Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has lashed out at the State Government, claiming it has slashed the number of project firefighters while employing more administrative staff.
Ms Kealy said senior Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning officials were unable to explain a loss of 133 full-time field staff across the financial year.
She said the findings were in a Parliamentary Public Accounts and Estimates Committee’s report.
Ms Kealy said the State Government needed to explain what firefighter roles were no longer being fulfilled.