Wellington Shire Municipal Flood Emergency Plan A Sub-Plan of the Municipal Emergency Management Plan Version 2.1 November 2018 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). It is recommended that Police also send an activation email to [email protected] Sale Police Station SENIOR SERGEANT 24 HOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER (03) 5142 2200 The Municipal Emergency Resource Officer (MERO) or one of the deputies (D/MERO) can also activate the MEMP: Wellington Shire Council MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY RESOURCE OFFICER 24 HOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER 1300 366 244 The Duty Officer will contact the Municipal Emergency Resource Officer (MERO) or one of the deputies (D/MERO) and request their assistance. To forward electronic versions of media releases/information updates to the MERO 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 2.1 November 2018 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 WEST GIPPSLAND FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ............................................................... 9 2.4 FLOOD INTELLIGENCE ................................................................................................................... 10 2.5 FLOOD WARNING SERVICES .......................................................................................................... 10 2.5.1 Total Flood Warning System Services ................................................................................................... 11 2.5.2 Clarifying accountabilities for each TFWS element ................................................................................ 11 2.5.3 FloodZoom ............................................................................................................................................. 12 2.6 FLASH FLOOD WARNING SERVICES................................................................................................. 12 2.7 STRUCTURAL FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................................................ 12 2.8 NON-STRUCTURAL FLOOD MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................ 13 2.8.1 Exercising the Plan ................................................................................................................................. 13 2.8.2 Flood Warning ........................................................................................................................................ 13 2.8.3 Flood Wardens ....................................................................................................................................... 13 PART 3. RESPONSE ARRANGEMENTS ............................................................................................. 15 3.1 RESPONSE TRIGGERS AND ACTIVATION ......................................................................................... 15 3.1.1 Activation of Response ........................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.2 Responsibilities ...................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.3 Escalation and Notification ..................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 STRATEGIC CONTROL PRIORITIES ................................................................................................. 15 Wellington Municipal Flood Emergency Plan – Version 2.1 November 2018 ii 3.3 COMMAND, CONTROL & COORDINATION ........................................................................................ 16 3.3.1 Control .................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.3.2 Incident Controller (IC) ........................................................................................................................... 16 3.3.3 Incident Control Centre (ICC) ................................................................................................................. 16 3.3.4 Incident Management Team (IMT) ......................................................................................................... 16 3.3.5 Emergency Management Team (EMT) .................................................................................................. 17 3.3.6 On Receipt of a Flood Watch / Severe Weather Warning ...................................................................... 17 3.3.7 On Receipt of the First and Subsequent Flood Warnings from the BOM .............................................. 18 3.4 COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND WARNINGS ................................................................................... 18 3.5 MEDIA COMMUNICATION ............................................................................................................... 19 3.6 IMPACT ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................... 19 3.7 EVACUATION ................................................................................................................................ 19 3.8 FLOOD RESCUE ............................................................................................................................ 19 3.9 AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................. 20 3.10 RESUPPLY .................................................................................................................................... 20 3.11 ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY PROTECTION ....................................... 20 3.12 ROAD CLOSURES ......................................................................................................................... 20 3.13 DAM FAILURE ............................................................................................................................... 21 3.14 WATER AND WASTEWATER RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES AND CRITICAL ASSETS ...................... 22 3.15 AFTER ACTION REVIEW................................................................................................................. 22 PART 4 EMERGENCY RELIEF & RECOVERY ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................... 23 4.1 GENERAL ........................................................................................................................................... 23 4.2 TRANSITION FROM RESPONSE TO RECOVERY ...................................................................................... 23 ATTACHMENT 01 AVON RIVER, PERRY RIVER ................................................................................ 25 ASSOCIATED REPORTS ...................................................................................................................... 28 ACCURACY & CONFIDENTIALITY ....................................................................................................... 28 APPENDIX A.02 – FLOOD THREATS ....................................................................................................