Week 2 Flashcards
mitigation vs preparedness
mitiagtion focuses on ongoing decrease of the impact of an emergency or disaster - does not prevent the disaster from occurring
preparedness if the functional aspects such as response and recovery
Preparedness
readiness to respond to a disaster or emergency - a state of readiness
arrangements to ensure that all resources and services which may be needed can be rapidly mobilised and deployed
Preparedness cycle
assessment, planning, preparation, evaluation
planning
involves attempting to reduce the unknowns in a problematic situation and aims to evoke appropriate actions
Should be based on what is likely to happen
Emergency planning structure
support and functional plans include transport, recovery, comms and health
threat-specific plans include: floods, hazardous materials, fire and emergency animal disease
Victoria plan
State Emergency Response Plan formerly DISPLAN
response is defined as
the combating and containment of emergencies
the provision of rescue and immediate relief and medical services
response management is based on:
command - direction of members and resources
control - overall direction of respnose activities in an emergency
coordination - bringing together of agencies to ensure effective response
response and recovery
concurrent activities in the early stages of an emergency event
recovery is defined as
developmental process of assisting of persons and communities affected by emergencies to achieve a proper and effective level of functioning
functional levels of recovery
social, health and community
economic environment
natural environment
built environment
social, health and community
temporary accomodation material and financial assistance personal support health and medical services community development
economic environment
tourism industry
small business
primary producers
natural environment
air quality
water quality
land degredation and contamination
marine environment
built environment
buildings
infrastructure
support infrastructure
command
direction of members and resources of an agency in the performance of that agency’s role and tasks
control
overall direction of emergency management activities in an emergency or disaster situation
coordination
bringing together of agencies and resources to ensure an effective emergency response
incident controller or manager
overal responsibility of the event, needs to be clearly identified
determine priorities and time constraints
control agency
assigned to control the response activities
may change as the emergency progresses
support agency
provides essential services, support, personnel, materials
supports the control agency and affected persons
incident control system includes
control
operations
planning
logistics
incident controller
responsible for overall direction of the response
they command their owen resources and coordinate other agencies and elements to ensure the best possible response
specific duties of incident controller
assume control appoint staff to key positions review incident action plan assess incident brief other commanders conduct changeover breifings plan the combat arrangements for the incident liaise with support staff allocate tasks internally and to other agencies ensure safety of all involves report to responsible agency manage media
planning section is responsible for
situation, resources, management support, information services, technical specialists
responsibilities of the operations section
obtain briefing as to current situation and proposed actions
develop the ops section of the action plan
brief and allocate personnel
manage and supervise the operations
estalish staging and assembly areas
assemble and disassemble resuorces
report special indicents and any changes to the situation
maintain log
Responsibilities of logistics section
supply facilities ground support air support communications medical catering finance
triage definition
a system designed to produced the greatest benefit from limited treatment facilities for battlefield casualties by giving treatment to those who may survive with proper treatment and not to those who have no chance of survival or those who will survive without it
CCO
casualty collecting officer - more senior
rapid triage and SITREP
communicate triage info and distribute priority cards while dealing with immediate life threats
TCO
transport control officer - ensure vehicle safety and establish communication with comms. ensure access for incoming resources
establish casuality holding and loading point and maintain casuality movement log
Triage categories
RED - top priority, salvageable life threatening injuries
ORANGE - second priority, stable and condition can wait
GREEN - walking wounded
BLACK - fourth priority, pt dead
aircraft landing zone
20metres by 20 in daylight
30 by 30 at night
