TitleLong
Improving Emergency Response at Melbourne Airport
Year
InquiryType
DisasterType
State
Status
INQ123
Recommendations for this Inquiry
| INQ-ref | REC-UID | CODE | SubCode | SrcNUM | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INQ123 | REC123-3874 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 1 | Melbourne Airport Emergency Planning Committee review the Airport Emergency Plan to confirm that planning and response arrangements appropriately consider the protection of public safety, the current security environment and the timely restoration of airport operations, and that it is consistent |
| INQ123 | REC123-3875 | C - Response | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Recommendation 2 | Melbourne Airport Emergency Planning Committee review the Airport Emergency Plan to ensure the capabilities of agencies are adequately documented and understood by all stakeholders, and that all agencies including airlines are represented at the appropriate organisational level on the Airport Eme |
| INQ123 | REC123-3876 | C - Response | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Recommendation 3 | Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting service review and enhance the existing mutual response Memorandum of Agreement to provide more timely notification and therefore immediate access to appropriate resources to respond to emergencies. |
| INQ123 | REC123-3877 | A - Responsibility | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Recommendation 4 | All agencies review formal and informal incident notification processes to ensure they support the earliest possible reporting of emergencies to all stakeholders involved in the Airport Emergency Plan and in so doing, ensure early access to specialist advice and support. |
| INQ123 | REC123-3878 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 5 | Melbourne Airport management, the emergency services and airlines develop risk based tactical plans that, where safe and appropriate, allow the staged or progressive closure or re-opening of terminal space to support continuity of airport operations during emergencies. |
| INQ123 | REC123-3879 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 6 | Melbourne Airport Emergency Planning Committee review the Airport Emergency Plan, to consider the use of alternative locations for staging, evacuation, assembly and incident coordination, to increase separation of emergency operations from non emergency activity be adopted. |
| INQ123 | REC123-3880 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 7 | Victoria Police, Melbourne Airport management, airlines and emergency services develop a Memorandum of Understanding for media coordination and public communications at Melbourne Airport that documents the responsibility for media coordination during emergencies to Victoria Police. |
| INQ123 | REC123-3881 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 8 | Reference to the Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting service in Part 6 of the Emergency Management Manual Victoria, table of control and support agencies, be extended to include its responsibility for hazardous materials emergencies at the airport. |
| INQ123 | REC123-3882 | B - Preparedness | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Recommendation 9 | The Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner convene a working group of key emergency services and emergency management agencies to develop a flow chart based on scenario testing, to support decision making and the assessment of response requirements to medical, hazardous materials and CBR e |