Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess risks associated with an organisation’s large animal activities and facilities
- Assess hazards and risks and potential for animal incidents within the workplace or event site
- Identify current training levels of staff and/or volunteers and determine needs
- Assess resource requirements for dealing with human and animal casualties
- Investigate the organisation's regulatory and insurance responsibilities
- Evaluate the organisation’s capacity to respond to a large animal incident
- Review other organisational plans to determine relationships with an incident response plan
- Prepare an incident response plan for an organisation
- Research, collate and analyse information on incident management involving humans and animals relevant to the workplace or event site and animal species
- Establish incident scene management system
- Establish roles, responsibilities and training needs required to implement a large animal incident response plan
- Identify and document internal and external services required in animal incident situations, including veterinary and emergency services support
- Identify equipment and facilities needed to implement a response plan, and reconcile with the organisation's current position
- Investigate and implement options for meeting shortfalls in capacity and procurement of suitable equipment
- Prepare a plan and procedures following recognised incident management processes and communication protocols
- Maintain the organisation's large animal incident response plan
- Document and promote the large animal incident response plan in a format and manner suitable for the organisation
- Actively seek feedback and input from a range of personnel to the large animal response plan
- Maintain up-to-date contact details in the plan
- Establish monitoring guidelines and review timelines for the large animal incident response plan
- Promote the organisation's large animal incident response plan