INQ226
Recommendations for this Inquiry
INQ-ref | REC-UID | CODE | SubCode | SrcNUM | Recommendation |
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INQ226 | REC226-0541 | B - Preparedness | 4 - Fire season preparation | 1 | Experienced forecasters and fire behaviour experts should be embedded in DEC at least at a state level to ensure that fire risks are properly understood by decision makers. |
INQ226 | REC226-0550 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 10 | Greater investment in training on specific functions within the AIIMS structure will improve the support provided to the Incident Controller. |
INQ226 | REC226-0551 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 11 | As presently implemented, the AIIMS planning role is under-developed and provides insufficient support to the Incident Controller. |
INQ226 | REC226-0552 | C - Response | 7 - Inter-agency communication | 12 | Communications planning for geographic regions with recognised black spots and specific communications challenges should be prepared in advance of an emergency in order to support the IMT Communications Planning Officer |
INQ226 | REC226-0553 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | 13 | Rolling risk assessment conducted during ignition of prescribed burns should identify whether an escape is likely to develop into a Level 3 incident. As soon as possible after it has been identified that the escape cannot be contained, the incident should be declared a Level 3. |
INQ226 | REC226-0554 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 14 | For incidents of this complexity, effective control in the critical phase (first 24-36 hours of the fire) requires an appropriately resourced IMT. |
INQ226 | REC226-0555 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 15 | The state should identify the number of fully trained, experienced and accredited Level 3 Incident Controllers required to be available at any time and establish a process for identification of suitable personnel, ongoing training and accreditation. |
INQ226 | REC226-0556 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 16 | Within the AIIMS IMT doctrine the roles of the Incident Controller and Deputy Incident Controllers should be defined and well-practiced. |
INQ226 | REC226-0557 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 17 | An intensive exercise/training program should be developed and maintained across agencies to identify and establish a pool of current Incident Controllers who are capable of managing a Level 3 incident. |
INQ226 | REC226-0558 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 18 | Predetermined locations for Level 3 IMTs should be reviewed and adequately resourced with necessary communications and IT capacity. |
INQ226 | REC226-0559 | A - Responsibility | 22 - Role of local Gvt | 19 | Early contact with the LG A is critical. |
INQ226 | REC226-0542 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | 2 | A risk management approach is needed which considers risks both inside the prescribed burn and the risks that will need to be managed if the fire escapes. This risk assessment should be dynamic in line with the four day and seven day weather forecast. |
INQ226 | REC226-0560 | C - Response | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | 20 | There would be value in progressively aligning the geographical boundaries of emergency management agencies and co-locating where possible within regions and districts. |
INQ226 | REC226-0561 | C - Response | 34 - Local knowledge | 21 | Suitably experienced local representatives should be engaged to provide advice to the IMT in all Level 2 and Level 3 incidents at the earliest opportunity. |
INQ226 | REC226-0562 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 22 | Opportunities be sought to utilise local government representatives in other areas of the IMT particularly in public information or other community related functions. |
INQ226 | REC226-0563 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 23 | Procedures to relocate IMTs need to be established in doctrine and exercised to ensure continuity of control. |
INQ226 | REC226-0564 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 24 | The expected scenario, with a view to the worst-case scenario should provide the basis for an IAP. |
INQ226 | REC226-0565 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 25 | Contingency planning is a critical function in the early stages of an escalating incident, and should provide the foundation of an IAP. |
INQ226 | REC226-0566 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 26 | Incident Controllers should be supported by a planning function that combines experienced weather forecasters, fire behaviour experts and local knowledge. |
INQ226 | REC226-0567 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 27 | IMTs need to establish early and effective liaison with Local Governments. |
INQ226 | REC226-0568 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | 28 | State-wide all agency reporting should be established to facilitate the interactions of emergency management agencies, support agencies and governments. |
INQ226 | REC226-0569 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | 29 | Section 13 arrangements need to be clarified across key agencies. |
INQ226 | REC226-0543 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | 3 | There should be clearly established criteria for burns which are specially challenging, and these criteria need to extend beyond the intended boundaries of the prescribed burn. |
INQ226 | REC226-0570 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 30 | Logistics and resource officers in IMTs need to collaborate and establish full awareness and control over the available resources. |
INQ226 | REC226-0571 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | 31 | A review of the manner in which resourcing is conducted across all agencies needs to occur with a review identifying the best manner to ensure all agencies adapt to the same process. |
INQ226 | REC226-0572 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 32 | Contingency planning before the fire may have supported the IMT in recognising and seizing strategic opportunities earlier. |
INQ226 | REC226-0573 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 33 | Strategic direction seeks to identify and resource those areas of tactical action that offer the greatest advantage. |
INQ226 | REC226-0574 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 34 | Clear direction to divisional and sector commanders and a common communications platform enables maximum return to be gained from the application of tactical resources and this rests on good incident action planning, and good command and control. |
INQ226 | REC226-0575 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 35 | In multi-agency responses the culture, training and equipment characteristics of each of the agencies should be considered in their employment. |
INQ226 | REC226-0576 | F - Research and technology | 13 - Mapping and data quality | 36 | Better maps are required for urban/rural interface fires |
INQ226 | REC226-0577 | C - Response | 7 - Inter-agency communication | 37 | A system of vehicle tracking should be fitted to all fire appliances and linked to the common operating picture. Good communications planning is essential for good command and control. |
INQ226 | REC226-0578 | C - Response | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | 38 | There would be benefit in progressively aligning the geographic boundaries of each of the agencies and seeking to co-locate their headquarters within those boundaries. |
INQ226 | REC226-0579 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | 39 | Legislative change may be needed to enable FES A to better manage fire- fighting resources across the state. |
INQ226 | REC226-0544 | B - Preparedness | 5 - Hazard reduction burns | 4 | Prescribed burns which meet the ‘red flag’ criteria should have mandated risk Establish risk management criteria for management criteria imposed. |
INQ226 | REC226-0580 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | 40 | The role of district and local emergency management committees should be reviewed to ensure they are appropriately engaged in the active management of emergencies across the PPR R continuum |
INQ226 | REC226-0581 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | 41 | Increased acceptance of mutual obligations will be fundamental to the management of fire risk across the state |
INQ226 | REC226-0582 | F - Research and technology | 17 - Assets and technology | 42 | The state should progressively align on a shared platform, such as WebEOC, to establish a COP [Common Operating Picture or Platform?]. |
INQ226 | REC226-0583 | F - Research and technology | 17 - Assets and technology | 43 | The state should converge on a single communications platform for all emergency management and support agencies. |
INQ226 | REC226-0584 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 44 | Reporting and control should be through the incident chain of command and not through agency chains of command |
INQ226 | REC226-0585 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 45 | DEC’s fire management expertise should be augmented by multi-agency IMTs that incorporate the expertise of other agencies and in fast developing situations the appropriate decisions will need to be made early. |
INQ226 | REC226-0586 | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 46 | At Level 3, the available fire management expertise should be applied overwhelmingly to the fire management aspects of emergency management, possibly in incident control, and certainly in situations planning and operations roles. |
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INQ226 | REC226-0587 | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | 47 | To be effective, multi-agency IMTs will need to be exercised regularly and supported by sound and comprehensive doctrine. |
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INQ226 | REC226-0588 | C - Response | 8 - Communications and warnings | 48 | Timely alerts and updates to the community are essential. |
INQ226 | REC226-0589 | C - Response | 8 - Communications and warnings | 49 | The process for initiating and releasing State Alert messages requires review. |
INQ226 | REC226-0545 | F - Research and technology | 26 - Research | 5 | Improved understanding of fire behaviour in coastal heathlands would support sound risk management through the southwest of W |
INQ226 | REC226-0590 | C - Response | 8 - Communications and warnings | 50 | Expand the exploitation of social media, including graphical content for state alerts and warnings. Consider increasing the graphical content of web-based warnings. |
INQ226 | REC226-0591 | C - Response | 8 - Communications and warnings | 51 | Radio bulletins need to be up to date and time stamped. Where social media is used the messages need to be up to date and accurate. Websites need to be up to date and accurate. |
INQ226 | REC226-0592 | C - Response | 11 - Evacuation and shelters | 52 | Decisions on evacuations need to be made early enough for people to be fully informed, prepared and to move to a place of greater safety. Failure to conduct good planning can create situations where loss of life can occur |
INQ226 | REC226-0593 | A - Responsibility | 22 - Role of local Gvt | 53 | Good Local Government planning and management facilitates community resilience. |
INQ226 | REC226-0594 | D - Recovery | 33 - Relief and recovery | 54 | Procedures to resolve issues surrounding financial assistance need to be reviewed to ensure they are as smooth, fast and transparent as possible possible. Review and streamline current financial relief procedures. |