Victorian Bushfire Handbook Edition 5.1 - December 2016 Working in conjunction with communities, government, agencies and business Authorised and published by Emergency Management Victoria, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, 3000 Printed by: Dotprint, Springvale © State of Victoria 2015 You are free to re-use this work under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, provided you credit the State of Victoria (Emergency Management Victoria) as author, indicate if changes were made and comply with the other licence terms. The licence does not apply to any images, photographs or branding, including Government logos. ISBN 978-0-9944236-0-3 (Print) ISBN 978-0-9944236-1-0 (pdf) Published September 2015 If you would like to receive this publication in an accessible format, please email [email protected] This document is also available in Word/PDF format at www.emv.vic.gov.au Edition 5.1 – December 2016 Victorian Bushfire Handbook I Contents Contents State Context ...............................................................................................................1 State Strategic Control Priorities .......................................................................................................1 Principles of Emergency Management .........................................................................................2 Fire Preparedness ...................................................................................................................................3 Agencies Working Together as One Integrated Team .......................................................... 4 Victorian Emergency Management Arrangements .................................5 Tiers of Emergency Response Management ..............................................................................5 Major Emergencies ................................................................................................................................. 6 Emergency Management Commissioner ................................................................................... 6 Control, Command and Coordination ............................................................................................7 State Response Controller ...................................................................................................................7 Control and Command Arrangements for Bushfire .................................8 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 8 Definitions ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Objective for Bushfire Management in Victoria ....................................................................... 11 Control Arrangements for Bushfire ................................................................................................ 11 Support for the Line-of-Control ......................................................................................................12 Support for the EMC and State Response Controller ...........................................................13 Support for the Regional Controller ..............................................................................................15 Support for the Incident Controller ...............................................................................................16 Command...................................................................................................................................................18 Readiness and Response to Bushfire ............................................................ 19 Preparedness Arrangements ............................................................................................................19 Readiness Arrangements ...................................................................................................................19 Response Arrangements ...................................................................................................................20 Resource Management .......................................................................................................................21 II Victorian Bushfire Handbook Edition 5.1 – December 2016 Contents Incident Management .......................................................................................... 22 AIIMS Principles and Concepts .......................................................................................................22 AIIMS Structure ......................................................................................................................................24 Incident Controller ................................................................................................................................26 Deputy Incident Controller ...............................................................................................................27 Operations Officer ................................................................................................................................27 Division Commanders .........................................................................................................................27 Sector Commanders ............................................................................................................................29 Incident Objective .................................................................................................................................29 Incident Action Planning ................................................................................................................... 30 Incident Communications Planning ..............................................................................................32 Briefings .....................................................................................................................................................32 Local Knowledge ...................................................................................................................................34 Incident Status – Bushfires................................................................................................................35 Bushfire Classification .........................................................................................................................36 Transfer of Control ................................................................................................................................37 Situation Reporting (SITREPS) .......................................................................................................39 Critical Information Flow During an Escalating or Major Incident .................................39 Staging Areas ........................................................................................................................................ 40 Catering ..................................................................................................................................................... 40 Base Camps ..............................................................................................................................................41 Aircraft and Aviation ............................................................................................................................42 Traffic Management Points ...............................................................................................................43 Vulnerable People .................................................................................................................................46 Evacuation ................................................................................................................................................46 Impact Assessment ............................................................................................................................ 50 MFB Response Capability ..................................................................................................................51 VICSES Capability ................................................................................................................................52 Edition 5.1 – December 2016 Victorian Bushfire Handbook III Contents Information Systems ............................................................................................. 53 Emergency Management Portal ....................................................................................................53 Emergency Management Drive Business Rules .....................................................................53 Resource Requesting ...........................................................................................................................54 Public Information ................................................................................................ 55 Fire Danger Ratings .............................................................................................................................55 Provision of Warnings to the Community .................................................................................58 Warnings Levels and Templates .....................................................................................................58 Community Meetings ........................................................................................................................