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Department
Community Safety and Prevention
Reduces fire and emergency risk before it happens through building fire safety inspections, dangerous goods facility inspections, assessment of building plans, permits and compliance during fire danger periods, community education and prescribed burn planning with land managers.
Responsibilities
What the team is accountable for
- Inspect buildings and dangerous goods facilities for fire safety compliance
- Assess building plans and installed fire safety systems
- Issue permits and enforce restrictions during fire danger periods
- Deliver community education and awareness programs
- Plan and approve prescribed burns with land managers
Performance measures
How we know it is working
96%
Inspections completed to schedule
142 this year
Community programs delivered
81%
Non-compliances resolved within 60 days
People
Who works here
PV
Priya Venkatesan
Manager Community Safety
Leads inspections, building plan assessment, permits and community education, and is a qualified fire safety engineer with nine years at Guardian.
Systems
Where the work is recorded
Inspections, Permits and Programs Register
Tracks building and dangerous goods inspections, non-compliances and follow-ups, burn permits, prescribed burn approvals and community education programs.
Incident and Dispatch Log
The official record of every incident and request for assistance, with type, location, resources, incident level, control times, safety officer and debrief status.
Scenarios
Assessment tasks in this department
Documents