The WA Government requested the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Limited (AFAC) to undertake an independent operational review of the fire operations leading up to and during the Wooroloo bushfire of February 2021.
The Wooroloo Bushfire Review was publicly released on 29 March 2022 with various recommendations to enhance prevention, preparedness, response and recovery to bushfire in WA.
The WA Government directed the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) to lead the response to the 13 recommendations.
DFES established the Wooroloo Implementation Coordination Group to oversee the Government’s response, and appointed project leads to manage responses to each of the recommendations.
An online resource - Update on the Government response to the Wooroloo review - has been developed to provide all interested community members and stakeholders with regular progress reports for each recommendation.
The resource was released in March 2023, August 2023, and the most recent update was released in February 2024.
The Wooroloo Bushfire Review and Update on the Government response to the Wooroloo review documents are available below.
Terms of Reference
The Terms of Reference for the review can be found on page 4 of the review itself.
