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14 October, 2024
Digital fire signage promise
DIGITAL fire danger rating signage will be rolled out across the hinterland if the LNP is voted into power on October 26. The signs are designed to provide clear and consistent messaging around fire danger.
DIGITAL fire danger rating signage will be rolled out across the hinterland if the LNP is voted into power on October 26. The signs are designed to provide clear and consistent messaging around fire danger.
The Rural Fire Service has made the move to digital fire danger rating signage as it’s more efficient and timely than older manual signs. However, the roll out of the new signs has been “perilously slow”, Glass House MP, Andrew Powell said.
Mr Powell said a $140,000 commitment to roll out digital signage across Glass House would “free up front line fire service workers when we need them most as the signs can be updated remotely, keeping communities informed more efficiently in fire season”.
The digital signs also cannot be physically manipulated by anyone not authorised to do so. Crew Leader of the Maleny Rural Fire Brigade Jared Ashcroft welcomed the announcement and said it would bring the Glass House electorate in line with current fire signage standards.
“The digital signage really is the new gold standard, and it would be great to see them installed across our string of local communities,” he said. “Our Rural Fire Brigade’s already do so much for our towns. “This digital signage would be a welcome gift in return.
