The project outcomes are focused on establishing municipal emergency management
planning guidelines and evaluation tools for Tasmanian councils, against which
existing and new emergency plans can be assessed. The aim of the project is to
improve the standard and consistency of planning across municipalities.
The scope may include but is not limited to:
• A thorough literature review will be undertaken to inform the development of
an agreed local guideline/framework for the planning, documentation and
exercising of local municipal emergency management plans and the development of
a standardised instrument for plan evaluation.
• Thorough consultation with local government and relevant state agencies will
be conducted to inform the development of the guidelines and evaluation
instruments.
• Planning documentation will be prepared and published that encompasses among
other things standardised guidelines, self audit tool and emergency management
plan evaluation tools.
• Six existing plans will be audited against the agreed framework and
evaluation tool(s) by way of six demonstration exercises which will be
facilitated for two councils in each region to evaluate their municipal plans
with the standardised instrument. These demonstration evaluations will be used
to validate the guidelines and will inform any final amendments to the
guidelines or evaluation instruments.
• Detailed reports will be provided to each council on the performance of their
plans against the agreed framework and evaluation instruments. The reports
will include recommendations for planning enhancements.
