Council responsibilities

Emergency management responsibilities of councils include:

General
  • Pursuing community safety as a corporate objective;
  • Promoting a risk based approach to community safety and emergency management;
  • Utilising building and planning processes to promote community safety and emergency management objectives and priorities;

Risk Management
  • Identifying;
  • Analysing;
  • Evaluating;
  • Treating risks;

Planning and Preparation
  • Managing residual risks;
  • Preparing Municipal Emergency Management Plan (MEMPlan)
  • Ensuring appropriate council resources (including contracted) are available for use in emergencies and are supported by operational and financial systems;
  • Conducting testing of MEMPlan and exercise emergency management arrangements;

Response
  • Supporting emergency services

Recovery
  • Supporting the community’s recovery from emergencies

More information is also available about emergency management from the Wodonga SES website at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~seswod/


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