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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Validate plan
   • Maintenance and audit schedules are implemented, in consultation with relevant personnel and stakeholders
   • Outcomes of the review are used to refine plan, in consultation with stakeholders
   • Conduct an exercise to test emergency management plan effectiveness
2. Establish emergency planning context and framework
   • Authority to plan is confirmed with reference to legislation, organisational direction, community or managerial agreement
3. Planning environment is clarified by analysing emergency management planning drivers and risk assessments
4. Considerations impacting planning frameworks are identified and analysed
5. Stakeholders, their potential interests, sensitivities, roles and responsibilities are identified
6. Planning team is established with an appropriate balance of expertise, stakeholder representation and authority to achieve desired outcomes
7. Emergency management plan aims, objectives and governance framework are developed and refined with stakeholders
8. Develop agreed planning processes and methodology
   • A project scope is developed considering emergency management planning constraints
9. Processes for negotiating outcomes, key performance indicators, information management, reporting, accountability and decision making strategies are developed and agreed, in accordance with organisational procedures
10. Consultation and communication plans are developed and implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures
11. Sources of expertise are identified to contribute specialised information and analysis to the planning process, as required
12. A project plan is prepared and approved, in consultation with stakeholders
13. Undertake research and analysis for facility emergency response planning
    • Plan is regularly reviewed in response to latest information, changes in resources and planning environments
14. Appropriate research tools and consultation strategies for facility emergency response planning are chosen, in accordance with organisational procedures
15. Body of community information and risks and safety expectations are obtained from credible facility emergency management sources
16. Emergency management strategies are assessed to address vulnerability of communities and environments by analysing risk
17. The plan's role as an appropriate risk treatment is confirmed with relevant personnel, in accordance with organisational procedures
18. Developand refine emergency management planning outcomes
    • Emergency management arrangements are developed and reviewed to identify gaps or duplication in roles and responsibilities
19. Emergency management strategies and responsibilities are identified and confirmed, in consultation with stakeholders
20. Broad categories and types of resources and services required, including potential critical shortfalls, are identified
21. Financial and contractual arrangements for accessing or acquiring resources and services, are developed
22. Arrangements for the command, control and coordination of facility emergency response or recovery are addressed in the plan
23. Contingencies to address potential problems are developed with relevant organisations and service providers
24. Community and organisational implications of new or revised emergency management plans are identified, in consultation with stakeholders
25. Document emergency plan
    • Emergency management plan is reviewed and documented, in consultation with stakeholders
26. Plan is prepared, in accordance with organisational procedures and industry standards, consistent with broader jurisdictional emergency management arrangements
27. Clear and concise language appropriate for stakeholders and community is used in documentation
28. Planning records, supporting documentation and contact information are maintained, in accordance with organisational procedures and industry standards
    • Maintenance and audit schedules are implemented, in consultation with relevant personnel and stakeholders
29. Outcomes of the review are used to refine plan, in consultation with stakeholders
30. Conduct an exercise to test emergency management plan effectiveness

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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