1.2012/13 Pre Season BriefingsVersion 3.0- October 2012

2. 2011/12 Fire Season Review Significant rainfall throughout 2011 contributed to thepotential for an elevated grassfire risk- the same isexpected for 2012/13 Total Fire Bans were declared in parts of the state on 9days (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 Report2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 3. 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 Evacuation2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 4. 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 latestinformation 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.2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 5. FireWebWeatherSectionRegister(DSE only)2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 6. Safety The fireground is an OH&S workplace of the control agency- but safety iseverybodys responsibility. Actively manage safety. At large and level 3 incidents: Appoint a safety officer Establish the Medical Services Unit so that OHS incidents andreports are promptly addressed Specifically address safety in the Incident Action Plan and everybriefing Watchout for unacceptable risk and put controls in place. Unacceptablerisk may include: Crews working near areas of hazardous trees Using crews unfamiliar with local or general bushfire risks Long hours and tours of duty2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 7. 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.2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 8. 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 Commissioner2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 9. Aircraft State Fleet comprises 42 contracted aircraft Includes three contracted Light Fixed Wing recce aircraft Nominated Operational Bases (NOBs) 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 48882012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 10. 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 Police2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 11. Sirens In May 2012 the State Government released a policy for the Use ofSirens for Brigade and Community Alerting Under the Policy, if a siren is activated, the sound will have one of thefollowing 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 stillbeing decided) The focus is to provide the ability for three levels of activation: Automatically through OSOM or EA warnings platforms EAS paging system Manual activation2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 12. 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 changes2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 13. 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 printing2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 14. 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 Handbook2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 15. Community Information Guides (CIGs) Formerly known as TownshipProtection Plans Current TPPs remain valid fordistribution Future guides and those availableon the CFA website will beupdated to CIGs Also available by calling VBIL2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 16. Local Response Plan- Bushfire Combines existing Bushfire Response Plans and TownshipPlanning Factors into one document to reduce duplication. Developed by brigades with support from the local Group,CFA regions, other emergency services and themunicipality Contains local information to enhance initial bushfire orgrassfire operational planning, preparedness and response Located on the X drive (CFA ICC drive) and theEmergency Management Drive (R Drive)reference/documentation/region/Township PlanningFactors.2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 17. 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 engagement2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 18. Additional Information Victorian Fire Agency Bushfire Handbook- Edition 2 IMT Toolbox FireWeb Agency Intranet sites FSC website SCC Extranet Pre Season Update2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012 19. 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)2012/13 Regional BriefingsVersion 3.0 5 October 2012