Identify facilities that can be used as cool spaces during heatwaves and establish linkages between operators and emergency management organisations

Develop flood evacuation plans for at risk communities.

Review coastal inundation evacuation and response plans.

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania collects data to allow regular and meaningful comparison of clinical outcomes at the regional level, to better allocate resources and to rapidly identify problems.

The report recommends that Ambulance Tasmania outline what KPIs are measured and provide targets or benchmarks to define what is good or poor performance.

The report recommends that regional summary reports of clinical reviews be standardised to facilitate review and comparison across regions.

That decisions to open Community Fire Refuges and evacuation centres be coordinated with Tasmania Police.

That Tasmania Police be identified as the lead agency on evacuations.

That arrangements are made and appropriate pre-planning occurs to effectively implement the policy on evacuation.

That qualifying the evacuation authority in section 47 of the Fire Service Act 1979 be considered — by exempting those people with a pecuniary interest in a property from a directed evacuation where it is reasonable for them to remain.

That a state-level policy on evacuations be developed in the emergency management plans, including specific requirements for vulnerable people and guidelines for its implementation.

That evacuation centres and other centres have plans and arrangements for electrical power redundancy.

Formation of a subcommittee of the DHHS Tasmanian Medical Retrieval Services Committee to identify risk exposures, system problems and potential solutions. The subcommittee should review data, problem cases, system issues and generate a risk register. Meetings should occur at least quarterly.