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Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC286-1480 | 26 - Research | Deliver Flood Studies. |
REC286-2054 | 40 - Equipment and consumables | Personal protective equipment (masks, gowns, gloves, goggles) – review supply/distribution arrangements. |
REC286-2096 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Review current all-hazards emergency management arrangements to evaluate if they adequately address Tsunami response and recovery requirements. |
REC286-2021 | 40 - Equipment and consumables | Review temporary bridge stockpile for adequacy (DSG). |
REC286-2063 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Review Tas Govt interoperability arrangements. |
REC286-1458 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Make coastal mapping available to public. |
REC286-2033 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Incorporate heatwave surge response planning into business continuity planning. |
REC286-2079 | 26 - Research | Develop capacity to utilise the new high-resolution satellite products now available. |
REC286-1479 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Ensure appropriate levels of insurance of public assets from flood risks. |
REC286-2053 | 40 - Equipment and consumables | Personal protective equipment (masks, gowns, gloves, goggles) – enhance stocktake methods. |
REC286-2094 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Deliver updated inundation mapping. |
REC286-2020 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Improve insurance affordability. |
REC286-2062 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Review State Special Emergency Plan: Human Influenza Pandemic Emergencies. |
REC286-1457 | 26 - Research | Improve understanding of how coastal inundation events interact with riverine flood events. |
REC286-2032 | 26 - Research | Quantify the effect of heatwaves on vulnerable people. |
REC286-2077 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Improve working relationship with the insurance industry to access impact information. |
REC286-1473 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Develop a statewide flood hazard map for use within the Tasmanian Planning System. |
REC286-2048 | 26 - Research | Conduct research into changes of owners’ and occupiers stated and revealed risk tolerance and preference for treatment measures before and after natural hazard events. |
REC286-2092 | 26 - Research | Investigate usefulness of satellite data for PPRR (prevention, preparedness, response, recovery) planning. |
REC286-2019 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Assess water supply resilience in the case of an interruption. |
REC286-2060 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop a flexible plan for establishing flu-specific services. |
REC286-1456 | 26 - Research | Improve understanding of the weather systems that cause storm surge events to improve predictability and warnings. |
REC286-2030 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop innovative response models of patient care to improve surge capacity. |
REC286-2069 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Implement a database management approach for notifiable disease record systems. |
REC286-1470 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Integrate Storage Operating Rules with downstream flood response plans. |
REC286-2047 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Raise public awareness of the limitations of general insurance relating to landslide. |
REC286-2090 | 26 - Research | Increase understanding of the Puysegur Trench dynamics to improve certainty around the likelihood and magnitude of future Tsunamis. |
REC286-2016 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Review legal liability of participants in prevention and mitigation preparedness, response and recovery activities. |
REC286-2059 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Enhance business continuity planning by the Tasmanian Health Service. |
REC286-2029 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Create a stakeholder plan template to aid heatwave preparedness and response in facilities occupied by people vulnerable to heatwaves (e.g. nursing homes) |
REC286-2068 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Develop a disaster client record system. |
REC286-1462 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop a strategic plan for the operation and management of the seismic monitoring network in Tasmania. |
REC286-2045 | 26 - Research | Investigate the potential effectiveness of economic and financial mechanisms to manage the risk appetites of land owners. |
REC286-2086 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop SOP for recovery package. |
REC286-1481 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Integrate clean-up arrangements into emergency plans. |
REC286-2058 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Clarify the relationship between the DHHS and THS in the establishment of flu services. |
REC286-2097 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Extend current tsunami maritime hazard modelling project to deliver coastal inundation modelling. |
REC286-2024 | 26 - Research | Improve knowledge and understanding of the effect heatwaves coinciding with other hazard events have on the effectiveness and capability of response and recovery capabilities |
REC286-2067 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Improve integration of health information systems. |
REC286-1459 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Improve beach morphology mapping to understand coastal inundation, including post-event surveys. |
REC286-2042 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Increased regulation of landslide risk assessment. |
REC286-2080 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Formalise response triage arrangements. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC285-2523 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania regularly reviews its emergency and urgent determinants methodology to ensure that it continues to be best practice and in accordance with requirements of the National Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC245-2594 | 17 - Assets and technology | That the network managers produce business cases for all major upgrades. |
REC245-2593 | 17 - Assets and technology | That network managers develop and document strategic plans for the management of their radio networks. |
REC245-2598 | 24 - Govt responsibility | That government considers the establishment of a separate unit to implement and operate a Whole of Government network if existing stakeholders fail to make significant progress toward an agreed Whole of Government solution. |
REC245-2591 | 17 - Assets and technology | That until the outcome of the Whole of Government project is complete (and interoperability is achieved), emergency services should investigate and implement methods for further improving interoperability. |
REC245-2597 | 17 - Assets and technology | That the project team become independent from any of the entities involved in the Whole of Government network. |
REC245-2596 | 24 - Govt responsibility | That the Whole of Government project’s objectives should include meeting entity requirements and the consultant be asked to reevaluate the revised set of objectives. |
REC245-2595 | 17 - Assets and technology | That stakeholders involved with the Whole of Government radio project re-engage positively to ensure a solution to the current impasse is achieved in the best interests of the stakeholders and the State as a whole. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC140-3564 | 17 - Assets and technology | The medical equipment used in retrieval and air ambulance duties undertaken by helicopter and fixed wing must be standardised. |
REC140-3556 | 17 - Assets and technology | The use of hospital transport vehicles to support retrieval operations be investigated. |
REC140-3563 | 17 - Assets and technology | An additional secure emergency oxygen supply source to be located in the BK 117 helicopter. An internal supply is preferred. |
REC140-3575 | 24 - Govt responsibility | The preferred model for the Tasmanian Medical Retrieval Services is to have TMRS and NETS staff based in RHH. The fixed wing would remain based in Launceston (for the present) with the helicopter to remain based in Hobart. |
REC140-3561 | 17 - Assets and technology | Development of a helipad at Mersey Hospital. |
REC140-3573 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Databases with a common minimum data set complete with incident monitoring should be established for TAS Air Ambulance, TMRS and NETS missions. |
REC140-3560 | 17 - Assets and technology | RHH requires a helipad. Plans to rebuild RHH must include a helipad at its earliest stage of conception. |
REC140-3572 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | A DHHS website be developed to list policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to critical care retrieval including the NETS policies. |
REC140-3559 | 17 - Assets and technology | A service level agreement is negotiated with the Police department that will cover access, tasking, price, equipment and staffing. This will enable a more strategic use of the helicopter. |
REC140-3565 | 17 - Assets and technology | The TMRS medical equipment inventory requires an overhaul. The TMRS medical equipment should be located with the TMRS team. |
REC140-3558 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | DHHS need to confirm adequate accident insurance coverage for staff working in retrieval medicine. Coverage specific to helicopter and fixed wing duties is required. |