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Steven Baxas is the Victorian State Building Surveyor and has more than 33 years of Local Government experience.
Steven was the Municipal Building Surveyor at the City of Melbourne for 7 years and the Municipal Building Surveyor at the City of Port Phillip for 11 years. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at the City of Monash.
He has formal qualifications in Building Surveying and Fire Engineering.
Steven is passionate about building control, and is:
Lucienne Harrison has worked at the Department of Transport and Planning since 2024 in both the Building and Planning areas. Lucienne is currently Director, Building Policy and Intergovernmental. Prior to this, she held senior roles in the regulatory field at both WorkSafe Victoria and the Environment Protection Authority.
She is an effective leader known for her strategic skills, operational execution and ability to drive transformational change. Her commitment and enthusiasm for engaging stakeholders has ensured that government, industry and the community all work together to achieve the right outcomes.
Joshua is the Deputy Commissioner Community Safety and Operational Training at Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV), a role he commenced in January 2024. He brings over 19 years of executive leadership and operational experience in fire and emergency management across Victoria and the Northern Territory (NT).
Prior to joining FRV, he spent a decade in the NT living and working between Darwin and Alice Springs for Bushfires NT and the NT Fire and Rescue Service, where he served as Deputy Chief Fire Officer – Strategy and Capability.
Throughout his time at various agencies, Joshua has led significant reforms and responses, including acting as Incident Controller for the Derrimut Chemical Factory Fire on 10 July 2024 – the largest structure fire since FRV’s formation in 2020. As well as leading Bushfires NT through periods of forecasted catastrophic fire danger, and in response to significant and concurrent bushfire emergencies. His leadership has been instrumental in enhancing public safety frameworks and modernising operational capabilities.
During his career, Josh has held multiple senior roles, including Assistant Director Operations at Bushfires NT and various positions within the now Forest Fire Management Victoria, where he started his career.
As FPA Australia’s National Technical Manager, Simon represents and supports the Australian Fire Protection industry and its stakeholders by assisting in developing the Association’s strategic policy in the Technical Area and associated responses. With over 35 years of experience in the fire protection industry, Simon has developed a high level of technical expertise, operational management, and business acumen in this field.
He actively collaborate with stakeholders, such as National Technical Advisory Committees [NTAC], the Technical Advisory Committee [TAC’s], Special Interest Groups [SIG’s] and State Divisional Committee’s.
Representing the Fire Industry with Standards Australia, Australian Building Codes Board, emergency services, International Fire Safety Standards Coalition and a wide range of regulatory authorities, to ensure the association represents the industry with respect to the development of relevant documents, technical matters and industry needs as both the industry and community requires. In addition to this, I will advocate for, promote, support, and bolster fire protection on a national level.
