Municipal Fire Management Plan 2020-2023 Whittlesea
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Municipal Fire Management Plan 2020-2023 Whittlesea Acknowledgements The Municipal Fire Management Planning Committee acknowledges the contributions of the following agencies and organisations: ▪ City of Whittlesea ▪ Country Fire Authority ▪ Metropolitan Fire Brigade ▪ Department of Environment Land Water and Planning ( DELWP ) formally Department of Sustainability and Environment ▪ Parks Victoria ▪ Victoria Police ▪ VicRoads ▪ AusNet Services ▪ Yarra Valley Water ▪ Melbourne Water ▪ Department of Health and Human Services Authorisation and Endorsement This first edition of the Whittlesea Municipal Fire Management Plan was endorsed by the Municipal Fire Management Planning Committee in November 2011. Organisations represented on the committee include: ▪ City of Whittlesea ▪ Country Fire Authority ▪ Metropolitan Fire Brigade ▪ Parks Victoria ▪ Department of Environment Land Water and Planning ( DELWP ) formally Department of Sustainability and Environment ▪ Victoria Police ▪ VicRoads ▪ Melbourne Water ▪ Yarra Valley Water ▪ Department of Health and Human Services This Municipal Fire Management Plan was also endorsed by the Whittlesea Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee in November 2011 and adopted by Council as a sub-plan of the Whittlesea Municipal Emergency Management Plan in June 2012. Whittlesea Municipal Fire Management Plan 2020-2023(Version 12) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT .................................................................................. 6 Authority for the plan.........................................................................................................................6 Purpose of this Plan..........................................................................................................................6 Membership of Whittlesea Municipal Fire Management Committee ................................................7 Role of Whittlesea Municipal Fire Management Committee ............................................................7 2 ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................... 7 3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN .............................................................................................. 8 City of Whittlesea Profile ..................................................................................................................8 Fire History .......................................................................................................................................9 Assumptions (about the future of the municipal district) ...................................................................9 4 MUNICIPAL FIRE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES ....................................................... 10 Plan Objectives .............................................................................................................................. 10 Alignment to Regional Objectives .................................................................................................. 10 Strategic Objectives ....................................................................................................................... 10 Linkages ........................................................................................................................................ 11 5 RISK MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................... 12 Risk Environments ......................................................................................................................... 12 Agency Risk Management ............................................................................................................. 13 Cross Boundary Arrangements ..................................................................................................... 13 6 PLAN REPORTING AND REVIEW ............................................................................... 14 Plan Endorsement ......................................................................................................................... 14 Audit ............................................................................................................................................... 14 Plan Review ................................................................................................................................... 14 7 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................... 15 A RISK MANAGEMENT REGISTER .................................................................... 16 Risk Description ................................................................................................................ 16 Addressing Bushfire Risk ................................................................................................. 16 Addressing Structural Risk ............................................................................................... 17 Addressing Hazardous Materials Risk.............................................................................. 17 A.1 Bushfire Risk Management Register ......................................................................... 17 A.2 Structure Fire Risk Management Register ................................................................. 17 A.3 Hazardous Materials Risk Management Register ...................................................... 17 B MULTI AGENCY WORK PLAN ......................................................................... 18 B.1 Bush and Grass Fire Multi Agency Work Plan ........................................................... 18 B.2 Structure Multi Agency Work Plan ............................................................................. 18 B.3 Hazardous Materials Multi Agency Work Plan ........................................................... 18 C STATUTORY AUDIT OBLIGATIONS................................................................ 19 C.1 Hazardous Trees ....................................................................................................... 19 Whittlesea Municipal Fire Management Plan 2020-2023(Version 12) C.2 Townships Protection Plans (TPP) ............................................................................ 22 C.3 Neighbourhood Safer Places (NSP) .......................................................................... 22 C.4 Community Fire Refuges ........................................................................................... 22 D ROADSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN .................................................................. 23 E ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN ............................................ 24 F MAPS ................................................................................................................ 25 G RESPONSE PLANS .......................................................................................... 34 H RECOVERY PLANS .......................................................................................... 34 I PRECINCT (LANDSCAPE) PLANS .................................................................. 34 Plenty Gorge Integrated Fire Prevention Strategy ........................................................... 34 J TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS PLAN ............................................................. 35 K ACRONYMS USED IN THIS PLAN ................................................................... 36 L BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................... 36 Attachment 1 - Stakeholder Analysis ............................................................................................. 37 VERSION CONTROL .................................................................................................................... 38 Whittlesea Municipal Fire Management Plan 2020-2023(Version 12) 1 INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT The Whittlesea City Council Municipal Fire Management Planning Committee was established to: • Provide a municipal level forum to build and sustain organisational partnerships • Create a common understanding and purpose in fire prevention • Ensure that the plans of individual agencies complement the work required The MFMP is a sub plan of the City of Whittlesea Municipal Emergency Management Plan (MEMP) and has been produced by and with the authority of the City of Whittlesea pursuant to Section 20 of the Emergency Management Act 1986; and will be deemed to fulfil Section 55A of the CFA Act 1958. The primary objective of municipal fire management planning is the protection of life, property and the environment. It is a coordinated approach by a range of stakeholders to discuss, plan and manage fire in the community by adhering to a key tenet of emergency planning—Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery. Stakeholders contribute knowledge, experience, resources and capability and aim to achieve measurable fire management outcomes through agreed and achievable risk treatments. The lead focus of the Whittlesea Municipal Fire Management Plan is on the bush and grass fire risk environment using the Victorian Fire Risk Register as an informing tool. Subsequent iterations will evolve to more comprehensively address all risk environments within Whittlesea’s fire planning footprint as additional risk and mapping tools are made available. What is Integrated Fire Management Planning? Victoria has a long history of community, government and organisations working together in preventing, preparing