Table of Contents
Foreword v
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction Stuart Ellis AM Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council xi
1 Fire catastrophe at Wangary on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Euan Ferguson AFSM Chief Officer, Country Fire Authority, Victoria (Formerly Chief Officer of the South Australian Country Fire Service 2001-10) 1
2 Incident management in Bundaberg during the 2013 Queensland floods John Watson Assistant Commissioner, Queensland Fire and Rescue Service 17
3 Responding to the Myer building fire in Hobart Gavin Freeman Acting Chief Officer, Tasmania Fire Service 45
4 The aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes, 2011 Stuart Ellis AM Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council 61
5 A highway cyanide spill at Tennant Creek Leigh Swift Station Officer, Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service, now retired 83
6 Firefighter entrapment during routine hazard reduction burn at Mount Kuring-Gai Bob Conroy Director Conservation Operations, Office of Environment & Heritage, NSW 99
7 Large petrochemical fire in Adelaide's industrial precinct Ray Thompson Incident Controller, South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service 127
8 Thirty per cent of the entire state: Victorian floods, 2011 Trevor White Chief Officer Operations, Victoria State Emergency Service 141
9 Thinking differently, leading differently: lessons from the Canberra fires, 2003 Mark Crosweller AFSM Director General, Emergency Management Australia 167
10 Bushfire around Linton township, Victoria Greg Leach Incident Controller, Country Fire Authority (Now Deputy Chief Officer, Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board) 195
