Victoria’s new emergency management arrangementsCain Trist

General Manager - Operations & Response

cain.trist@emv.vic.gov.au

Presentation outline

• Emergency Management Act 2013

• Emergency Management Victoria (EMV)

• Emergency response

• Emergency relief and recovery

• Emergency Management Manual Victoria

• EMV Operations and Response Unit

• State Control Centre

• EMportal and EM-COP

Emergency Management Act 2013

• Commenced on 1 July 2014

• Primary focus is on governance aspects of EM reform

• It establishes:» State Crisis and Resilience Council (SCRC)» Emergency Management Victoria (EMV)» Emergency Management Commissioner (EMC)» Chief Executive EMV (CE)» Inspector-General for EM (IGEM)

EMV structure

Emergency response arrangements

Emergency Management Commissioner• Coordinates response to major emergencies

• Ensures appropriate control arrangements are in place and working effectively during Class 1 and Class 2 emergencies (i.e. major emergencies)

• Appoints a State Response Controller for Class 1 emergencies

• Directs the appointment of a State Controller, if one not appointed, for Class 2 emergencies

• Manages State Control Centre

• Advises Minister/Government on major emergencies

• Manages the consequences of major emergencies

• Coordinates recovery activities

• Sets operational standards and procedures

Class 1 and Class 2 emergencies

Class 1 emergency means—(a) a major fire; or(b) any other major emergency for which the MFB, CFA or VICSES is the

control agency under the state emergency response plan.

Class 2 emergency means a major emergency which is not—(a) a Class 1 emergency; or(b) a warlike act or act of terrorism, whether directed at Victoria or a

part of Victoria or at any other State or Territory of the Commonwealth; or

(c) a hi-jack, siege or riot;

State Emergency Response Plan (SERP)

• Minister has delegated preparation of SERP to EMC (effective 1 July 2014)

• Revised SERP approved by EMC on 8 July 2014

• Contains consequential changes due to EM Act 2013

• ‘Cosmetic’ changes for readability and flow

• Incorporates amendments resulting from recent events, including Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry

• Full review and revision to follow in 2014/15

• Minister has delegated preparation of SERRP to the EMC (effective 1 July 2014)

• Review and updating through multi-agency working group facilitated by DHS with support from EMV

• Consequential changes due to EM Act 2013

• ‘Cosmetic’ changes for readability and flow

• EMC should approve revised SERRP in late September to take effect from 1 November 2014

• Full review and revision to follow in 2014/15

State Emergency Relief and Recovery Plan (SERRP)

Emergency Management Manual Victoria

Emergency Management Manual Victoria

EMV Operations and Response Team

• Public Information and Warnings

• Operational Intelligence

• Regional Operability

• Aviation Operations (State AirDesk)

• Operational IT and Systems

• State Control Centre

State Control Centre

Concept of Operations (CONOP)

State Control Centre supports the EMC and State Response Controller to Maintain appropriate situational awareness

• Monitor readiness arrangements

• Monitor control strategies and arrangements

• Conduct incident prediction

• Issue information and community warnings

• Provide information to stakeholders and State Emergency Management Team

• Prioritise the allocation of state and specialist resources

• Coordinate state, regional incident control and agency personnelsupport

SCC is a hub of 8 Regional Control Centres and 40 Incident Control Centre’s

EM Portalhttp://portal.em.vic.gov.au/

Emergency Management Common Operating Picture

(EM-COP)

Functionality

Map View Tools

Drawing/Editing Tools

Room Tools

Incident Menu

Zoom

Rooms & Chat

Rooms &Private Chat

Project Stages

Stage 1

Design & Build

Stage 2

Validate & Test

Stage 3

Readiness & Training

Stage 4

Deployment

• The project commenced in July 2014.

• Key learning’s and improvements will be identified at each stage to inform future stages.

• An iterative planning approach will be adopted.

EMCOP Technology

• The Project Team have worked with US to install EM COP in Australia:

– To understand localisation issues and minimise the technical risks.– To explore ways to capitalise on existing data sources such as

BOM, VicRoads, fire and flood prediction, ESTA, eMap, and Vicmap.

• EMCOP is now running as a highly available, highly scalable “Cloud” service for Victoria.

EM-COP – The Context

Responder Agency Systems• Fireweb • Emap• Agency IMS• Noggin• WebEOC/PEEC• MECC Central• Majella• Vector Command• etc

Broader EM Sector• Contribute info to COP• Customised view• Share info internally• Collaborate across

State/Region/Local

EM-COP builds the COP• Integrate• Collaborate & Coordinate• Independent of Physical Location• Enhanced EM decision making

External Data• Weather• Mapping• Video• Social Media

Information to and from the Community

Note: Following fire season 2014-15 it is anticipated that EMap will be used only as a high end web based GIS tool for Mapping staff not as a COP

EM-COP Advisory Committee

EM-COP Project Team

Multi Agency EM-COP

Implementation Group

EM-COP User Group / Community

Tech Work Group

Training Work Group

Operations business rules

Public Info Work Group

Intel Work Group

Implementation

October 2014 Updatehttp://vimeo.com/107888443

More Infohttp://support.cop.em.vic.gov.au/

QUESTIONS?

www.emv.vic.gov.au