Fire Management and Suppression core capability | Emergency Management Victoria

About the 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 Victorian Preparedness Framework, 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
DELWP	Fire - plan and deliver programs to reduce the risk of bushfire in state forest, national parks and protected public lands	1.3
ESV	Develop and 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 there to	1.1
FRV	Provide continuous protection of life, property and the environment from the effects of fire, accidents and other hazards through:
	the suppression of uncontrolled fires	3.1, 7.2
	investigation into the causes of fire	4.4, 4.6
Parks Victoria	Support DELWP and undertake activities (including works) described in DELWP 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 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 DELWP with the support of PV staff)
	Fire suppression: activities in parks and reserves managed by PV in the FRV Fire District activities in parks and reserves managed by PV in the Country Area of Victoria under the direction of CFA on public land in Victoria (Fire Protected Area): provide staff and equipment to support DELWP	3.2, 7.2
	Support DELWP with the enforcement of regulations, through the provision of trained authorised officers, that protect natural and cultural values and the safe use of campfires on public land in accordance with DELWP policy	3.2, 18.2

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

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
Airservices Australia	Control agency for aircraft inflight emergencies and rescue and firefighting at designated airports	3.1, 12.3
	Provide ARFFS at Melbourne and Avalon Airports inclusive of: Fire and rescue response role to aircraft fires, accidents and incidents on or in the vicinity of the airport, Structural firefighting on or in the vicinity of the airport and Wildfire suppression on or in the vicinity of the airport	3.1, 3.2
	Subject to its regulatory obligations, 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 airport	3.2
CFA	Control agency for response: fire on private land within Country Area Victoria road or other accidents involving gas leakage, and hazardous materials, high consequence dangerous goods or dangerous goods (including leaks and spills) road or other accidents involving lifts, scaffolding and amusement structures (excluding cranes) and building collapse fire and explosion incidents, including those involving aircraft, marine vessels (outside designated Port of Melbourne Waters), boilers and pressure vessels rescue incidents involving lifts, scaffolding or amusement structures, rail, aircraft, industrial, road, and building 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
DELWP	Fire - 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) including: road or other accidents involving gas leakage, hazardous materials (including (high consequence) dangerous goods), lifts, cranes or scaffolding and amusement structures, and building collapse fire and explosion incidents, including those involving aircraft and boilers and pressure vessels rescue incidents involving lifts, cranes or scaffolding and amusement structures, rail, aircraft and industrial, road, Urban Search and Rescue (USAR), confined space, trench, low-high angle and tunnel, and building structures	3.1, 12.3
FRV	Provide continuous protection of life, property and the environment from the effects of fire, accidents and other hazards through the suppression of uncontrolled fires	3.1, 7.1
Parks Victoria	Fire suppression: activities in parks and reserves managed by PV in the FRV Fire District activities in parks and reserves managed by PV in the Country Area of Victoria under the direction of CFA on public land in Victoria (Fire Protected Area): provide staff and equipment to support DELWP	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	7.3
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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