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Crisis Coordination Centre
Emergency Management Australia
Australian Government Crisis Coordination Centre
CCC
Strategic Crisis Management Overview Emergency Management Australia
Friday 29 May 2015
Andrew Grace – Director Operations
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Crisis Coordination Centre
A Modern, Robust and All-Hazard Approach
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• Spans the risk spectrum from Natural Disasters to Counter Terrorism
• Common high level governance processes
• Similar systems and information management arrangements
• Key senior leaders are often the same
• Similar overarching coordination framework to manage the incident
Australian Government Crisis Management Framework
Crisis Coordination Centre
Australia’s Area of Responsibility
• Australia is the world’s sixth-largest country by total area
• Australia is a Commonwealth of six States and two territories who work cooperatively together in Disaster Management
• The States and Territories have primary responsibility for the protection of life, property and the environment and are the first responders to disaster and security incidents
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Australian Government Crisis Management Framework
• Outlines processes for management of hazard-specific crises and crises requiring whole of government coordination
• Explicitly links ministerial actions and considerations with the work of key officials, committees and facilities under portfolio-driven and whole of government circumstances
• Most crises are managed in accordance with hazard-specific and portfolio-driven processes
Crisis Coordination Centre
Australian Government Crisis Coordination Centre Responsibilities
• Cross–domain situational awareness
• Maintenance of common recognised info picture
• Coordination of briefings - incl AGCC, NCC
• Provision & coordination of briefing material for committees
• Compilation and distribution of committee outcomes
• Facilitate planning for public communications
• Provision of Whole of Government updates and reports to Parliament House Brief Room
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Crisis Management Foundations • Situational Awareness
– Multiple sources
– Communications
• Common Operating Picture – Incident Management System
– Specialist feeds
• Partnerships with key stakeholders – Bureau of Meteorology
– Geoscience Australia
– Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet
– Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
• Continuous Improvement – Critical Evaluation
– Applying Lessons Learned
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Crisis Management Evolution • Early identification of crisis
– Scenario : what could happen – Consequences
• Develop Options for action – What response will be required – Identify stakeholders – Activate Plans – Identify/Prepare/Pre-position capability
• Pre-emptive committee/coordination meetings • Deploy Liaison Officers • Stand-up Incident Management Team • Conduct Lessons Learned – during and after
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NSW Bushfires- October 2013 • Centered around the Blue Mountains
• AGCC held, Report from New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) identified State facing significant threat
• EMALO Deployed to NSW RFS
• Multi- agency Incident Management Team (IMT) established in CCC (First Time)
• Australian Government Agencies deployed to IMT
• Options papers develop using joint agency planning
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• Commanders Intent assisted to manage event
• Highlighted importance of early activation of IMT