Inquiry Search
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC286-1434 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Improve the strategic resource-to-risk skills mix (recruitment, retention, capacity), including investigating difference models of volunteering within the TFS Brigade Network. |
REC286-1435 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Monitor effectiveness of new Land Use Planning and Building System reforms to evaluate effectiveness of delivering desired outcomes. |
REC286-1436 | 4 - Fire season preparation | Continue the development and implementation of community level Bushfire Mitigation Plans. |
REC286-1437 | 9 - Community education | Continue the Bushfire Ready Neighbourhoods Program. |
REC286-1438 | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Consider outcomes of national review of warnings and review resilience of warning systems’ infrastructure. |
REC286-1439 | 9 - Community education | Continue the Community Bushfire Protection Program with a renewed focus on vulnerable groups. |
REC286-1440 | 9 - Community education | Expand the existing Fire Ready Schools Program with enhanced support and incorporate other sites used by vulnerable groups. |
REC286-1441 | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | Continue the Fuel Reduction Program. |
REC286-1442 | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Review legislation relating to Fuel Stove only areas, Fire Permit System and Total Fire Bans to ensure appropriate incentives to modify individuals’ behaviour. |
REC286-1443 | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | Build capacity to enable Incident Management Teams to manage the likely increased frequency and intensity of major fire events. |
REC286-1444 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Maintain adequate seasonal fire crew resources across the fire agencies. |
REC286-1445 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Develop, implement, review and exercise inter-agency community evacuation and recovery plans across the State. |
REC286-1446 | 9 - Community education | Introduce child-centred household level disaster risk reduction strategies in school programs. |
REC286-1447 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Assess vulnerability of ecosystems and species to coastal inundation. |
REC286-1448 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Utilise coastal mapping to assess need for coastal defences. |
REC286-1449 | 9 - Community education | Develop coastal inundation education materials that meet the needs of exposed communities. |
REC286-1450 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Improve the understanding of the vulnerability of critical infrastructure. |
REC286-1451 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Include consideration of coastal inundation in land use planning for new developments and uses. |
REC286-1452 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Improve understanding of the allocation of ownership across government, business and individuals. |
REC286-1453 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Review building controls to ensure they are adaptive to changing coastal inundation risks. |
REC286-1454 | 11 - Evacuation and shelters | Review coastal inundation evacuation and response plans. |
REC286-1455 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Assess options for managed coastal retreat. |
REC286-1456 | 26 - Research | Improve understanding of the weather systems that cause storm surge events to improve predictability and warnings. |
REC286-1457 | 26 - Research | Improve understanding of how coastal inundation events interact with riverine flood events. |
REC286-1458 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Make coastal mapping available to public. |
REC286-1459 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Improve beach morphology mapping to understand coastal inundation, including post-event surveys. |
REC286-1460 | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Review seismic monitoring network alert systems to ensure emergency managers are on the contact lists. |
REC286-1461 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Review all hazards response and recovery plans to ensure they address likely earthquake consequences. |
REC286-1462 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop a strategic plan for the operation and management of the seismic monitoring network in Tasmania. |
REC286-1463 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Develop enablers and capacity for Tasmanian earthquake risk owners. |
REC286-1464 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Exercise time-critical decision making processes within the context of an earthquake scenario. |
REC286-1465 | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Improve the coordination and delivery of the National seismic monitoring program. |
REC286-1466 | 9 - Community education | Develop and deliver earthquake hazard awareness products. |
REC286-1467 | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Review the allocation of responsibilities for earthquake risk management. |
REC286-1468 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Identify and anlalyse the location of critical infrastructure within defined flood areas. |
REC286-1469 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Actively manage riparian vegetation to manage flood dynamics. |
REC286-1470 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Integrate Storage Operating Rules with downstream flood response plans. |
REC286-1471 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Promote the use of Water Sensitive Urban Design in stormwater systems. |
REC286-1472 | 11 - Evacuation and shelters | Develop flood evacuation plans for at risk communities. |
REC286-1473 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Develop a statewide flood hazard map for use within the Tasmanian Planning System. |
REC286-1474 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Raised access routes. |
REC286-1475 | 8 - Communications and warnings | Integrate existing capabilities into a Total Flood Warning System. |
REC286-1476 | 9 - Community education | Develop and implement a targeted community flood awareness program. |
REC286-1477 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Develop and deliver flood incident response management training to SES personnel. |
REC286-1478 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Review environmental risks associated with hazardous uses within flood prone areas. |
REC286-1479 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Ensure appropriate levels of insurance of public assets from flood risks. |
REC286-1480 | 26 - Research | Deliver Flood Studies. |
REC286-1481 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Integrate clean-up arrangements into emergency plans. |
REC286-2013 | 16 - Training and behaviour | State to develop a Swift Water rescue capability. |
REC286-2014 | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Integrate non-government entities into emergency response and recovery arrangements. |
REC286-2015 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Build flood capable infrastructure. |
REC286-2016 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Review legal liability of participants in prevention and mitigation preparedness, response and recovery activities. |
REC286-2017 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Improve maintenance of flood mitigation infrastructure. |
REC286-2018 | 12 - EM agency and authority | Review flood response sustainment capacity of organisations. |
REC286-2019 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Assess water supply resilience in the case of an interruption. |
REC286-2020 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Improve insurance affordability. |
REC286-2021 | 40 - Equipment and consumables | Review temporary bridge stockpile for adequacy (DSG). |
REC286-2022 | 12 - EM agency and authority | Increase SES Capability and Capacity to respond to flood event. |
REC286-2023 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Locate and design new public infrastructure so that it can continue to operate during flood events. |
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 |
REC286-2025 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Exercise heatwave arrangements with a focus on the public administration sector and management of vulnerable people |
REC286-2026 | 11 - Evacuation and shelters | Identify facilities that can be used as cool spaces during heatwaves and establish linkages between operators and emergency management organisations |
REC286-2027 | 8 - Communications and warnings | Develop arrangements to identify and communicate with people vulnerable to heat stress |
REC286-2028 | 8 - Communications and warnings | Review community information and warning systems to ensure they cater for heatwave messages |
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) |
REC286-2030 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop innovative response models of patient care to improve surge capacity. |
REC286-2031 | 10 - Infrastructure | Improve information about electricity demand during heatwaves. |
REC286-2032 | 26 - Research | Quantify the effect of heatwaves on vulnerable people. |
REC286-2033 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Incorporate heatwave surge response planning into business continuity planning. |
REC286-2034 | 9 - Community education | Improve community educational information. |
REC286-2035 | 9 - Community education | Include heatwave in existing preparedness programs. |
REC286-2036 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Provide information on landslide hazards and risks to decision makers. |
REC286-2037 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Make property level information on landslide hazards publicly available |
REC286-2038 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Monitor effectiveness of new Land Use Planning reforms to evaluate effectiveness of delivering desired outcomes. |
REC286-2039 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Nuance the exercises for flood / dam-break / debris flow to incorporate consideration. |
REC286-2040 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Further development of Landslide Hazard Banding of the State (MRT). |
REC286-2041 | 22 - Role of local Gvt | Development mechanisms to support small councils to manage treatment across the PPRR spectrum (across all hazards). |
REC286-2042 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Increased regulation of landslide risk assessment. |
REC286-2043 | 22 - Role of local Gvt | Assessment of council’s capacity to manage land effectively. |
REC286-2044 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Develop linkages between landslide risk assessors and building engineers/structural works. |
REC286-2045 | 26 - Research | Investigate the potential effectiveness of economic and financial mechanisms to manage the risk appetites of land owners. |
REC286-2046 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Incentivising safer sites (charge people less rates and discounts for defensive actions by land managers). |
REC286-2047 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Raise public awareness of the limitations of general insurance relating to landslide. |
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. |
REC286-2049 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Pro-actively manage landslide areas. |
REC286-2050 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Ensure landuse planning and building systems, including appeal mechanisms, are transparent, equitable and integrated at the municipal, State and national levels. |
REC286-2051 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | Establish arrangements to enable the buy-back of specified landslip prone land. |
REC286-2052 | 22 - Role of local Gvt | Undertake local level emergency management planning for areas at risk of debris flow. |
REC286-2053 | 40 - Equipment and consumables | Personal protective equipment (masks, gowns, gloves, goggles) – enhance stocktake methods. |
REC286-2054 | 40 - Equipment and consumables | Personal protective equipment (masks, gowns, gloves, goggles) – review supply/distribution arrangements. |
REC286-2055 | 29 - Operational Health and Safety | Personal protective equipment (masks, gowns, gloves, goggles) – review fit-testing vs fit-checking. |
REC286-2056 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Review Ambulance Tasmania surge capacity. |
REC286-2057 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Provide training sessions to GPs to improve their understanding of their roles, options and obligations relating to human influenza pandemic. |
REC286-2058 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Clarify the relationship between the DHHS and THS in the establishment of flu services. |
REC286-2059 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Enhance business continuity planning by the Tasmanian Health Service. |
REC286-2060 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop a flexible plan for establishing flu-specific services. |
REC286-2061 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Review and exercise the Tasmanian Mass Vaccination Plan. |
REC286-2062 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Review State Special Emergency Plan: Human Influenza Pandemic Emergencies. |
REC286-2063 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Review Tas Govt interoperability arrangements. |
REC286-2064 | 35 - Business and Industry in relation to industry | Encourage businesses to consider human influenza pandemics in business continuity planning. |
REC286-2065 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Deliver human influenza pandemic training and exercises in THS and other key organisations. |
REC286-2066 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Advocate for an National Notifiable Diseases Database. |
REC286-2067 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Improve integration of health information systems. |
REC286-2068 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Develop a disaster client record system. |
REC286-2069 | 24 - Govt responsibility | Implement a database management approach for notifiable disease record systems. |
REC286-2070 | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Test the Biosecurity Act 2015. |
REC286-2071 | 29 - Operational Health and Safety | Implement a social marking program to promote improved respiratory etiquette and hygiene. |
REC286-2072 | 35 - Business and Industry in relation to industry | Relax the requirement for medical certificates in the event of an outbreak. |
REC286-2073 | 16 - Training and behaviour | Ensure people designing and certifying buildings are appropriately trained and qualified. |
REC286-2074 | 8 - Communications and warnings | Continue the enhancement of forecast and warning services. |
REC286-2075 | 9 - Community education | Develop and implement a community storm safe awareness program. |
REC286-2076 | 36 - Volunteers | Review volunteering arrangements to improve recruitment and retention. |
REC286-2077 | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Improve working relationship with the insurance industry to access impact information. |
REC286-2078 | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Review interagency information sharing arrangements. |
REC286-2079 | 26 - Research | Develop capacity to utilise the new high-resolution satellite products now available. |
REC286-2080 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Formalise response triage arrangements. |
REC286-2081 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Engage with industry bodies to explore opportunities to better understand and manage risks. |
REC286-2082 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Undertake inter-agency severe storm exercises. |
REC286-2083 | 9 - Community education | Enhance the community development program. |
REC286-2084 | 10 - Infrastructure | Establish emergency services ICT redundancy arrangements for damage loss of communications infrastructure. |
REC286-2085 | 9 - Community education | Up-skill isolated communities in emergency PPRR skills. |
REC286-2086 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Develop SOP for recovery package. |
REC286-2087 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Develop and exercise Severe Storm Emergency Management Plan. |
REC286-2088 | 9 - Community education | Develop a community education strategy for when to call 000, 131 444, and 132 500. |
REC286-2089 | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Identify and analyse statewide storm hazard risk. |
REC286-2090 | 26 - Research | Increase understanding of the Puysegur Trench dynamics to improve certainty around the likelihood and magnitude of future Tsunamis. |
REC286-2091 | 37 - Funding | Investigate the costs and benefits in enhancing the current Tsunami detection buoy network. |
REC286-2092 | 26 - Research | Investigate usefulness of satellite data for PPRR (prevention, preparedness, response, recovery) planning. |
REC286-2092 | 37 - Funding | Ensure sufficient investment in controls across the PPRR spectrum with a focus on Prevention and Mitigation. |
REC286-2093 | 37 - Funding | Investigate the costs and benefits in enhancing the current Tsunami warning arrangements with signage and audible warning systems at key exposed locations (e.g. Port Arthur and Kingston Beach). |
REC286-2094 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Deliver updated inundation mapping. |
REC286-2095 | 37 - Funding | Investigate the costs and benefits of delivering a public education and awareness program. |
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. |
REC286-2097 | 13 - Mapping and data quality | Extend current tsunami maritime hazard modelling project to deliver coastal inundation modelling. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC166-2999 | 35 - Business and Industry in relation to industry | That Aurora ensure that regular audits are conducted of all electrical systems of all commercial buildings to confirm that they comply with modern standards. |
REC166-3000 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Tasmania Fire Service establish clear systems and protocols for dealing with fires. |
REC166-3001 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the Tasmania Fire Service provide further training in respect to sprinkler systems, namely: |
REC166-3002 | 16 - Training and behaviour | That the Tasmania Fire Service provide additional training in the use of thermal camera imaging: |
REC166-3003 | 12 - EM agency and authority | That the Tasmania Fire Service provide additional training in power disconnection and improvements in communication between Tasmania Fire Service and Aurora: |
REC166-3004 | 17 - Assets and technology | That the Tasmania Fire Service consider improvements in radio units installed in breathing apparatus: |
REC166-3005 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | That the Coroner prepare a discussion paper and draft guidelines for the clarification of investigative roles of the Tasmania Police Service, the Tasmania Fire Service, and the Coroners Office for adoption in relation to future fires where a Coroner’s Inquest is established. |
REC166-3006 | 20 - Role of police | That the recommendations contained in the Police Operational Debrief Report of 22 October 2007 to 7 November 2007, submitted to the Coroner, be further considered by the Tasmania Police for adoption where considered appropriate by Tasmania Police. |
REC166-3007 | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | That Tasmania Fire Service implement Recommendation 5 above; and that Aurora continue to co-operate with that Service. |
REC166-3008 | 1 - Land-use and building regs | That any building fitted with heat-activated closing devices or fire and smoke doors be assessed to establish if it constitutes a fire hazard under section 165 of the Building Act 2000 and that, where appropriate, such doors be replaced with smoke activated doors. |
REC166-3009 | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | That the Tasmania Fire Service conduct an audit of all shopping centres to ensure that there exists within those centres adequate fire protection and evacuation systems. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC008-3984 | 16 - Training and behaviour | The Commission recommends that the live parts of resistances should be fixed so that no unprotected combustible material is within 6ins of the frames or cases containing them or within 24ins measured vertically above. |
REC008-3985 | 17 - Assets and technology | The Commission recommends that conductors carrying currents at medium pressure should not be encased in wood in damp places. |
REC008-3986 | 17 - Assets and technology | The Commission recommends that every precaution be taken to keep water off electrical machinery. |
REC008-3987 | 17 - Assets and technology | The Commission recommends that systematic tests be made and recorded of apparatus and circuits as a precaution against fire and so that any gradual deterioration of the system may be detected. |
REC008-3988 | 40 - Equipment and consumables | The Commission recommends that buckets of sand or other apparatus for extinguishing fire be kept in any chamber where high powered electricity is used. |
REC008-3989 | 17 - Assets and technology | The Commission recommends that there be continuous supervision of every chamber in which electrical machinery is worked by currents of medium pressure. |
REC008-3990 | 16 - Training and behaviour | The Commission recommends that more than one means of exit should be provided in every mine from every level of it to the surface; and that the miners should be kept informed where they are situated. |
REC008-3991 | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | The Commission recommends that the provisios of section 185 of the "Mining Act 1905" relating to exits from coal mines be extended to metalliferous mines employing more than 20 men in any one shift. |