Royal Commission
May. 12th, 2009 12:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hnpccStrathewan not warned.
Like, at all. I already knew that, I heard it in real time on the ABC.
Mr Rush questioned why the Integrated Emergency Coordination Centre in Melbourne, given the pressure the Alexandra control centre was under, did not play a greater role in ensuring up to date warnings were being given to communities.
The hearing continues.
Same story, different newspaper.
CFA Chief Officer Russell Rees was recalled today and he could not explain why there was no mention of Kinglake on the CFA website on Black Saturday between 4.35pm and 5.55pm, when a warning was finally issued.
The commission heard yesterday that the firestorm that swept across Kinglake had been acurately mapped hours earlier in the IECC.
Mr Rush asked Mr Rees why Strathewen, where 27 people died, was never mentioned in any CFA warnings.
Mr Rees said Arthur's Creek, which was nearby, was mentioned.
Mr Rush suggested Strathewen was mentioned in other CFA communications.
"Why would Strathewen miss out (on warnings)?" Mr Rush asked.
"I don't know the answer to that," Mr Rees replied.
Chaotic I think is an understatement.
Like, at all. I already knew that, I heard it in real time on the ABC.
Mr Rush questioned why the Integrated Emergency Coordination Centre in Melbourne, given the pressure the Alexandra control centre was under, did not play a greater role in ensuring up to date warnings were being given to communities.
The hearing continues.
Same story, different newspaper.
CFA Chief Officer Russell Rees was recalled today and he could not explain why there was no mention of Kinglake on the CFA website on Black Saturday between 4.35pm and 5.55pm, when a warning was finally issued.
The commission heard yesterday that the firestorm that swept across Kinglake had been acurately mapped hours earlier in the IECC.
Mr Rush asked Mr Rees why Strathewen, where 27 people died, was never mentioned in any CFA warnings.
Mr Rees said Arthur's Creek, which was nearby, was mentioned.
Mr Rush suggested Strathewen was mentioned in other CFA communications.
"Why would Strathewen miss out (on warnings)?" Mr Rush asked.
"I don't know the answer to that," Mr Rees replied.
Chaotic I think is an understatement.
