State Fire Management Planning Committee

The State Fire Management Planning Committee (SFMPC) has been created to ensure a consistent, sustainable and integrated approach to fire management planning across Victoria.

The State Committee is responsible for providing leadership and the development of tools and processes for consistency and continuous improvement in fire management planning. In 2009 the Committee published the State Strategy.

The committee was established by the Coordinator in Chief of Emergency Management (Minister of Police and Emergency Services) and obtains its authority through the Emergency Management Act 1986.

The committee is chaired by Craig Lapsley Fire Services Commissioner and has membership from the following organisations:

Country Fire Authority

Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board

Department Sustainability and Environment

Department of Human Services

Victoria Police

Energy Safe Victoria

Victoria State Emergency Service

Department of Transport

Department of Planning and Community Development

Office of the Emergency Services Commission

Parks Victoria

Municipal Association Victoria

VicRoads

Department of Primary Industries

Regional Development Victoria

Tourism Victoria