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Municipal Association of Victoria

Municipal Association of Victoria. Challenges and change in emergency management Russell Rees Risk Advisor, Municipal Association of Victoria. The last few years in Emergency Management in Victoria. The next few years in Emergency Management in Victoria. THE WHITE PAPER !.

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Municipal Association of Victoria

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  1. Municipal Association of Victoria Challenges and change in emergency management Russell Rees Risk Advisor, Municipal Association of Victoria

  2. The last few years in Emergency Management in Victoria

  3. The next few years in Emergency Management in Victoria THE WHITE PAPER !

  4. The problem of emergency management in local government • The legislation is out of date • Everyone thinks we have lots of resources • Everyone treats us like a joined up state based emergency response agency • We don’t always play to our strengths • We don’t always work together as well as we should • We don’t always speak with one voice

  5. The Improving Emergency Management in Local Government Program

  6. MAV’s improvement program for emergency management Six interlinked projects • Policy and Role • Legislation • Funding • Capability Building • Roles of Mayors Councillors and CEO’s • Sharing Services • Measuring Performance

  7. So what are we saying generally (apart from waiting for the White Paper) • Some key principles • Resilience not dependency • Three tiers of planning (maybe four) • All agencies • All hazards

  8. What is our position(playing to our strengths) • Facilitate planning in partnership • Coordinate local recovery • Provide and coordinate relief services • Promote community engagement and advocate on behalf of communities • Continue to deliver core community services to aid recovery • Undertake risk mitigation measures • Foster partnerships and networks.

  9. Where we support others(we are able to help) • Risk Identification • Hazard specific planning • Dissemination and communication of information to communities • Emergency Management Planning at the regional level • Provide municipal resources as available

  10. What we shouldn’t be doing • The primary coordinator of resource provision • The MECC in its current form • Owning and writing hazard specific plans • Being a control or combat agency • Management of shelters, warning systems or the like.

  11. Emergency Management Expenditure Survey • Total Recurrent Expenditure of around $108M ( 2.6%) • Major Expenditure is on mitigation (averages) • Flood - $242K • Bushfire – slashing etc. $142K • Bushfire – other $125K • Staff - $332K • Planning - $109K In 2011/12 Councils received around $13M in grants for EM activity which is in addition to these figures

  12. Our commitment to EM – our baseline survey Total number of respondents = 45

  13. MEMP Sub Plans

  14. Some key activities currently underway • Councillor, mayor and CEO guidance documents • OESC Pilot of Performance Standards Framework and Capability Self-Assessment Tool • Cluster Pilot project • Resource sharing • Financial management guidance • NDFA guidelines • Implementation of VBRC, Comrie Flood and ENRC action plans • MECC Central and vulnerable people

  15. If we work together we can actually succeed

  16. Thank you

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