Municipal Emergency Management Plan

MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN ISSUE 5.0: LAST UPDATED – October 2017 Issue 5 1 October 2017 Page left intentionally blank Issue 5 2 October 2017 Contents FOREWORD 8 PART ONE - INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 9 1.1. MUNICIPAL ENDORSEMENT ............................................................................................................. 9 1.2. AUDIT CERTIFICATE ........................................................................................................................ 10 1.3. AIM ................................................................................................................................................. 11 1.4. OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................................................... 11 PART TWO - BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................ 12 2.1 AREA CHARACTERISTICS .................................................................................................................. 12 2.2. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................ 13 2.3. HEALTH SERVICES ........................................................................................................................... 13 2.4. EDUCATION SERVICES .................................................................................................................... 13 2.5 MAJOR EVENTS ................................................................................................................................ 14 2.6 HISTORY OF EMERGENCIES ............................................................................................................. 14 2.7 VULNERABLE PEOPLE ...................................................................................................................... 14 PART THREE - PLANNING ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................................................... 16 3.1 PLANNING STRUCTURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................ 16 3.2 MAINTENANCE OF MEMP ............................................................................................................... 18 3.3 AUDIT ............................................................................................................................................... 19 PART FOUR - PREVENTION/MITIGATION ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................................................... 20 4.1 THE ROLE OF THE MUNICIPALITY .................................................................................................... 20 4.2 PREPAREDNESS ................................................................................................................................ 20 4.3 MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS ............................................................... 20 4.4 COMMUNITY AWARENESS / PUBLIC INFORMATION ...................................................................... 24 4.5 PREVENTION/MITIGATION PLANS ................................................................................................... 24 4.6 COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RISK ASSESSMENT (CERA) HEAT MAP ................................................. 25 4.7 SUMMARY LISTING OF CONSOLIDATED ACTIONS ........................................................................... 26 4.8 CERA CONSEQUENCE RATING CRITERIA TABLES ............................................................................ 27 4.9 COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PARTICIPATION ...................................................................................... 28 PART FIVE - RESPONSE ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................................................................... 29 5.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 29 5.2 CONTROL, COMMAND, COORDINATION ........................................................................................ 29 5.3 MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL ........................................................................... 31 5.4. MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................. 33 5.5. SOURCING RESOURCES .................................................................................................................. 33 Issue 5 3 October 2017 5.6. AGENCY RESOURCES ...................................................................................................................... 34 5.7. RESOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION ..................................................................................................... 34 5.8. COMMONWEALTH RESOURCES ..................................................................................................... 36 5.9. RESOURCE SHARING ....................................................................................................................... 36 5.10. VOLUNTEER COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS .......................................................................... 36 5.11. CONTROL AND SUPPORT AGENCIES ............................................................................................. 36 5.12. CROSS MUNICIPALITIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS .................................... 39 5.13. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS ....................................................................................................... 39 5.14. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND WARNING........................................................................................ 40 5.15. INITIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (IIA) ............................................................................................. 40 5.16. NEIGHBOURHOOD SAFER PLACES (PLACES OF LAST RESORT) ..................................................... 40 5.17. RESPONSE/RECOVERY TRANSITION ............................................................................................. 41 5.18. DEBRIEFING ARRANGEMENTS ...................................................................................................... 41 PART SIX - RELIEF (SUPPORT) ARRANGEMENTS ......................................................................................................... 43 6.1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 43 6.2. EMERGENCY RELIEF ARRANGEMENTS ........................................................................................... 43 6.3. SUPPORT TASKS AND FUNCTIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES ................................................................ 43 6.4. EVACUATION .................................................................................................................................. 47 6.5. OTHER FUNCTIONAL AREAS ........................................................................................................... 48 6.6. SECONDARY IMPACT ASSESSMENT (SIA) ....................................................................................... 50 6.7. POST IMPACT ASSESSMENT (PIA) ................................................................................................... 51 PART SEVEN - RECOVERY ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................................................... 53 7.1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 53 7.2 RECOVERY PRINCIPLES .................................................................................................................... 53 7.3 ORGANISATION OF RECOVERY ASSISTANCE ................................................................................... 53 7.4 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ......................................................................................................... 55 7.5 RECOVERY ACTIVATION/IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................... 57 7.6 MUNICIPAL RECOVERY SERVICES .................................................................................................... 58 7.7 COMMUNITY IN RECOVERY ............................................................................................................. 62 7.8 VOLUNTEERS ................................................................................................................................... 62 7.9 SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES .................................................................................................. 62 7.10 GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE MEASURES........................................................................................ 62 APPENDICES 69 APPENDIX A - MAPS .................................................................................................................................................... 70 MAP 1 – MUNICIPALITY ............................................................................................................................ 71 Issue 5 4 October 2017 MAP 2 – ROAD NETWORK .......................................................................................................................

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