Municipal Fire Prevention Committee

Municipal Fire Prevention Committee is committee set up under Section 55 of the Victorian Country Fire Authority Act 1958

(a) to plan the burning or clearing of firebreaks within the area for which it is appointed;
(b) to advise the appropriate authorities as to the existence of and steps to be taken for the removal of fire hazards within the area;
(c) to advise and make recommendations to the municipal council in the preparation of its municipal fire prevention plan;
(d) to recommend to the Authority or to the appropriate authorities (as the case may require) any action which the committee
deems necessary or expedient to be taken for reducing the risk of an outbreak of fire or for suppressing any fire which may occur within the area;
(f) to advise the fire prevention officer concerning the removal of fire hazards under section forty-one of the Act;
(g) to refer to the regional fire prevention committee for consideration all matters which in the opinion of the municipal fire prevention committee should be so referred; and
(h) to carry out such other functions as are conferred or imposed upon municipal fire prevention committees by regulations made upon the recommendation of the Authority.

Municipal Fire Prevention Committees must consist of;

(a) the fire prevention officer of the municipal council, who shall be chairman and executive officer of the committee;
(b) one representative (appointed by the Authority after election in the prescribed manner by the members of the brigade) of each urban or rural brigade operating within the area;
(ba) one representative (appointed by the Authority after nomination by the relevant owner or group of relevant owners who formed the industry brigade) of each industry brigade operating within the area;
(c) one representative (appointed by the Authority after election in the prescribed manner by delegates selected in the prescribed manner of each brigade in the group concerned) of each group of brigades operating within the area;
(d) a representative of the municipal council appointed by the Authority upon nomination by the council;
(e) (where there is adjacent to the area any part of a forest or any part of a national park) a representative of the Secretary appointed by the Authority upon nomination by the Secretary; and
(f) any person appointed under subsection (3) as a member of the committee.

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