'I want someone to blame'

The husband of firefighter Wendy Bearfoot who died fighting the Two Peoples Bay fire of 2012 says he will not necessarily wait for a coronial inquiry before considering launching legal action against the State Government agencies involved in the bungled handling of the blaze.

Speaking after the implementation of the final Worksafe improvement notice ordering greater safeguards for firefighters after the death of Mrs Bearfoot, husband Garry Bearfoot has called for the coronial inquiry to be prioritised.

A date for the coronial inquiry into her death is yet to be set, three months out from the second anniversary of the fire.

Mr Bearfoot, whose family received a settlement in February last year, said he did not believe the State Government could fulfil its deadline of rolling out an entire fleet of 110 vehicles fitted with a new spray protection system in time for the fire season.

He said the coronial inquiry must become a priority.

"I want someone to point the finger at and blame," he said this week.

"I want the coroner to actually say who is at fault."

An investigation into the fire last year found the likelihood of the tragic incident occurring may have been reduced had there been greater involvement of all three agencies - the City of Albany, the Department of Environment and Conservation and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

."They were fighting over who will take control," Mr Bearfoot said. "DEC are more to blame than anyone else, they should have taken control of the entire situation."

Mrs Bearfoot and DEC crews became trapped in a burnover after crews were not warned of a "significant wind change" and the trucks were not fitted with heat shields.

Mr Bearfoot has long called for equipment upgrades so no family will have to experience what his family endured in 2012.

"I sat with her for the last 12 hours and the only piece of her face I could kiss was her eyelid - I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy," he said.

"(Doctor) Fiona Wood reckons Wendy was the worst burns patient she has worked on.

"She died doing what she loved."

A Department of Parks and Wildlife spokesperson said the water spray protection systems were scheduled to be installed on all of the fleet in time for the bushfire season.

"Most of the WorkSafe improvement notices were completed in the first half of 2013, which is the reason why there has been limited recent contact with the family regarding this aspect of the improvement project," the spokesperson said.