The Inspector-General for Emergency Management recommends that in conjunction with Inquiry Recommendation 2, the State establish or assign responsibility to a single body or entity to lead and coordinate the implementation of evidence-based fuel management policy, practice and assurance and reporting on activities on both public and private land in Victoria.
DELWP will deliver an expanded Safer Together program, including increased involvement for EMV, the CFA, DoT and its agencies, and local government by December 2020, as outlined in response to Recommendation 3.
Across 2020 DELWP and CFA led an expanded Safer Together program, including increased involvement for EMV, CFA, DoT and local government.
Refer to Action 3.1 on page 61 of IGEM's 2021 progress report for further details.