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Exotic Disease Response TrainingIntroduction to Movement Control

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Session OutcomeAt the end of this session, you should be able to:• describe what Movement Control is• name the roles in the Movement Control Group• describe, at a high level, what those roles do, and• explain where Movement Control fits into the

Exotic Disease Response process.

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During this session we will cover:

Training Agenda

1. What is Movement Control?2. Exotic Disease Response Roles – Movement Control

Group3. What tasks they perform4. Where Movement Control fits in the Exotic Disease

Response process5. Movement Control Terminology

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Preventing disease spread by Controlled Area notices and Restricted Place notices and their conditions.

Also includes the processing of movement permits. Management of perimeter controls, hygiene barriers and signage, and the provision of conveyance decontamination sites.

What is Movement Control?

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Response Policy

• Outlines the objectives for Movement Control and other teams

• Contains technical information about the Unwanted Organism

• Contains parameters for Zones• Outlines what are risk goods for this response

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• Legal document issued by the Chief Technical Officer under Section 131 of the Biosecurity Act 1993

• Contains details of Controlled Area boundaries• Outlines risk goods and conditions / treatments for

risk goods• Outlines items that do not require a Movement

Permit, that do require a Movement Permit and Prohibited Movements

Controlled Area Notice

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Movement Permitting - Areas and Zones

Permits or prohibits the movement of risk goods into or out of the Controlled Area, depending on which zone the from and/or to place is located within

Controlled Area

Restricted Places

Protection Zone

Infected Zone

Surveillance Zone

Checkpoints

Roadblocks

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Risk Goods

Any goods that may contain, or interfere with the management of, an unwanted organism

Animal ProductsSusceptible

Non- susceptibleAnimals

Other Items

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Controlled Area

Controlled Area

An area that the Chief Technical Officer has declared a Controlled Area under and for the purpose of Section 131 of the Biosecurity Act 1993

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Protection Zone

Controlled Area

Restricted Places

Protection Zone

A specific area within a Controlled Area. The Protection Zone is the area in the immediate vicinity of all known infected places, within which the highest level of Biosecurity applied to prevent further spread of infection

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Infected Zone

Controlled Area

Restricted Places

Protection Zone

Infected Zone

An infected zone is the largest area in which current evidence and analysis for transmission risks suggest infected places may be present

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Surveillance Zone

Controlled Area

Restricted Places

Protection Zone

Infected Zone

Surveillance Zone

The area near infected places, considered sufficient to encompass the properties at risk through more remote spread mechanism

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Checkpoints

Controlled Area

Restricted Places

Protection Zone

Infected Zone

Surveillance Zone

A portion of road managed so that some or all vehicles passing through can be stopped and checked for risk goods

Checkpoints

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Roadblocks

Controlled Area

Restricted Places

Protection Zone

Infected Zone

Surveillance Zone

A physical barrier completely blocking a road to prevent the movement of all vehicles

Checkpoints

Roadblocks

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Single Movement Permit

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1) Farmer A sold stock to Farmer B

2) Makes Request for movement

3) Movement Permit Issued

4) Stock Transported to Farmer B with Valid Movement Permit

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Multiple Movement Permit1) Milk Processing Company has

many vehicles that make many stops within the Controlled Area

2) Request for Multiple Movement Permit

3) Multiple Movement Permit Issued

4) Milk Tankers make pickups as outlined in the Multiple Movement Permit

5) Audited

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Movement Control Response Roles

Movement Control Manager

Movement PermittingCoordinator

Checkpoint & PatrolCoordinator

Vehicle TreatmentCoordinator

Movement PermittingTeam Leader

AdministrationCoordinator

CheckpointTeam Leader

PatrolTeam Leader

Vehicle TreatmentTeam Leader

AdminTeam Leader

Call CenterOperator

CheckpointOfficer

PatrolOfficer

Vehicle TreatmentOperator

AdministrationOfficer

Movement PermittingOfficer

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Movement Permitting Coordinator• Establish a functioning movement permitting capability for an

incursion response• Coordinate the permitting of allowable movements of people,

animals, vehicles and materials into, within and from a Controlled Area

• Liaise with officials in high volume, frequent movement industries

• Prepare recommendations for changes to movement restrictions as the probability of disease spread changes

• Resolve permitting requests for unique movements, and• Monitor and report on movement permitting outputs

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Movement Permitting Team Leader

• Lead a group of people in receiving, recording, evaluating and processing movement requests during an incursion response

• Make decisions on movement requests for which no policy exists, and

• Audit multiple movement permit holders for compliance with permit conditions

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Movement Permitting Officer

• Receive, record, evaluate and process movement requests during an incursion response and, perhaps

• Audit multiple movement permit holders for compliance with permit conditions.

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Call Center Operator

• Receive and log calls from the public requesting permits to move themselves, vehicles, livestock and/or products into, from or within a Controlled Area.

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Checkpoint & Patrol Coordinator• Control or prevent the spread of disease by making

provision for the detection of unauthorised or suspect movement of people, animals, vehicles and products into, within and out of a Controlled Area

• Coordinate the acquisition and deployment of sufficient, adequately trained and briefed checkpoint and patrol personnel, resources and equipment

• Liaise with Police and roads authorities on the provision, locating and manning of checkpoints and patrols, and

• Monitor and report on unauthorised movements.

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Checkpoint Team Leader• Lead a group of people manning established checkpoints

to prevent any unauthorised movement of vehicles, livestock or materials into or from a Controlled Area, and

• Liaise with Police and roads authorities personnel in the establishment and operation of a checkpoint.

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Patrol Team Leader• Lead a group of people conducting mobile patrols to

identify any unauthorised movement of vehicles, livestock or materials within a Controlled Area.

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Exotic Disease Response Process

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Movement Control Terminology• From Place – the property the movement

originates at• To Place – the property the movement is to• Standstill – the cessation of movement of

susceptible stock, potentially contaminated goods, equipment or fomites

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During this session we covered:

Session Summary

1. What is Movement Control?2. Exotic Disease Response Roles – Movement Control

Group3. What tasks they perform4. Where Movement Control fits in the Exotic Disease

Response process5. Movement Control Terminology