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10.2 CIMS & Civil Defence Emergency Act 2002 Flashcards

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Why does NZP use CIMS as its command and control model (5)

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  1. Provides one model of command, control and coordination
  2. It is consistent and required in any interagency response in NZ
  3. It is understood and practiced by our multiagency partners
  4. It is consistent with command, control and coordination SOP’s already in place
  5. It is already practiced at all levels of Police
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What is CIMS?

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Coordinated Incident Management System

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What does CIMS define an ‘incident’ as?

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Occurence that needs a response from one or more agencies. Most are emergencies, though also used to manage incidents such as large public gatherings

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What is the purpose of CIMS (2)

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  • establishing common structures, functions, terminology within framework that is flexible, modular and scaleable so it can be tailored to circumstances of incident
  • enable agencies to develop own processes, procedures and training for execution of CIMS
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For CIMS, what is the definition of an Emergency?

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A situation posing immediate risk to life, health, property or the environment that requires a coordinated response

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What are the components of emergency management (4R’s)

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4R’s
- RISK REDUCTION (measures such as health promotion, building code etc)
- READINESS (recovery needs to be included in readiness planning)
- RESPONSE (to manage consequences of hazards, support affected communities, establish basis for recovery)
- RECOVERY

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What are some common response objectives (10)

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  • Preserve life
  • Preserve economic and social activity
  • Preserve governance
  • Protect assests, including buildings and their contents
  • Protect natural and physical resources
  • Prevent escalation of the emergency
  • Provide essential services
  • Provide animal welfare
  • Maintain law and order
  • Care for sick, injured and dependant
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What are the CIMS principles (3)

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  1. RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS. Any response mitigate/manage consequences on community, personnel must recognise rights of individual, treated with fairness and dignity. Communities to actively participate rather than wait for assistance.
  2. FLEXIBILITY. Allows CIMS to be modular and scaleable. Adaptable to any situation.
  3. UNITY OF EFFORT. Common objectives are met. Allows organisations with specific mandates to support each other while maintaining their own authorities.
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What are CIMS characteristics (5)

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  1. Common structures, roles and responsibilities
  2. Common terminology
  3. Interoperability
  4. Management by objectives
  5. Engaging Iwi
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How does CIMS benefit by engagement with Maori in response and recovery (7)

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  • strong networks
  • access to community focal points (marae)
  • ability to mobilise resources appropriately
  • understanding of tikanga (marae protocol, burial practices)
  • able to identify and assess iwi needs
  • understanding of the local landscape, including history and sacred sites
  • an ability to link with other cultures
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What should engagement with Maori in response and recovery be based on (3)

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  • partnership built on mutual respect and shared values. Follows treaty principles of participation, protection and partnership.
  • recognise capability of Maori to support response and recovery
  • collaboration with Maori and emergency management during and after event across all 4R’s
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What is the lead agency?

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The agency with mandate to manage response through legislation, under protocols, by agreement, or because it has expertise/experience. Establishes control to coordinate response of all involved agencies.

May change between each of the 4R’s phases

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What happens when Lead agency can’t be readily identified

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Response agencies may adopt joint ‘unified control’

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What is a support agency?

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Provides support to lead agency. The lead agency tasks and coordinates support agencies’ resources and actions.

Support agencies may have statutory responsibilites and objective of their own that the lead agency needs to accomodate.

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What do lead and support agencies have to ensure prior to incidents?

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Lead agency has to ensure plans in place to incidents that they will lead. Support agencies will assist in developing these.

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What is a fundemental responsibility of lead agencies?

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Integration of support agencies into the response.

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What are the CIMS functions that need to be considered at an incident? (7)

What are their roles?

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  • CONTROL - coordinates and controls response
  • INTELLIGENCE - collects and analyses information. Relating to status, hazards and context of incident
  • PLANNING - response activities and resource needs. Develop action plans.
    a) develop long term and contingency plans
    b) assist with planning transition to recovery
    c) convene, conduct planning meetings
    d) forecast resource requirements
  • OPERATIONS - direction, coordination and supervision of response elements. Should include members of other agencies
    a) implementation of action plan
    b) volunteer coordination
    c) liaison with other agencies
  • LOGISTICS - generally needed before other functions, set up early.
    a) personnel, equipment, supplies, finance, services etc
  • PIM (public information management) - messages for public, media. Liaise with community. May issue warning on direction of controller.
  • WELFARE - managing consequences of incident on individuals, whanau and communities
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What does IMT stand for?

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Incident Management Team

Is formed from the CIMS functions.

The IMT assist the controller by providing advice, specialist knowledge, and manage the functions within their area of responsibility.

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What other functions can exist with the IMT (4)

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  • Response manager
  • Technical experts
  • H&S advisors
  • Iwi representation
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A protracted response may scale up and down several times depending on the nature of the incident and the response required. What does the decision to scale up or down a CIMS response need to take into consideration (3)?

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  • SAFETY - response personnel, public and property
  • SIZE AND COMPLEXITY
  • SPAN OF CONTROL
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In a single agency incident level response, the personnel are all from one agency. Who is forward commander (or incident controller) at a small single agency incident?

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The senior first arriving responding officer. Has responsibility for all CIMS functions. Must consider all functions and is likely to assume some himself such as PIM.

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If a single agency response progresses into a multi agency response, what should the controller do when incident controller changes?

Why would the incident controller change?

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The incident controller is likely to appoint CIMS functions managers so a detailed handover is required.

May be to a more senior, better qualified official. Or control is handed to the lead agency.

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What is the incident controller of a multi agency response responsible for?

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Overall direction of response activities across all responding agencies.

Includes tasking and coordinating other support agencies, who action those tasks within their own command structures.

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Should personnel from other support agencies be included in the ICP?

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Yes, to ensure access to their special knowledge and the incorporation of their agencies requirements and resources

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When is an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) established?

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To coordinate multi-agency or multi incident response between respective Incident Control Points (ICPs). Each ICP will have an incident controller and assigned response element so coordination between sites required.

Activated when:
- several incident level responses at different sites
- offsite coordination and support required
- multi agency or multi incident responses

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What should a local Controller overseeing multiple response sites, each with their own incident controllers, do (6)

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  1. Define their own command and control relationship with each incident controller
  2. Receive detailed briefings from incident controllers
  3. Provide coordination between ICP’s
  4. Inform ICP’s of resources available
  5. Consider allocation of resources across ICP’s and resource elements
  6. Ensure comms and support arrangements are activated and communicated
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How should changeovers of the IMT occur? (2)

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  • outgoing personnel only leave once replacements briefed
  • Changeovers:
    a) increase personnel safety and reduce risk
    b) do not disturb response operations
    c) staggered to ensure continuity of response operations
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What does s41National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan make NZP the agency responsible for?

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Coordinate inquiries to:
- assist family, whanau and next of kin make contact with each other
- trace missing persons
- notify next of kin

Inquiry involved identification of people affected and assisting family members/significant others to make contact

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During first 72hrs of an emergency, all resources (including telecommunications network and responding agencies) can be impacted. What are public encourage to do in first 72hrs of an emergency?

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  • Use their usual and pre-planned means of contacting family
  • When these means have been exhausted and genuine fears for persons safety to inquire with Police
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What support agencies can police use to facilitate inquiries (5)

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  • National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), CDEM welfare registration system
  • MoE enrolment info to obtain current location of children and families affected by emergency
  • MFAT info about foreign nationals
  • MoH, DHB’s, Ambulance (primary care). Patient registration NHI database
  • Red Cross, international tracing facility via RFL (Restoring Family Links)
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Define Emergency (CDEM Act 2002) (3)

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Emergency means a situation that:

A. is the result of any happening emergency, whether natural or otherwise, including, without limitation, any explosion, tsunami, land movement, flood, storm, tornado, cyclone, serious fire, leakage or spillage of any dangerous gas or substance, technological failure, infestation, plague, epidemic, failure of or disruption to an emergency service or a lifeline utility, or actual or imminent attack or warlike act; AND

B. causes or may cause loss of life or injury or illness or distress or in any way endangers the safety of the public or property in NZ or any part of NZ; AND

C. cannot be dealt with by emergency services, or otherwise requires a significant and coordinated response under this act.

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s86-92 CDEM Act 2002 give Police powers (including any person acting under their authority) if a state of emergency is in force in any area.
Outline s86

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s86 - for the preservation of human life, power to evacuate any premises or place including public place, and the exclusion of persons/vehs from any premises or place including public place

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Outline s87 CDEM Act 2002

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s87 - entry onto premises (breaking in if necessary) if RGTB to save life OR permitting/facilitating the carrying out of any urgent measure for the relief of suffering or distress

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Outline s88 CDEM Act 2002

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s88 - in order to prevent/limit the extent of the emergency, totally or partially prohibit/restrict public access, with or without veh, to any roads or public place if public emergency in place

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Outline s89 CDEM Act 2002

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s89 - to prevent/limit extent of emergency, removal of aircraft, ship, train or vehs etc impeding defence emergency management, using force if necessary to break into such aircraft, ship, train, vehs etc

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Outline s90 CDEM Act 2002

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s90 - if SoE in place AND in opinion of IC or constable it is necessary for the preservation of human life, requisition power over any land, building, veh/ship etc, animal, materials/equipment, furniture/bedding, food, medicine/medical supplies or any other equipment/materials/supplies. Must give a written statement specifying WHAT and WHOM the control of the property will be placed under

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Outline s91 CDEM Act 2002

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s91 - power to give directions, verbally or in writing, to stop something contributing to emergency, or take action to prevent or limit emergency

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Outline s92 CDEM Act 2002

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s92 - power to examine, mark, seize, sample, secure, destroy, disinfect, seize things in order to prevent or limit emergency

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What are the requirements under s93 CDEM Act 2002?

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s93 - requirement to provide ID if requested and explain authority acting under

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