Emergency Management Planning Resource Library

The information and resources within this Library are designed to support emergency management planning at state, regional, municipal, and community levels.

You have come to the right place if you are:

• new to an emergency management planning role (state, regional, or municipal level)
• seeking clarity on a particular emergency management planning topic.

Suggested guided tours

We have prepared some suggested guided tours to support your contribution to emergency management planning. These tours have been developed to inform the most common scenarios for visiting this library:

Role: New State Emergency Management Planning Committee (SEMPC) member

Review the following sub-sections in the first instance:

• Victoria’s emergency management planning framework
• Governance > Functions of the EMC, SEMPC, REMPCs and MEMPCs
• Governance > Meeting frequency of the SEMPC, REMPCs and MEMPCs
• Governance > Submitting and accessing agenda items for the SEMPC, REMPCs and MEMPCs

Role: New REMPC or MEMPC member

Review the following sub-sections in the first instance: 

• Victoria’s emergency management planning framework
• Emergency management plans

Role: New REMPC or MEMPC Chair

Review the following sub-sections in the first instance:

• Governance

Role: Providing administrative support to a REMPC

Review the following sub-sections in the first instance:

• Governance > Providing administrative support to SEMPC, REMPCs and MEMPCs

Role: Preparing an emergency management plan

Review the following sub-sections in the first instance:

• Emergency management plans

Role: Organisation wanting to contribute to emergency management planning

Review the following sub-sections in the first instance:

• Governance > Membership of the SEMPC, REMPC and MEMPC > Requesting to become a REMPC member or requesting to become a MEMPC member

Information about the resource library

This Library is compiled from a variety of sources including:

• the Emergency Management Act 2013 (External link) (EM Act 2013)
• the Guidelines for Preparing State, Regional and Municipal Emergency Management Plans (External link) (Ministerial Guidelines)
• material available on the public record
• original material developed for practical application of emergency management planning.

Care has been taken wherever possible to verify accuracy and reliability; however, the material does not constitute professional advice and is subordinate to the content of its original sources, including the EM Act 2013 and the Ministerial Guidelines.

No warranty is provided nor, to the extent lawful, liability accepted for loss resulting from reliance on the contents of this guide or from its use. Readers should apply their own skill and judgement when using the information contained herein.

Feedback

Our library is expected to develop over time. Your feedback regarding the content on this page is welcome via email to emergencyplanning@emv.vic.gov.au (External link)

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