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.
Id a SoE request is refused who may the matter be referred to ?
And what channels?
Commissioner
Through National Manager “response an operations group PNHQ
Under the the incident controller there may be a (IMT) incident management team this consists of 3 positions name them?
Response manager, Risk advisor , technical experts
If local or CDEM group response is established who must the District Commander advise?—through what channel?
And within what time frame? A. Within 2 working days B. ASAP C. immediately D. Within 72 hours
Commissioner —through the National manager :response and operations and national manager NCCC
C immediately
If documentation is seized under section 80CDEM act who must they be delivered to?
And if they are no longer required what happen with the documents
Director/controller or person authorised by the CDEM group.
Returned to whom the documents were seized .
Managing changeovers:
Change overs are a major factor in incident management effectiveness and efficiency. The IMT plan and manage changeovers, what do they need to ensure ?
- outgoing personnel leave once briefed replacements
- do not disturb response operations
- staggered to ensure continuity of response ops
Any request made for a declaration of local state of emergency (SoE)by police and others must go through What processes?
And only who can declare a Local SoE
Relevant CDEM group processes.
Person/s nominated by CDEM group plan.
Powers of compulsion under the CDEM act sect 86-91 allow police to power to 86 Evacutaion of premises and places 87 entry on premises 88 closing of roads and public places 89 removal of vehicles aircraft vessels 90 requisitioning powers 91 power to give direction
A person exercising these powers under section 93 must what?
Produce evidence of identity
Or give a general explanation of authority under which they are acting and the powers they are exercising.
The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is activated at what level of response and when:
Local level
- several incident level responses at different sites
- off site co-ordination and support needed
- to co-ordinate multi agency/incident response
Often a declaration of SoE is not required however when when would it be required ?
When Specific powers are required—for example requisitioning
