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Kangaroo Island fires report finds ‘significant deficiency’ in CFS resources
Resource deficiencies, communication breakdowns and insubordination within the Country Fire Service (CFS) hampered fire response efforts during last year’s deadly emergency on Kangaroo Island, a review has found.
Key points:
- The report made nine recommendations, 24 insights, and identified 11 lessons
- It found resource shortages, communication breakdowns and insubordination hampered fire fighting efforts
- The CFS says it will implement all recommendations
The 96-page independent report, which was commissioned by the CFS, made 24 insights and nine recommendations following the 2019–20 bushfire season.
The report found inexperience, fatigue, mismanagement and incompetence from within the CFS led to serious breakdowns in communication, and that…
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