Cain Trist General Manager - Operations & Response cain.trist@emv.vic.au

1. Cain Trist General Manager - Operations & Response cain.trist@emv.vic.gov.au

2. Presentation outline Emergency Management Act 2013 Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) Emergency response Emergency relief and recovery Emergency Management Manual Victoria EMV Operations and Response Unit State Control Centre EMportal and EM-COP

3. Emergency Management Act 2013 Commenced on 1 July 2014 Primary focus is on governance aspects of EM reform It establishes: State Crisis and Resilience Council (SCRC) Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) Emergency Management Commissioner (EMC) Chief Executive EMV (CE) Inspector-General for EM (IGEM)

4. EMV structure

5. Emergency response arrangements

6. Emergency Management Commissioner Coordinates response to major emergencies Ensures appropriate control arrangements are in place and working effectively during Class 1 and Class 2 emergencies (i.e. major emergencies) Appoints a State Response Controller for Class 1 emergencies Directs the appointment of a State Controller, if one not appointed, for Class 2 emergencies Manages State Control Centre Advises Minister/Government on major emergencies Manages the consequences of major emergencies Coordinates recovery activities Sets operational standards and procedures

7. Class 1 and Class 2 emergencies Class 1 emergency means— (a) a major fire; or (b) any other major emergency for which the MFB, CFA or VICSES is the control agency under the state emergency response plan. Class 2 emergency means a major emergency which is not— (a) a Class 1 emergency; or (b) 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 (c) a hi-jack, siege or riot;

9. State Emergency Response Plan (SERP) Minister has delegated preparation of SERP to EMC (effective 1 July 2014) Revised SERP approved by EMC on 8 July 2014 Contains consequential changes due to EM Act 2013 ‘Cosmetic’ changes for readability and flow Incorporates amendments resulting from recent events, including Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Full review and revision to follow in 2014/15

10. Minister has delegated preparation of SERRP to the EMC (effective 1 July 2014) Review and updating through multi-agency working group facilitated by DHS with support from EMV Consequential changes due to EM Act 2013 ‘Cosmetic’ changes for readability and flow EMC should approve revised SERRP in late September to take effect from 1 November 2014 Full review and revision to follow in 2014/15 State Emergency Relief and Recovery Plan (SERRP)

11. Emergency Management Manual Victoria

12. Emergency Management Manual Victoria

13. EMV Operations and Response Team • Public Information and Warnings • Operational Intelligence • Regional Operability • Aviation Operations (State AirDesk) • Operational IT and Systems • State Control Centre

14. State Control Centre

15. Concept of Operations (CONOP) State Control Centre supports the EMC and State Response Controller to Maintain appropriate situational awareness • Monitor readiness arrangements • Monitor control strategies and arrangements • Conduct incident prediction • Issue information and community warnings • Provide information to stakeholders and State Emergency Management Team • Prioritise the allocation of state and specialist resources • Coordinate state, regional incident control and agency personnel support

17. SCC is a hub of 8 Regional Control Centres and 40 Incident Control Centre’s

19. EM Portal http://portal.em.vic.gov.au/

20. Emergency Management Common Operating Picture (EM-COP)

21. Functionality Incident Menu Room Tools Map View Tools Drawing/Editing Tools Zoom

22. Rooms & Chat

23. Rooms &Private Chat

24. Stage 3 Readiness & Training Stage 4 Deployment Stage 2 Validate & Test Stage 1 Design & Build Project Stages • The project commenced in July 2014. • Key learning’s and improvements will be identified at each stage to inform future stages. • An iterative planning approach will be adopted.

25. EMCOP Technology • The Project Team have worked with US to install EM COP in Australia: • To understand localisation issues and minimise the technical risks. • To explore ways to capitalise on existing data sources such as BOM, VicRoads, fire and flood prediction, ESTA, eMap, and Vicmap. • EMCOP is now running as a highly available, highly scalable “Cloud” service for Victoria.

26. EM-COP – The Context External Data Responder Agency Systems Broader EM Sector • Weather • Mapping • Video • Social Media • Fireweb • Emap • Agency IMS • Noggin • WebEOC/PEEC • MECC Central • Majella • Vector Command • etc • Contribute info to COP • Customised view • Share info internally • Collaborate across State/Region/Local EM-COP builds the COP • Integrate • Collaborate & Coordinate • Independent of Physical Location • Enhanced EM decision making Note: Following fire season 2014-15 it is anticipated that EMap will be used only as a high end web based GIS tool for Mapping staff not as a COP Information to and from the Community

27. EM-COP Advisory Committee Implementation EM-COP Project Team Multi Agency EM-COP Implementation Group Tech Work Group Public Info Work Group Operations business rules Training Work Group Intel Work Group EM-COP User Group / Community

28. More Info http://support.cop.em.vic.gov.au/ October 2014 Update http://vimeo.com/107888443

29. QUESTIONS? www.emv.vic.gov.au