Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide technical support to the development of a council plan to respond to an emergency situation
- Potential emergency situations and responses are identified and listed through research, data collection and committee input.
- Resources to address potential emergency situations are identified and listed for inclusion in appendices to the plan.
- To satisfy prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, relevant organisations are identified for inclusion as part of the council emergency management plan.
- The approved public health emergency management plan is circulated to relevant officers and stakeholder organisations.
- Contribute to a preparedness program
- Skills enhancement programs are coordinated with relevant staff to ensure an effective response to an emergency situation.
- Community awareness programs are coordinated to provide and gather information to ensure effectiveness of preparedness procedures.
- A trial emergency situation is monitored to test the effectiveness of the plan.
- Opportunities to review and amend the council public health emergency management plan are identified as required to ensure an effective, coordinated response to an emergency.
- Support the activation of council public health emergency management plan
- Where instructed, assessment, investigation or survey activities are conducted to determine public health threats.
- Response coordination activities are supported to meet the needs of the emergency.
- Information to advise of the status and effectiveness of the public health response is provided as required for reports to the coordinator of the council emergency management committee.
- Contributions to the effectiveness of public health responses are made to the relevant personnel.
- Contributions are made to the council public health emergency management plan review and amendment processes, to ensure an effective coordinated response to an emergency.
- Support public health emergency management recovery reporting
- Ongoing assessment following the response phase is conducted to determine public health threats.
- Response coordination activities are supported to meet the needs of the recovery.
- Advice of the status and effectiveness of the public health response is provided as required for reports to the coordinator of the council emergency management committee.
- Support is provided to management in the coordination of debriefings with the relevant personnel involved in the emergency to ascertain the effectiveness of the public health response.