5Functions of Committee

5 Functions of Committee

5 Functions of Committee

(1) The Committee has the following functions:

(a) to develop and submit to the Minister strategic plans for the delivery of comprehensive, balanced and co-ordinated urban and rural fire services at the interface of fire district boundaries and rural fire district boundaries,

(b) to review periodically the boundaries of fire districts and rural fire districts and, if it considers it appropriate, to make recommendations to the Minister concerning those boundaries,

(c) to develop and submit to the Minister implementation strategies to minimise duplication and maximise compatibility between the services of New South Wales Fire Brigades and the services of the NSW Rural Fire Service, with particular reference to the following areas:

(i) infrastructure planning,

(ii) training activities,

(iii) community education programs,

(iv) equipment design,

(d) to report to the Minister on any matter referred to the Committee by the Minister and, if it considers it appropriate, to make recommendations to the Minister concerning that matter,

(e) such other functions as are conferred or imposed on the Committee by or under this or any other Act.

(2) In this section:

fire district has the meaning given to it by the Fire and Rescue NSW Act 1989.

rural fire district has the meaning given to it by the Rural Fires Act 1997.

s 5: Am 2018 No 59, Sch 5.1.