A wide variety of communication mechanisms were indicated as being used Demonstrated understanding of Councils role in communication versus that of the emergency services Social media was recognised as being difficult to control and requires prior management planning is a need for guidance regarding communication with public e.g. social media, – public information, recovery activities etc. Immediate Actions Arising From the Exercise Distribute the Exercise report (Parts A & B) to individual participants. Publish the Report (Part A & B) through LGA Circular system Action Plan Completed Action by Establish local government emergency management consultative group Dec 15 1 Conduct a sector wide emergency exercise annually Jul 16 2 Develop a communication plan to promote the i-Responda framework to Jun 16 3 councils and other levels of Government. Develop emergency management planning, response and recovery templates Dec 16 4 Prepare guidelines for managing social media in emergencies Feb 16 5 Publish a council emergency management resource sharing protocol Dec 15 6 Develop a contemporary incident management system suitable for council Dec 15 7 use but consistent with State arrangements Investigate better communication arrangements between the emergency Apr 16 8 services and councils during the response and recovery phase of emergencies Examine opportunities for raising the awareness of elected members to Jun 16 9 emergency management Publish a discussion on the role of local government in emergencies Apr 16 10 Run a council customer service staff bushfire awareness forum Dec 15 11 Publish a council emergency debrief template Apr 16 12 Examine resource management issues arising out of councils supporting Jun 16 13 the emergency services Reference Handbook 3, Australian Emergency Management Handbook Series, Managing Exercises Commonwealth of Australia 2012
A wide variety of communication mechanisms were indicated as being used Demonstrated understanding of Councils role in communication versus that of the emergency services Social media was recognised as being difficult to control and requires prior management planning is a need for guidance regarding communication with public – e.g. social media, public information, recovery activities etc. Immediate Actions Arising From the Exercise Distribute the Exercise report (Parts A & B) to individual participants. Publish the Report (Part A & B) through LGA Circular system Action Plan Action Completed by 1 Establish local government emergency management consultative group Dec 15 2 Conduct a sector wide emergency exercise annually Jul 16 3 Develop a communication plan to promote the i-Responda framework to councils and other levels of Government. Jun 16 4 Develop emergency management planning, response and recovery templates Dec 16 5 Prepare guidelines for managing social media in emergencies Feb 16 6 Publish a council emergency management resource sharing protocol Dec 15 7 Develop a contemporary incident management system suitable for council use but consistent with State arrangements Dec 15 8 Investigate better communication arrangements between the emergency services and councils during the response and recovery phase of emergencies Apr 16 9 Examine opportunities for raising the awareness of elected members to emergency management Jun 16 10 Publish a discussion on the role of local government in emergencies Apr 16 11 Run a council customer service staff bushfire awareness forum Dec 15 12 Publish a council emergency debrief template Apr 16 13 Examine resource management issues arising out of councils supporting the emergency services Jun 16 Reference Managing Exercises Handbook 3, Australian Emergency Management Handbook Series, Commonwealth of Australia 2012
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