Inquiry Search
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC297-1261 | 28 - Personal responsibility | That heightened awareness and action is needed by communities when BoM issues flood watches and related warnings. Councils and SES need to facilitate this. |
REC297-1256 | 9 - Community education | That SES and Tasmania Fire Service share resources and align their community education programs and adopt an all-hazards approach to awareness. |
REC297-1251 | 9 - Community education | That all councils include an easily identifiable website link for the public to locate their Municipal Emergency Management Plan and community safety information. |
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REC295-1306 | 9 - Community education | Develop practical policy outcomes to support resilience (e.g. the 72- hour model) and promote this broadly to community through media, awareness campaigns, policies etc. Research should be undertaken to gain insight into the types of messaging and activities that have the most impact on sustained behaviour change within the community before committing to a particular model. |
REC295-1302 | 28 - Personal responsibility | That the State Emergency Service together with the Local Government Association and Country Fire Service establish a plan for coordinated provision of sandbags to the public, including options for what is provided, where and when, and the process for effective communication of availability to the public. |
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REC287-1186 | 9 - Community education | The Tasmanian fire agencies review: • their pre-season engagement with groups such as (but not limited to) environmental groups who might beneft from a greater understanding of fire management tactics, in order to inform them of and receive feedback on intended approaches to firefghting and fire management the work of the Public Information Section at incident management, regional and State level, to develop an increased appreciation of what information management might be most appropriate to serve the public interest in understanding the progress of the incident and to identify ways of providing surge capacity to resource effective information management in protracted and signifcant incidents. |
Rec-ID | Code | Recommendation |
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REC286-1466 | 9 - Community education | Develop and deliver earthquake hazard awareness products. |
REC286-2061 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Review and exercise the Tasmanian Mass Vaccination Plan. |
REC286-2083 | 9 - Community education | Enhance the community development program. |
REC286-1449 | 9 - Community education | Develop coastal inundation education materials that meet the needs of exposed communities. |
REC286-2039 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Nuance the exercises for flood / dam-break / debris flow to incorporate consideration. |
REC286-2075 | 9 - Community education | Develop and implement a community storm safe awareness program. |
REC286-1446 | 9 - Community education | Introduce child-centred household level disaster risk reduction strategies in school programs. |
REC286-2025 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Exercise heatwave arrangements with a focus on the public administration sector and management of vulnerable people |
REC286-2035 | 9 - Community education | Include heatwave in existing preparedness programs. |
REC286-1440 | 9 - Community education | Expand the existing Fire Ready Schools Program with enhanced support and incorporate other sites used by vulnerable groups. |
REC286-1464 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Exercise time-critical decision making processes within the context of an earthquake scenario. |
REC286-2034 | 9 - Community education | Improve community educational information. |
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. |
REC286-1439 | 9 - Community education | Continue the Community Bushfire Protection Program with a renewed focus on vulnerable groups. |
REC286-1445 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Develop, implement, review and exercise inter-agency community evacuation and recovery plans across the State. |
REC286-1476 | 9 - Community education | Develop and implement a targeted community flood awareness program. |
REC286-2082 | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Undertake inter-agency severe storm exercises. |
REC286-2085 | 9 - Community education | Up-skill isolated communities in emergency PPRR skills. |
REC286-1437 | 9 - Community education | Continue the Bushfire Ready Neighbourhoods Program. |
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REC247-0943 | 9 - Community education | That a bushfire community education and information strategy be professionally developed and coordinated across the fire authorities by Tasmania Fire Service. |
REC247-0891 | 9 - Community education | That emergency management plans specifically include processes for effectively engaging with local communities and using community resources, including volunteers. |
REC247-0944 | 9 - Community education | That the State Emergency Management Committee develops and coordinates a whole-of-government community resilience strategy for emergencies in a form that can be practically implemented, as a priority. |
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REC122-3797 | 9 - Community education | The Committee recommends that the Native Vegetation Council continue to seek mechanisms to interact with, and educate the individual farmer and landholder with respect to the Native Vegetation Act, its regulations and exemptions. |
REC122-3796 | 9 - Community education | The Committee recommends that the government undertake public education programs to increase the awareness of the community to bushfires, the role fire plays in ecosystems and what steps they should take to minimise the impact of a fire. |