Wellington Shire Municipal Flood Emergency Plan As Adopted by the Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee on 25 July 2016
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Wellington Shire Municipal Flood Emergency Plan A Sub-Plan of the Municipal Emergency Management Plan Version 2.0 June 2016 ACTIVATION OF PLAN In the event of an emergency within the Shire of Wellington contact the Senior Sergeant, Sale Police Station, who will activate the Municipal Emergency Management Plan (MEMP). The Municipal Emergency Resource Officer (MERO) or his deputies (D/MERO) can also activate the MEMP. Wellington Shire MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RESOURCE OFFICER 24 HOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER 1300 366 244 For Urgent Requests for Assistance Contact: Phone: 1300 366 244 for the Duty Officer who will contact a Municipal Emergency Resource Officer (MERO) and request their assistance. To forward electronic versions of media releases/information updates in an emergency: Email: [email protected] or for hard copies: Marked “To urgent attention of Municipal Emergency Resource Officer (MERO)” Fax: (03) 5142 3501 Please note: The following group email contact is also available for general information dissemination and requests for non-urgent matters: Email: [email protected] Wellington Municipal Flood Emergency Plan – Version 2.0 June 2016 i Table of Contents DISTRIBUTION LIST .................................................................................................................................. XI AMENDMENT CERTIFICATE .................................................................................................................... XI LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS ............................................................................................. XII GLOSSARY .............................................................................................................................................. XIII AUTHORISATION AND ENDORSEMENT .............................................................................................. XIV PART 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 MUNICIPALITY PROFILE ................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 MUNICIPALITY FLOOD RISK ............................................................................................................. 1 1.3 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS FLOOD EMERGENCY PLAN ................................................................ 1 1.4 WELLINGTON FLOOD MANAGEMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE (MFLOODMPC) .................................... 2 1.5 RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVIEW AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS PLAN ...................................................... 2 1.6 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................ 2 PART 2. PREVENTION / PREPAREDNESS ARRANGEMENTS .......................................................... 9 2.1 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................ 9 2.2 FLOOD STUDIES ............................................................................................................................. 9 2.3 FLOOD INTELLIGENCE ..................................................................................................................... 9 2.4 FLOOD WARNING SERVICES .......................................................................................................... 10 2.4.1 Total Flood Warning System Services ................................................................................................... 10 2.4.2 Clarifying accountabilities for each TFWS element ................................................................................ 11 2.4.3 FloodZoom ............................................................................................................................................. 11 2.5 FLASH FLOOD WARNING SERVICES................................................................................................. 11 2.6 STRUCTURAL FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................................................ 12 2.7 NON-STRUCTURAL FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................ 12 2.7.1 Exercising the Plan ................................................................................................................................. 12 2.7.2 Flood Warning ........................................................................................................................................ 12 2.7.3 Flood Wardens ....................................................................................................................................... 12 PART 3. RESPONSE ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................................. 13 3.1 RESPONSE TRIGGERS AND ACTIVATION ......................................................................................... 13 3.1.1 Activation of Response ........................................................................................................................... 13 3.1.2 Responsibilities ...................................................................................................................................... 13 3.1.3 Escalation ............................................................................................................................................... 13 3.2 STRATEGIC CONTROL PRIORITIES ................................................................................................. 13 3.3 COMMAND, CONTROL & COORDINATION ........................................................................................ 14 Wellington Municipal Flood Emergency Plan – Version 2.0 June 2016 ii 3.3.1 Control .................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3.2 Incident Controller (IC) ........................................................................................................................... 14 3.3.3 Incident Control Centre (ICC) ................................................................................................................. 14 3.3.4 Incident Management Team (IMT) ......................................................................................................... 14 3.3.5 Emergency Management Team (EMT) .................................................................................................. 15 3.3.6 On Receipt of a Flood Watch / Severe Weather Warning ...................................................................... 15 3.3.7 On Receipt of the First and Subsequent Flood Warnings from the BOM .............................................. 16 3.4 COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND WARNINGS ................................................................................... 16 3.5 MEDIA COMMUNICATION ............................................................................................................... 17 3.6 IMPACT ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................... 17 3.7 EVACUATION ................................................................................................................................ 17 3.8 FLOOD RESCUE ............................................................................................................................ 17 3.9 AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................. 18 3.10 RESUPPLY .................................................................................................................................... 18 3.11 ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY PROTECTION ....................................... 18 3.12 ROAD CLOSURES ......................................................................................................................... 18 3.13 DAM FAILURE ............................................................................................................................... 19 3.14 WATER AND WASTEWATER RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND CRITICAL ASSETS ...................... 20 3.15 AFTER ACTION REVIEW................................................................................................................. 20 PART 4 EMERGENCY RELIEF & RECOVERY ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................... 21 4.1 GENERAL ........................................................................................................................................... 21 4.2 TRANSITION FROM RESPONSE TO RECOVERY ...................................................................................... 21 ATTACHMENT 01 AVON RIVER, PERRY RIVER ................................................................................ 23 ASSOCIATED REPORTS ...................................................................................................................... 26 ACCURACY & CONFIDENTIALITY ....................................................................................................... 26 APPENDIX A.02 – FLOOD THREATS ..................................................................................................... 27 WEATHER PATTERNS ......................................................................................................................... 27 OVERVIEW OF RIVER SYSTEM .........................................................................................................