Appointment of Bush Fire Control Officers and Fire Weather Officers 2026/2027
Published on Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at 8:38:33 AM
In accordance with Section 38 of the Bush Fires Act 1954 the following Officers have been Appointed as Bush Fire Control and Fire Weather Officers for the Shire of Esperance –
Chief Bush Fire Control Officer – Philip Longmire
Deputy Chief Bush Fire Control Officer – Tomas Carmody
Deputy Chief Bush Fire Control Officer – Lyndon Mickel
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Zone
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Senior Bush Fire Control Officer
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Deputy Senior Bush Fire Control Officer
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West
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William Carmody
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Liam Vandenberghe
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West Coast
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Mark Scott
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Scott Lawrence
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North
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Christopher Hallam
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Perrin Guest
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East
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Simon Schlink
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Lyndon Mickel
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East Coast
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Adrian Perks
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Nicholas Ruddenklau
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Urban Rural
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John Durdin
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Kyle Lawrence
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Fire Weather Officer
(All Zones)
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Philip Longmire
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Deputy Fire Weather Officer
(All Zones)
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Tomas Carmody
Lyndon Mickel
Ashley Peczka
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Bush Fire Control Officers
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Terry Antonio
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Gavin Gibson
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Ian McCallum
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John Thomas
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Patrick Barber
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Matthew Gilmour
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Anthony McDonald
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David Vandenburghe
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Kieran Barrett
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Beau Graham
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Nigel Norwood
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Mitchell Waideman
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John Bertola
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Jacob Graham
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Laurie Palmer
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John Wallace
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John Carmody
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Rory Graham
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Nigel Ratcliffe
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Todd Walter
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Ronald Chambers
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Ian Hartley
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Tyson Redding
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Scott Watkins
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Gregory Curnow
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Michael Ietto
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Ashley Reichstein
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James Welke
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Harry Davies
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Craig Inkster
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Michael Rollond
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Ryan Willing
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Warrick Davies
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Kirk Jeitz
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Keith Rymer
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Benjamin Wright
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Joseph Della Vedova
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Dafydd Jones
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Daniel Sanderson
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Michael Young
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Ross Doney
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Bruce King
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Nathan Sanderson
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Rodd King
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Gavin Egan
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Neil Kirk
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Scott Scholz
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Rohan Marold
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Craig Eves
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Wayne Lewis
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Craig Scott
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Kade Stuchbury
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Bernard Fetherstonhaugh
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Steven Lloyd
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Daniel Smith
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Kellie McGrinder
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Andrew Fowler
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Rodney Locke
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Brett South
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Fiona Brown
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Stephen Fowler
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Ronald Longbottom
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Simon Stead
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Paul Farmilo
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Simon Fowler
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Peter Luberda
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Ashley Stewart
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Ashley Peczka
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Shane Burge
Chief Executive Officer