That the Public Accounts Committee inquire into and report on:

1. The mechanisms for:

a. funding Rural Fire Service assets and premises;

b. Maintaining Rural Fire Service assets and premises;

c. Accounting for the ownership of Rural Fire Service assets and premises;

d. Operational management, including the control of assets and premises, risks, and impacts to local government, and the ability to effect a response to emergencies;

2. Whether the following arrangements between Councils and the Rural Fire Service are fit for purpose:

a. Service agreements;

b. The division of responsibilities for bushfire management and hazard reduction;

c. Upkeep of assets;

d. The provision of insurance;

e. Provision of land and construction management for RFS premises;

f. Bushfire Management Committees

3. The appropriate role for local authorities in the provision of emergency services;

4. the sustainability of local government contributions to emergency service provision;

5. Any other related matters.

Terms of Reference - Assets, premises and funding of the NSW Rural Fire Service