Murray Carter has dedicated much of his life to combatting bushfire risk in Western Australia. Starting out as a 17 year old cadet with then Forests Department, he spent 13 years with CALM conducting prescribed burns and fighting large scale bushfires in country WA. Mr Carter then became chief executive of Lord Howe Island, leading marine and land management, before returning to WA and working in policy positions with the State Government. He dedicated five years to the role of fire manager for then Department of Parks and Wildlife, and more than 3 years as director of the Office of Bushfire Risk Management where he led key reforms in rural fire management at the Department of Fire and Emergency Services. He is chair of the Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council Rural and Land Management Group, a member of the National Forest Fire Management Group, board member of the International Association of Wildland Fire, and inaugural chair of the WA State Bushfire Coordinating Committee.
