Final Report of the McLeod Inquiry

The Inquiry into the Operational Response to the January 2003 Bushfires.
Inquiry headed by Mr Ron McLeod.

Report of the Inquiry

This report is available as both Adobe Acrobat files, and as RTF (text) files.

The Acrobat version is the official version and most closely resembles the printed version presented to the Chief Minister.

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Content	Adobe Acrobat	Text (rtf)
Cover	137 KB	NA
Maps	1 MB	NA
Contents	59 KB	77 KB
Title page and letter of Transmittal	67 KB	105 KB
Summary	114 KB	280 KB
1. Introduction	93 KB	605 KB
2. The January 2003 fires and how they were dealt with	348 KB	1.7 MB
3. The public submissions: a summary	116 KB	267 KB
4. Operational readiness: an assessment	419 KB	5.1 MB
5. The public dimension	179 KB	1.7 MB
6. The future	157 KB	1.3 MB
7. Summary of recommendations	72 KB	94 KB
8. Concluding remarks	68 KB	66 KB
Appendix A: A The Inquiry’s terms of reference	45 KB	40 KB
Appendix B: Reviews and studies established as a result of the January 2003 bushfires	46 KB	63 KB
Appendix C: Organisations visited or consulted as part of the Inquiry	58 KB	56 KB
Appendix D: Australian Defence Force assistance provided to the ACT for the January 2003 bushfires	44 KB	83 KB
Appendix E: Areas burnt in the ACT in the last 80 years	85 KB	292 KB
Appendix F: National emergency service arrangements: an overview	71 KB	104 KB
Appendix G: Previous ACT inquiries and reviews	69 KB	91 KB
Appendix H: Australasian Fire Authorities Council paper ‘Community Safety and Evacuation During Bushfires’	58 KB	85 KB