Fire Service Act 1979

A Committee has the following functions:to co-ordinate fire management activities within its Fire Management Area, including – community education and information; and fuel management; to identify and assess community bushfire risks in its Fire Management Area and to prioritise strategic works in response to those risks; to submit to the Council, on or before 30 September of each year, a fire protection plan for its Fire Management Area for the next 12 months commencing on 1 October; to ensure that its fire protection plan is consistent with – the State fire protection plan developed pursuant to section 8(1)(d); and the State vegetation fire management policy developed pursuant to section 15(1)(a); and such instructions or guidelines as the Council may from time to time issue to the Committee regarding the fire protection plan; to advise the Council on such matters relating to fire management and the Committee's other functions as the Council may refer to the Committee; to advise the Council on such matters concerning fire management as, in the opinion of the Committee, should be brought to the Council's attention; to perform such other functions relating to the prevention or mitigation of vegetation fires as the Council may direct.

A Committee has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the performance of its functions.

A Committee is to perform its functions in respect of Wellington Park in a manner that is consistent with the purposes for which Wellington Park is set aside under the Wellington Park Act 1993 and with any management plan in force in respect of Wellington Park.

A Committee is to perform its functions in respect of any reserved land, as defined in the Nature Conservation Act 2002, in a manner that is consistent with the purposes for which the reserved land is set aside under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 and with any management plan in force in respect of the reserved land.

In this section – fire protection plan means a plan that describes the prevention, preparation, response and recovery arrangements for one or more hazards.