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❓ The Minister outlines the existing City of Perth Local Emergency Management Plan, including evacuation procedures, and details a review process initiated due to recent world events, focusing on mass evacuation in case of a catastrophic event. The review involves multiple agencies and is supported by the State Emergency Management Committee.

AnsweredQoN 410Legislative Assembly

Asked

13 September 2005

Member

Mr M.J. Birney

Portfolio

Police and Emergency Services

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Will the Minister advise details of any Central Business District evacuation plan that might exist for the Perth Central Business District in the event of an emergency?

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Answered

12 October 2005

Responded by

Minister for Police and Emergency Services

Response time

29 days

Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) advise the City of Perth Local Emergency Management Plan (endorsed 2003) includes a support plan for evacuation. That plan deals with two categories of evacuation: planned and immediate. The plan is reliant on some facilities, such as hospitals and convalescent facilities, to have comprehensive evacuation plans for occupants of those facilities. The plan outlines an evacuation structure and assigns responsibilities to various agencies when evacuation is considered necessary. In the event of an emergency requiring evacuation, the Incident Management Team also develops an evacuation plan specific to the hazard in their Incident Action Plan. Recent world events have highlighted the need to review the City of Perth CBD Evacuation Plan and the City of Perth has initiated a review focused on mass evacuation of the Perth CBD in the case of a catastrophic event. A project plan for the review will be developed in October 2005 and it is envisaged that the review, and a draft revised plan, will be completed by March 2006. Testing of the plan will take place between April and May 2006, possibly in the form of a discussion or tabletop exercise. Refinements to the plan, based on the testing, should be concluded by June 2006 and forwarded to the City of Perth Local Emergency Management Committee for endorsement. The review process involves a number of state government agencies that would have an involvement in evacuation of the CBD. This review is supported by the State Emergency Management Committee.

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