ARFFS Service Delivery
Dear Airservices Australia,
Requesting historical ARFFS service delivery data.
As per
MOS Part 139H
Section 25.1.3 - Reporting Action
25.1.3.1 - If there is a need to temporarily reduce the category of the ARFFS provision due to an unforeseen circumstance affecting impending aircraft movements, all affected parties shall be notified immediately by NOTAM.
Please provide the total amount of NOTAM actions, for ARFFS not operating at the required Category, for ARFFS Sydney, ARFFS Melbourne, ARFFS Brisbane and ARFFS Perth.
For the financial years of:
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22 - Year to date
Yours faithfully,
Thomas Gifford
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Gifford
Airservices Australia (Airservices) acknowledge the receipt of your
request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(Cth) (FOI Act).
You requested documents are as follows:
“The total amount of NOTAM actions, for ARFFS not operating at the
required Category for ARFFS Sydney, ARFFS Melbourne, ARFFS Brisbane and
ARFFS Perth for the financial years:
2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18; 2018-19; 2019-20; 2020-21, 2021-22”
I note your request also requests notifications ‘year to date’. However,
the scope of FOI requests ‘crystallise’ on the date they are made.
Accordingly I will proceed on the basis that for for FY22, the date range
is 1 July 2021 – 29 May 2022.
Processing period and third party consultation
Your FOI request was received on 29 May 2022.
The statutory period for processing your request is 30 calendar days
commencing from the day after the day the request was received.
However, if your request captures documents that contains information
concerning the business, commercial or financial affairs of another
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consult with these third parties concerned before making a decision on the
release of those documents: see section 27 of the FOI Act.
If consultation is undertaken with third parties, the initial 30-day
period for processing your request will be extended by a further 30 days
(see section 15(6) of the FOI Act).
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Kind regards
Marcus Bourget
Authorised FOI Decision Maker
Legal Services
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Dear Marcus Bourget,
Thank you for your prompt reply to my request.
I acknowledge and understand the requirement for the end date for the current FY22.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas Gifford
Dear Marcus Bourget,
Requesting an update on this request.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas Gifford
OFFICIAL
Dear Mr Gifford
I have just been validating the information provided to me in response to this request and am currently drafting the decision. I hope to have this with you very shortly.
Regards
Marcus Bourget
Authorised FOI Decision Maker
Legal Services
Dear Airservices Australia,
It has now been 80 days since my freedom of information request.
Could I please have an update.
Yours faithfully,
Thomas Gifford
OFFICIAL
Good morning Mr Gifford
Thank you for your patience. We intend to provide you with a decision on
this FOI request in the coming week.
Regards
FOI Officer
Legal Services
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OFFICIAL
Good afternoon Mr Gifford
We apologise for the delay in processing this request. Airservices Australia has had reduced capacity to process FOI requests until recently and this one was caught in the backlog.
That said, please see the document you have requested attached. As we have decided to release it in full we are opting not to provide you a formal decision letter under s26 FOI Act.
Regards
FOI Officer
Legal Services
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