Page 704 - Week 02 - Thursday, 16 February 2017

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Community Participation

8.11

8.51

8.92

28.60

Early Intervention + SPEI Exec

24.90

Division transferred from Office for Children Youth & Family Services

Child Development Service

6.00

Division transferred from Therapy ACT

Total

23.37

25.31

21.63

59.50

Emergency services—staffing
(Question No 42)

Mrs Jones asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, upon notice, on 16 December 2016:

(1) How many full-time equivalent (FTE) staff are currently employed at ACT Fire and Rescue, broken down within (a) Operations, (b) Policy and (c) Capability Support, sorted by (i) full-time, (ii) part-time, (iii) casual and (iv) contracted employees.

(2) How many FTE staff were employed at ACT Fire and Rescue, broken down within (a) Operations, (b) Policy, and (c) Capability Support, sorted by (i) full-time, (ii) part-time, (iii) casual and (iv) contracted employees at (A) 1 January 2014 and (B) 1 January 2015.

(3) What is the total budget allocation for the unit named ACT Fire and Rescue across the forward estimates.

Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

ACT Fire & Rescue within the ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) comprised the following staff for the requested time periods, noting that numbers fluctuate on any particular date/time, owing to retirements, resignations, long term workers compensation, and leave without pay:

(1) 31 December 2016

Operations

Policy

Capability Support

Total FTE

Full-Time

332.0

2.0

334.0

Part-Time

2.6

2.6

Casual

Contract

1.0

2.0

3.0

Total FTE

334.6

1.0

4.0

339.6

Note: 12 ACT Fire & Rescue staff commenced reporting to the Director of Risk and Planning in the 2015-16 financial year as part of the Strategic Reform Agenda changes and are included in this table.

The funded establishment for ACT Fire & Rescue has remained unchanged since an additional six firefighters were employed in July 2013.

The Government has committed to recruiting additional firefighters in 2016/17.


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