Post on 14-Jan-2016
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Wallan Tanker RolloverHume Highway – 27/6/12Incident and Emergency Management
Peter CreakOperations Manager –
District 12Country Fire Authority
Overview
• Background• Incident and Emergency Management• Advice and Warnings• Social Media – Public Expectations• Lessons
Background
• Hume Highway - Northbound• Wallan Approx – 60km North of Melbourne• Close to BP Service Centre• Approx 6.20pm• B Double Fuel Tanker vs Ute• Fuel – Petrol and Diesel (both leaking)
Incident Management
• Complexity and potential– Road Closures (Service centres)– Public Information– Fuel drainage and recovery (missing fuel)– Potential for pollution
• Level 2 Incident Management Team at Wallan• Intense interest• New shift commenced 0400hrs
Emergency Management
• Victoria’s EM arrangements• Control Agency – Different Incidents• Managing the consequences• Emergency Management Team• Working with all agencies– Police, VicRoads, Municipality, EPA, CFA, SES, ISS
First Response
Information and Warnings
• The new era – post Royal Commission• Bushfire principles applied to all emergencies• Templates for Bushfire, Structure and Hazmat• Early advice via VicRoads Website• Emergency alert and Watch and Act message
delivered
Emergency Alert
• 4352 Text messages delivered
Social Media
• Facebook and twitter presence - warnings• Twitter Tweet: Just got an automatated CFA
message in the phone, chemical spill on the Hume in Wallan, keep clear, close all windows and stay inside #yikes
• Facebook: Jannice Richardson Congratulations to all members of CFA and SES for their diligent work through the night to help avoid a fireball. xx
Social Media
• Myth Busting:– Fireball report - BREAKING #victoria NEWS Sounds
like a #fire ball on the Hume Freeway at #wallan after Tanker Crash with 40,000 L of #petrol #victraffic #vic
– CFA correction - @timbocrew @AUtoday at this stage, no fire at Wallan fuel tanker rollover
Lessons
• Complex drainage. Plans don’t always exist• Get IMT Structure right early• Work closely with Emergency Management
Team• Complexity and Duration – Work closely with
clean up contractor• Social Media is a very valuable tool