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‘EXERCISE CALAMITY’ (Earthquake strikes Melbourne). Mission. To work together in ‘multi-agency’ IMT’s to provide a comprehensive response to this emergency. Objectives. Identify issues Prioritise Develop courses of action. Teams. Lead by an Incident Controller
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‘EXERCISE CALAMITY’ (Earthquake strikes Melbourne)
Mission To work together in ‘multi-agency’ IMT’s to provide a comprehensive response to this emergency
Objectives • Identify issues • Prioritise • Develop courses of action
Teams • Lead by an Incident Controller • Implement appropriate structure (AIIMS or ??) • Avoid excessive group think (functionalise) • Strategy
Facts • Friday 30 September 2011 • Real time • AFL Grand Final Parade 12.00pm • Royal Melbourne Show • AFL Grand Final tomorrow
Task 1 As an emergency management network, identify the issues that will prevent an effective response to the emergency
INFORMATION 1: • Access by road is extremely difficult • Power is out • Critically injured numbers escalating • Many large fires burning • Air quality is poor
Task 2 • Identify issues • Prioritise • Develop courses of action • Control Centre location? • Field command structure?
INFORMATION 2: • Water supply destroyed • Telecommunications out • Ambulances can’t access the injured via road • Gas mains ruptured • Thousands trapped in collapsed buildings
Task 3 (for presentation) • Prioritise issues for the State Controller • Prioritise issues for the State Government • Prioritise issues for Local Government • Prioritise operational issues for next 24 hours