ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

1. Contribute to the safety, health and welfare of all personnel involved in an incident

1.1 Initial briefing and regular updates are obtained from Incident Controller.

1.2 Safety Unit priorities are obtained and confirmed with Incident Controller throughout an incident.

1.3 Requirements for safety, health and welfare in incident management are identified.

1.4 Safety, health and welfare of operational and other associated personnel is monitored and reviewed throughout an incident.

1.5 Information relating to safety, health and welfare is collected, collated and analysed.

1.6 Predictions and forecasts are made about the safety, health and welfare environment of an incident and components contributing to that environment are identified.

1.7 Mitigation strategies for risks that may not have been controlled elsewhere in the planning process are identified and developed.

1.8 Extant and potential safety roles are identified.

1.9 Overview of the adequacy of procedures related to safety is maintained.

1.10 Meetings and briefings are monitored for adequacy of safety and health information.

2. Provide advice to relevant personnel on mitigating safety, health and welfare risks

2.1 Relevant personnel are immediately informed of any action or condition that has the potential to place any person's life or safety at risk.

2.2 Mitigation actions are recommended as appropriate, where actions or conditions have the potential to place any person's life, safety, health or welfare at risk.

2.3 Work is undertaken with relevant personnel to ensure safety, health and welfare issues are considered and addressed.

2.4 Occupational health and safety (OH&S) advice is provided and outcomes of that advice are documented.

2.5 Incident Controller is alerted to unsafe work practices and alternative strategies/mitigations are suggested.

3. Manage the Safety Unit

3.1 Safety Unit is established in accordance with Incident Controller's direction and the perceived risk profile of the incident.

3.2 Structure of the Safety Unit is adjusted during the incident to meet the predicted and actual safety demands of the incident.

3.3 Log of activities is maintained.

3.4 Performance of the Safety Unit is designed, activated and monitored in accordance with the requirements of the organisation and the demands of the incident.

3.5 Operational plans are produced for the Safety Unit and Safety Unit members are briefed on their responsibilities in meeting the outcomes of the plan.

3.6 Work undertaken by Safety Unit members is supervised, monitored and reviewed.

3.7 Demobilisation of the Safety Unit is planned.

3.8 Handover briefings are prepared and delivered.

4. Contribute to the planning processes

4.1 Meetings, briefings and debriefing sessions are attended and participated in as required.

4.2 Liaison is undertaken with the IMT to produce a safe operational plan.

4.3 Safety related input is provided to the development of the Incident Action Plan (IAP) in relation to incident safety.

4.4 Relevant sections of the IAP are contributed to and/or reviewed as they are developed.

4.5 Participation in the development and dissemination of specific plans is undertaken as required.

5. Support the management of safety event

5.1 Initiation of initial investigation/analysis of safety event is ensured.

5.2 Interaction is maintained with relevant personnel during/following a safety event.

5.3 Monitoring of safety, health and welfare requirements across an incident is maintained to ensure routine requirements are being met and to ensure unusual or unexpected situations or circumstances are not missed in the preparation and implementation of incident plans.

5.4 Passing on of information to the Incident Controller in relation to safety event investigations that take place on the incident ground and any impact investigations may have on operations is ensured.

5.5 Information relating to safety event cause and immediate and future mitigations is passed on to Incident Controller, Section and/or Unit Leader/s as appropriate.

5.6 Hazards and risks associated with the safety event are analysed to determine if appropriate control strategies have been identified and adequate mitigations have been put in place.

5.7 Development and submission to management of initial safety event report and recommendations for the prevention of similar occurrences is ensured.

5.8 Inclusion of any appropriate follow up actions required for safety events in demobilisation and recovery plans is ensured.

5.9 Implementation of safety recommendations arising out of a safety event investigation are implemented.