Exercise heatwave arrangements with a focus on the public administration sector and management of vulnerable people

Develop and exercise Severe Storm Emergency Management Plan.

Undertake inter-agency severe storm exercises.

Exercise time-critical decision making processes within the context of an earthquake scenario.

Review and exercise the Tasmanian Mass Vaccination Plan.

Develop, implement, review and exercise inter-agency community evacuation and recovery plans across the State.

Nuance the exercises for flood / dam-break / debris flow to incorporate consideration.

The Ministers for Health, Emergency Services, Environment and Police provide additional funds to their agencies so that a detailed exercise is held on a regular basis based on a disaster that will create the worst outcome for the State.

Emergency service agencies undertake more consultation and joint exercising involving the Fire and Emergency Services Authority, the Department of Environment, the Western Australian Police, the Department for Child Protection, local governments and volunteers – including Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades.
This should include field exercises which test:
- Evacuation centres
- Critical infrastructure (including at the local level)
- Traffic management, including road blocks.
Consideration should also be given to involving the community in exercising (see Recommendation 7) and using prescribed burns as exercises (see Recommendation 14).
More detailed planning for exercises should be included in a revised WESTPLANBUSHFIRE to be endorsed by the State Emergency Management Committee.