations and only if spare capacity permits, Airservices Australia may provide assistance to state agencies in other emergencies that cause or threaten to cause death or injury to persons, damage to property, harm to the environment and disruption to essential services, including firefighting services to assist in controlling a fire that is not near a designated aerodrome.	3.2
CFA	Control agency for response: fire in the country area of Victoria, which is that part of Victoria which lies outside the FRV fire district, but does not include any State forest, national park or protected public land fire and explosion incidents, including those involving aircraft, marine vessels (outside designated Port of Melbourne Waters), boilers and pressure vessels hazardous materials, high consequence dangerous goods or dangerous goods (including leaks and spills) hazardous pollution of inland waters rescue incidents involving lifts, scaffolding or amusement structures, building/structure collapse and/or risk of collapse , rail and aircraft and industrial other accidents involving gas leakage, lifts, scaffolding and amusement structures.	3.1, 12.3
CFA	Protect life, property and the environment from the effects of fire, accidents and other hazards through suppression of uncontrolled fires.	7.1
CityLink	Ensure tunnels have redundant fire detection and suppression systems.	7.1
DEECA	Control agency for bushfires in state forest, national parks, and protected public lands in accordance with the SEMP Bushfire Sub-Plan and SEMP.	3.1
FRV	Control agency for fire and other emergencies (as identified in the Response table) for the FRV Fire District (including the Port of Melbourne and waters as defined in the Port Management Act 1995): other accidents involving gas leakage, lifts, cranes or scaffolding and amusement structures fire and explosion incidents, including those involving aircraft, marine vessels (including Port of Melbourne Waters), boilers and pressure vessels hazardous materials, high consequence dangerous goods or dangerous goods (including leaks and spills) hazardous pollution of inland waters rescue incidents involving rail and aircraft , industrial, lifts, cranes or scaffolding and amusement structures, USAR, trench or tunnel, and building/structure collapse and/or risk of collapse.	3.1, 12.3
FRV	Protect life, property and the environment from the effects of fire, accidents and other hazards through the suppression of uncontrolled fires.	3.1, 7.1
PV	Fire suppression: responsible for support functions (DEECA) for fire suppression.	3.2, 7.1

Critical Task 7.3: Coordinate deployment of local, state, national and international people and resources.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
EMV	Coordinate Victoria’s outgoing deployments of personnel and resources, upon request from national and international agencies and in line with established agreements. Coordinate incoming deployments of national and international personnel and resources, as requested by the state and in line with established agreements. Both outgoing and incoming deployments can be in response to a major emergency or are to assist in the recovery from a major emergency.	3.2
ESTA	Dispatch appropriate emergency response resources and support them with situational awareness information through operational communication networks.	3.2, 12.4, 14.4
Services Australia	Implement agreements with States, Territories and Commonwealth agencies, and outline the arrangements in place with States, Territories and Commonwealth agencies for the provision of support services if resources are overwhelmed during an emergency. Note: Other agreements outline the arrangements between the department and policy agencies about how they will work together to deliver the best possible services (within their portfolio of responsibility) to the community.	1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 3.2, 12.4, 14.4

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