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TAS
Statutory Authority
Emergency Services and Public Safety

Tasmania Fire Service

Portfolio: Police

https://www.fire.tas.gov.au/

Annual Budget

$85M

TAS 2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Staff

500

Headcount (2024-25)
Ideas relevant to this department

12 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

Our purpose is to work together to protect life, property and the environment by: promoting and supporting community safety and resilience to fire, floods and storms; responding effectively to emergencies, and enabling smooth transition from response to recovery.

VISION

To be progressive, professional and unified organisations that the Tasmanian community trusts to help prevent, prepare for and respond effectively to fire, flood, storm and other emergencies.

TFS-SES Strategic Plan 2024 · p.13

PURPOSE

Our purpose is to work together to protect life, property and the environment by: promoting and supporting community safety and resilience to fire, floods and storms; responding effectively to emergencies, and enabling smooth transition from response to recovery.

TFS-SES Strategic Plan 2024 · p.13

Strategic priorities

· 4

1

Delivering effective and reliable services for Tasmanian communities is the heart of who we are and what we do.

TFS-SES Strategic Plan 2024 · p.16
2

Our objective is to enable safe and resilient communities.

TFS-SES Strategic Plan 2024 · p.16
3

Our objective is to empower a safe, capable and sustainable workforce.

TFS-SES Strategic Plan 2024 · p.16
4

Our objective is to develop an effective and resilient organisation.

TFS-SES Strategic Plan 2024 · p.16

Outcomes

· 3

Outcome 1: Resilient Communities

Our lines of effort to support our community over the next five years are: Community engagement and education; Hazard and risk management; Project management; Trusted and capable response; On-ground capability and resources; Organisational readiness; Diversity and inclusion; Contemporary response capability; Systems and processes; Policy and doctrine.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Community engagement and education
  • Hazard and risk management
  • Project management
  • Trusted and capable response
  • On-ground capability and resources
  • Organisational readiness
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Contemporary response capability

Outcome 2: Empowered People

Our lines of effort to support our people over the next five years are: Workforce development; Training and innovation; Policy and doctrine.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Workforce development
  • Training and innovation
  • Policy and doctrine

Outcome 3: Effective Business

Our lines of effort to support our business over the next five years are: Structure and governance; Communication and relationships; Systems and processes.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Structure and governance
  • Communication and relationships
  • Systems and processes

Values

· 5

Integrity

Collaboration

Accountability

Respect

Equity

Performance measures

· 1

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

TFS-SES Strategic Plan 2024

TFS-SES Strategic Plan 2024

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 12

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

reform-journey)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

reform-journey)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Case Processing

Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases

Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Hot%20Work%20Guideline.pdf)

Case Processing

End-to-end case processing redesign

Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Hot%20Work%20Guideline.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

reform-journey)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

reform-journey)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Case Processing

Triage queue for stuck or ageing cases

Use existing case data to flag ageing, duplicate, incomplete, or high-risk cases for earlier intervention.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Hot%20Work%20Guideline.pdf)

Case Processing

End-to-end case processing redesign

Redesign the case pathway around risk-based triage, reusable evidence, and automated eligibility checks.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Hot%20Work%20Guideline.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

TFS-SES-Strategic-Plan-2024%E2%80%932028.pdf)

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