Risk Management / H&S / C&C / Emergency Management Flashcards
Definition of risk:
Effect of uncertainty on objectives
4 key risk categories:
- Operational
- Corporate
- Portfolio
- Strategic
Why do we consider health and safety?
- Legal obligation
- Ethical
- Our business
Section 36: (H&S)
Primary duty of care
Primary responsibility for peoples health and safety at work (includes staff, public, detainees etc)
Hierarchy of controls for H&S:
- Elimination
- Substitution
- Engineering controls
- Admin controls
- PPE
How do command and control operate within an agency?
And the meaning of this model.
Command = operates vertically within an agency
Control = operates horizontally
When a controller is appointed they are in ‘control’ of the incident. However, they can only be in ‘command’ of the staff in their agency.
What skills does ‘command’ include?
- Leadership
- Control
- Effective decision making
- Behaving lawfully and ethically
- Prevention and Victim focus
What does command refer to?
Internal ownership, admin responsibility and detailed direction of personal and resources.
What does control refer to?
Responsibility for co-ordinating and directing the response to an incident
3 essential elements of command and control:
- Leadership
- Decision making
- Control
Why do Police use the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS)?
Provides an over arching incident management system that works across all central and government agencies and emergency services
When is CIMS used?
- Business as usual
- Rising tide incidents
- Critical incidents
- Major critical events
- Planned operations
- Spontaneous operations
Command operating levels:
- Tactical
- Operational
- Strategic
Principles of command and control:
- Unity and span
- Continuity and delegation
- Obligations
Appreciation Process:
AFCO
A-im
F-actors
C-ourses Open
O-utline Plan
Operational orders:
GSMEAC
G-round
S-ituation
M-ission
E-xecution
A-dmin and Logistics
C-ommand and signals
Definition of emergency (civil defence):
A situation that is the result of any happening, whether natural or otherwise
Causes or may cause loss of life, injury, illness, distress or endangers public
Cannot be dealt with by emergency services
Section 86 - Evacuation of premises and places:
If state of emergency is in force and necessary for preservation of life, may:
direct evacuation of any premise or place and exclusion of persons.
Offences and penalties in relations to civil defence act:
- Failure to comply with requirement
- Obstruction
Penalties:
Individual: 3 months imprisonment, fine $5000
Body Corporate: $50,000 fine
What overall powers do Police have when state of emergency is in force?
What must you do before exercising these powers?
- Entering buildings and places
- Excluding persons
- Closing roads and public places
- Removing aircraft, vessels, vehicles etc
- Requisitioning powers
- Give directions
- Carry out inspections
*Must provide proof or ID
Matters to consider prior to transfer of command or control in Civil Emergency circumstances:
- Comms is usually best equipped to control response in early stages
- Highest ranking isn’t necessarily most appropriate to assume control
What must a Incident Controller do prior to be being delegated in Civil Emergency:
- They establish an incident control point
- Familiarise themselves with the incident and obtain a briefing
- Formulate a response plan
