Emergency Management, Planning and Recovery

Leads regional emergency risk assessment and planning with councils and partner agencies, designs and evaluates exercises, prepares evacuation and relief centre arrangements, and coordinates recovery services for communities after major emergencies.

Manager Emergency Management and Recovery16 staff

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Responsibilities

What the team is accountable for

Conduct emergency risk assessments with communities and agencies
Maintain regional and municipal emergency management plans
Design, conduct and evaluate emergency management exercises
Plan and manage evacuation and relief centres
Coordinate recovery services and community engagement after events

Performance measures

How we know it is working

11 of 12 municipalities

Plans current and reviewed

9 this year

Exercises delivered

77%

Recovery cases closed within 90 days

People

Who works here

Robert Tjapaltjarri

Manager Emergency Management and Recovery

Leads regional risk assessment, planning, exercises and recovery, and has managed three regional recovery operations since joining in 2014.

Systems

Where the work is recorded

Incident and Dispatch Log

The official record of every incident and request for assistance, with type, location, resources, incident level, control times, safety officer and debrief status.

Inspections, Permits and Programs Register

Tracks building and dangerous goods inspections, non-compliances and follow-ups, burn permits, prescribed burn approvals and community education programs.

Training and Competency Matrix

Records each member's operational competencies, currency and expiry dates, so that crews are formed and dispatched only from members recorded as competent.

Scenarios