Emergency Management Plan
An Emergency Management Plan is a plan that includes strategies to prevent, prepare, respond to and recover from emergencies, which may impact on people and infrastructure.
An Emergency Management Plan aims to:
- reduce possible causes of emergencies
- minimise the effects of emergencies that may occur
- provide guidance in the management of emergencies that may occur
- assist residents, employees, contractors and visitors to recover following an emergency
Examples of events that may be considered in an Emergency Management Plan include:
- aircraft crashes
- animal or plant disease outbreaks
- human infectious disease outbreaks
- earthquakes
- electrical failures
- extreme weather events
- bushfires
- residential fires
- commercial/industrial fires and explosions
- floods
- gas leaks
- gas supply failures
- commercial/industrial off-site discharges
- terrorism
- major transport incident
- major chemical releases
Victoria
In Victoria every municipality is required to prepare and maintain an Municipal Emergency Management Plan, under the Victorian Emergency Management Act 1986.