SEMP

Question 1

*exam question
SEMP
State Emergency Management Priorities

Answer 1

The State Emergency Management Priorities underpin and guide all decisions during a response to any emergency. The priorities are:
- Protection and preservation of life and relief of suffering is paramount, this includes:
* Safety of emergency response personnel and
* Safety of community members including those most at-risk in emergencies, residents and visitors/tourists
- Issuing of community information and community warnings detailing incident information that is timely, relevant and tailored to assist community members make informed decisions about their safety
- Protection of critical infrastructure and community assets that support community resilience
- Protection of residential property as a place of primary residence
- Protection of assets supporting individual livelihoods and economic production that supports individual and community financial sustainability
- Protection of environmental and conservation assets that considers the cultural, biodiversity, and social values of the environment

Question 2

SEMP
Command Definition

Answer 2

Command is the direction of response activities internally within an agency to use its people, resources, governance, systems and processes to discharge its responsibilities in line with relevant legislation.

An agency responding to an emergency identifies the commanders responsible for supervising their personnel and the agency chain of command. Commanders escalate agency issues and provide direction on agency issues through the agency chain of command.

Where there is an agreed inter-agency arrangement, an Agency Functional Commander (AFC) (such as the State Agency Commander or Regional Agency Commander) may supervise personnel and resources from more than one agency.

Question 3

SEMP
Control Definition

Answer 3

Control is the direction of response activities across agencies, horizontally, including the coordination and tasking of other agencies.

Question 4

SEMP
Coordination Definition

Answer 4

Coordination is the bringing together of people, resources, governance, systems and processes, to ensure effective response to and relief and recovery from an emergency. Coordination operates:
- Vertically within an agency as a function of command
- Horizontally across agencies as a function of the authority to control

Emergency response coordination ensures:
- Effective control arrangements are established and maintained
- Information is shared effectively
- The resources required to support the response are accessed

Question 5

SEMP
Response Class 1 Emergency Definition

Answer 5

Class 1 emergency means:
a. A major fire
b. Any other major emergency for which FRV, the CFA or the Victorian State Emergency Service Authority is the Control Agency under the SEMP.

MAJOR FIRE:
A major fire is a large or complex fire (however caused) which:
- has the potential to cause or is causing loss of life and extensive damage to property, infrastructure or the environment; or
- has the potential to have or is having significant adverse consequences for the Victorian community or a part of the Victorian community; or
- Requires the involvement of 2 or more fire service agencies to suppress the fire; or
- will, if not suppressed, burn for more than one day.

Question 6

*exam question
SEMP
Who is the control agency for:
Warlike Act
Biological Incident
Explosive Device
Chemical Spill

Answer 6

SEMP
Who is the control agency for:
Warlike Act - VicPol
Biological Incident - DH
Explosive Device - VicPol
Chemical Spill - CFA/FRV

Question 7

SEMP
Class 2 Emergency

Answer 7

Class 2 emergency means a major emergency which is not:
- A class 1 emergency; or
- 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
- a hi-jack, siege or riot

Question 8

SEMP
Class 3 emergency

Answer 8

For the purpose of this plan, a Class 3 emergency means a warlike act or terrorist act, whether directed at Victoria or a part of Victoria or at any other State or Territory of the Commonwealth, or a hijack, siege or riot. Class 3 emergencies may also be referred to as security emergencies.

Class 3 Emergency Sub-Plan
The definition of a Class 3 emergency has been included in the SEMP for the sole purpose of simplifying the way it can identify and/or refer to the emergencies specified under the definition. This definition is derived from the Victoria Police Class 3 Emergencies sub-plan and is not defined in the EM Act 2013.