Chapter 10 - Emergancy Management Flashcards
Action plans are not usually changed unless situation has been amended or changed for unforeseen circumstances? True/false
True
If an emergency or potential emergency requires significant and coordinated response beyond normal police services who from the police leases with what agency?
And within what time frame? A.Within 5 days B.immediately C. As soon as possible D. After careful consideration but not more than 3 days.
District commander
District CDEM group/office or EOC
C. ASAP
The components of emergancy management are referred to as 4Rs what are they?
Risk reduction
Readiness (to respond)
Response
Recovery
What are common response objectives?
- Preserve life
- prevent escalation
- maintain law and order
- care for sick and injured
- provide essential services
- preserve governance
- protect assets,including buildings and contents
- protect natural and physical resources
- provide animal welfare
- preserve economic and social activity.
When a lead agency cannot be identified what can happen?
Agencies can have joint unified control. by agreement through a combined decision making body.
Command appointments for each establish agreed:
Concept of Ops
Single action plan
How long is an action plan cover?
The duration of the incident or operational period defined by the controller.
Scaling Responses (CIMS):
A decision to scale the response structure needs to be based on the:
Safety: of response personnel, public, property
Size and complexity: of incident and extent of response required
Span of control:
At what level does CIMS become involved?
Response —and therefore must be factored into readiness.
Most CIMS incidents are emergencies but what are some of the other non Emergency incidents that CIMS may be used?
Concerts
Large pull gatherings
Sports events
CIMS: Lead and Support Agencies.
Lead agency responsible for: ?
Support agency responsible for: ?
Lead Agency: ensure arrangements and plans in place prior to incidents where they will lead
Support Agency: assist in development of these.
Integration of support agency is fundamental responsibility of lead agencies.
Who has the power to issue a warrant under the CDEM act which authorises police with certain powers to prevent or limit the emergency?
District court judge
What is the role of Police in a state of emergancy
Reducing crime
Enhancing community safety
Also tourism and major transport accident emergencies.
Protecting life and property-assisting the movement of rescue, medical,fire, other essential services, assisting coroner-coordination of search and rescue
Risk reduction in responses (4R) incorporates what codes/acts?
Policy health codes resource management act.
What may Governance provide?
Terms of reference
Delegation of authority
Directives that state required response achievement
(Preferably in written form) = basis of action plan
For the DC judge to issue a warrant giving police powers what two condition must be met before signing?
A SoE must have been declared
Or
Director ,Controller or a person authorised by CDEM group that an imminent threat of an emergancy exists.