Phil Koperberg
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The Honourable Phil Koperberg AO AFSM BEM |
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| 1st Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service | |
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In office 1 September 1997 – 12 January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | New title |
| Succeeded by | Shane Fitzsimmons |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Blue Mountains |
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In office 24 March 2007 – 26 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Debus |
| Succeeded by | Roza Sage |
| Minister for Environment and Climate Change and Water | |
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In office 2 April 2007 – 27 February 2008 |
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| Succeeded by |
Verity Firth (Environment and Climate Change) Nathan Rees (Water) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 April 1943 The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Website | New South Wales Parliament profile |
Philip Christian Koperberg AO AFSM BEM (born 28 April 1943), is the Chairman of the New South Wales Emergency Management Committee, responsible for advising the New South Wales government on emergency response strategies, since 2011.
Koperberg is a former Australian politician, was the New South Wales Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water between 2007 and 2008; and was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of the Blue Mountains for the Australian Labor Party between 2007–2011. Prior to his political career, Koperberg was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) in Australia between 1997–2007.
"An expert in risk and crisis management, Phil Koperberg was the overall emergency controller during the 2001 Christmas/New Year fires, when Australia faced its longest and most intense bush firefighting campaign. In 1994 Phil Koperberg was also the overall emergency controller, as firefighters battled to control over 800 New South Wales fires covering in excess of 800,000 hectares. In 1999, his expertise was again called upon during the severe hail storms which damaged more than 30,000 properties."
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