Fire Season Regional Briefing 2012/13

2012/13 Pre Season Briefings
Version 3.0- October 2012

2011/12 Fire Season Review

 Significant rainfall throughout 2011 contributed to the
potential for an elevated grassfire risk- the same is
expected for 2012/13
 Total Fire Bans were declared in parts of the state on 9
days (3 of these were revoked)
 Significant Incidents
– NuPlex Industries chemical incident (Wangaratta): 19 December
2011
– Port of Portland Hazmat Incident: 18 February 2012
– Floods (North East and Gippsland): March 2012
 2011/12 Post Season Review Report

2012/13 Regional Briefings
Version 3.0 – 5 October 2012

Key themes

The following key themes will be addressed in the scenario
workshop:
 Predictive Services & Products
 Integrated Initial Attack
 Transfer of Control
 Warnings and Advice
 Evacuation


Seasonal Outlook

 Seasonal Outlook
– Spring outlook available on the BoM website
– Drier and warmer than normal season expected
– Summer outlook issued by BoM in November
– Refer to BoM website and FireWeb for latest
information prior to and during Fire Danger Period.

 Bushfire CRC Fire Note - Southern Australian
Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2012-13
– Available on the Bushfire CRC website
– Southern Australia is likely to have normal or above
normal fire activity during the 2012-13 fire season.


FireWeb

Weather
Section

Register
(DSE only)


Safety

 The fireground is an OH&S workplace of the control agency- but safety is
everybody’s responsibility.
 Actively manage safety. At large and level 3 incidents:
– Appoint a safety officer
– Establish the Medical Services Unit so that OHS incidents and
reports are promptly addressed
– Specifically address safety in the Incident Action Plan and every
briefing
 Watchout for unacceptable risk and put controls in place. Unacceptable
risk may include:
– Crews working near areas of hazardous trees
– Using crews unfamiliar with local or general bushfire risks
– Long hours and tours of duty


Command and Control Arrangements
Major changes
 Preparedness (seasonal) and Readiness (short term)
arrangements separated and clarified
 The arrangements are generic and the arrangements of
individual agencies are not included (e.g. role of Duty
Officers)
 State and Regional Control Teams now include the
Recovery Coordinator/Manager and the SES Commander
 Emergency Management Teams at each tier (incident,
regional and state) specifically include the Health
Commander.


Standard Operating Procedures

 Revised Joint SOPs:
– J2.03 IMT Readiness Arrangements
– J3.01 Determining the Control Agency
– J3.08 Appointment of Incident Controllers
– J4.01 Incident Warnings and Advice
 Revised FSC SOP 02/2012- Reporting of Significant
fires/emergencies to Fire Services Commissioner


Aircraft

 State Fleet comprises 42 contracted aircraft
– Includes three contracted Light Fixed Wing recce aircraft
 Nominated Operational Bases (NOB’s) selected based on matching
aircraft with risk
 Aircraft will position to Fire Readiness Locations as needed based on
forecast outlook and localised risk.
 For further information on Aircraft for this
season please contact Adam Lawson –
Manager State Aircraft Unit
(03) 9412 4888


Provision of Warnings to the Community

 24/7 warnings support via the SCC (03) 9262 8779
 Location based Emergency Alert- Telstra only for 2012/13
 OSOM multilingual warnings
− Greek - Arabic
− Chinese - Vietnamese
− Italian
 CFA/RFS cross border
messaging
 Vulnerable persons register
− Web based registers
− Available by Summer 2012
− Accessible to Victoria Police

Sirens
 In May 2012 the State Government released a policy for the Use of
Sirens for Brigade and Community Alerting
 Under the Policy, if a siren is activated, the sound will have one of the
following meanings:
− BRIGADE - A short, 90-second signal will alerting fire brigade
members to attend emergency callouts.
− COMMUNITY - A prolonged, 5-minute signal will indicate an
emergency in the local area and people should ‘seek further
information’
 A pilot will be undertaken at selected sites this summer (locations still
being decided)
 The focus is to provide the ability for three levels of activation:
− Automatically through OSOM or EA warnings platforms
− EAS paging system
− Manual activation


Fire Agency Access Through TMPs

 White CFA Volunteer stickers are no longer
available and replaced by CFA Member
photo ID cards
 Bushfire Information Card has been re-
issued with no changes
 CFA-DSE Formal Identification Sheet has
been re-issued with no changes
 Guidelines for the Operation of TMPs
during bushfires has been re-issued with
no changes


eMap

 Replaces FireMap and EIMS Mapper on a common
platform
 Uses Australian All Hazard map symbols
 Includes Phoenix, Firescan and satellite hot spots
 Includes field data capture (offline) tools
 Live data feeds including road closures, weather, resource
tracking and river heights
 New map backdrop used
(Mapscape)
 High quality map printing


State Resource Request System

 Resources Unit members at Incident, Regional and State
level can submit, action and track requests for additional
resources during major incidents and planned burning.
 All Resources Unit personnel, as well as those involved in
the dispatch of appliances, must complete an online
training session to ensure that they are familiar with the
system.
 For further information (including access)
refer to page 46 in the Handbook


Community Information Guides (CIGs)

 Formerly known as Township
Protection Plans
 Current TPPs remain valid for
distribution
 Future guides and those available
on the CFA website will be
updated to CIGs
 Also available by calling VBIL


Local Response Plan- Bushfire
 Combines existing Bushfire Response Plans and Township
Planning Factors into one document to reduce duplication.
 Developed by brigades with support from the local Group,
CFA regions, other emergency services and the
municipality
 Contains local information to enhance initial bushfire or
grassfire operational planning, preparedness and response
 Located on the X drive (CFA ICC drive) and the
Emergency Management Drive (R Drive)
reference/documentation/region/Township Planning
Factors.


Community Fire Refuges

 Community Fire Refuge pilot underway
 Three pilot sites at East Warburton, Millgrove and
Ferny Creek (all in District 13, all using new
structures on primary school campuses)
 Pilot to test policy, practices, procedures, building
performance, operational issues,
community engagement


Additional Information

 Victorian Fire Agency Bushfire Handbook- Edition 2
 IMT Toolbox
 FireWeb
 Agency Intranet sites
 FSC website
 SCC Extranet
 Pre Season Update


Further Information

 A follow up survey will be emailed to you about 1 week
after this briefing.
 This presentation will be available on the FSC website and
the Emergency Management Drive (R drive).
 For further information, please contact:
− CFA (Jane Schendzielorz – j.schendzielorz@cfa.vic.gov.au)
− DSE (Gary White – gary.white@dse.vic.gov.au)
− MFB (Mark Swiney – mswiney@mfb.vic.gov.au)
− SCC (Cain Trist - cain.trist@firecommissioner.vic.gov.au)
− FSC(Tony Murphy – tony.a.murphy@firecommissioner.vic.gov.au)


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