Resources and publications
National
- AUSVETPLAN
- PLANTPLAN
- AQUAVETPLAN
- National Environmental Biosecurity Response Agreement (NEBRA)
- Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements
State
- NSW State Emergency Management Plan (EMPLAN)
- NSW Biosecurity (Animal and Plant) Emergency sub plan
- NSW Agriculture and Animal Services Functional Area (AASFA) supporting plan
- NSW State emergency plans
- Disasters Assistance Guidelines
- NSW Recovery Plan
- Emergency management priorities for DPI and LLS 2019-2023 (PDF, 61.93 KB)
- Emergency Response and Recovery Manual ( PDF, 1811.57 KB)
Regional
Property plans
Aviation
Decontamination, destruction and disposal
- Personal decontamination (PDF, 546.82 KB)
- Decontamination of vehicles and equipment (PDF, 572.3 KB)
- Destruction of birds using carbon dioxide gas (CO2) in a container (PDF, 655.5 KB)
- Destruction of birds using carbon dioxide gas (CO2) in the shed (PDF, 545.67 KB)
- Destruction of birds using lethal injection (PDF, 58.47 KB)
- Disposal of birds by composting (PDF, 80.88 KB)
- Destruction of birds using neck dislocation (PDF, 56.27 KB)
- Disposal of large animals by composting (PDF, 145.08 KB)
- Disposal planning (PDF, 187.54 KB)
- Transport of carcasses and contaminated material (PDF, 296 KB)
Field operations
- Animal evacuation sites (PDF, 320.83 KB)
- Biosecurity in animal evacuation centres
- Check points in biosecurity emergencies (PDF, 111.5 KB)
- Field operations in natural disasters (PDF, 390.84 KB)
- Gate establishment and management (PDF, 546.32 KB)
- Information - Animal owner information at evacuation sites (PDF, 222.38 KB)
- Mobile security in biosecurity emergencies (PDF, 103.42 KB)
- Pre-ops site inspection (PDF, 305.44 KB)
- Preparing for catastrophic fire events (PDF, 503.44 KB)
- Surveillance in biosecurity emergencies (PDF, 124.92 KB)
- Tracing in biosecurity emergencies (PDF, 97.94 KB)
- Using a biosecurity gate (PDF, 57.45 KB)
Information management
- Briefing, debriefing and handovers in emergencies (PDF, 75.09 KB)
- Information management in emergency operations (PDF, 231.09 KB)
- Photos and videos in emergency operations (PDF, 129.88 KB)
Locusts
Logistics and finance
- Logistics and finance emergency response guide (PDF, 1190.18 KB)
- Natural disaster and locust finance (PDF, 248.48 KB)
- Set up of control centres (PDF, 572.18 KB)
Relief and recovery
Resources
Training and induction
- Guide - Induction into emergency responses (PDF, 575.05 KB)
- User guide - EMtrain (PDF, 2965.33 KB)
- User guide - WebEOC user (PDF, 483.27 KB)
- User guide - WebEOC Personnel management (PDF, 643.13 KB)
- User guide - WebEOC Rostering (PDF, 608.36 KB)
- User guide - WebEOC Task resource request (PDF, 662.89 KB)
Systems and risk
- Guide - Risk management for emergencies (PDF, 247.97 KB)
- Guide - Auditing and assessing emergency operations (PDF, 235.67 KB)
- Guide - Control of emergency management documents (PDF, 403.26 KB)
Work Health and Safety
- Guide - WHS incident notification in emergency operations (PDF, 471.27 KB)
- Guide - Critical incident stress (PDF, 44.17 KB)
- Guide - Emergency procedures for EOCs and field sites (PDF, 470.97 KB)
- Guide - Monitoring location of field personnel (PDF, 470.49 KB)
- Guide - Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) (PDF, 413.77 KB)
Aviation
Decontamination, destruction and disposal
- Assessment checklist - personal decontamination (DOCX, 43.05 KB)
- Assessment for engaging ground spray contractor (DOCX, 39.82 KB)
- Disposal log (DOCX, 25.06 KB)
- Disposal options matrix (XLS, 52 KB)
- Calibration misters and boomless jets (DOCX, 36.01 KB)
- Chemical issue form (DOCX, 38.4 KB)
- Chemical storage shed safety checklist (DOCX, 47.42 KB)
- Chemical storage inventory and order form (DOCX, 37.47 KB)
- Chemical transport manifest (DOCX, 35.68 KB)
Field operations
- Animal registration form (DOCX, 212.27 KB)
- Check point log (DOCX, 27.94 KB)
- Evacuated animal register (XLSX, 66.92 KB)
- Gate log (DOCX, 25.06 KB)
- Site assessment (DOCX, 40.48 KB)
- Vehicle register (DOCX, 25.07 KB)
Information management
- Event log (DOCX, 27.8 KB)
- Incident action plan template (DOCX, 26.53 KB)
- Record of conversation/message (DOCX, 28.89 KB)
- Sitrep template (DOCX, 32.7 KB)
Locusts
- Post control check form (DOCX, 39.2 KB)
- Landholder consultation record (DOCX, 48.75 KB)
- Issue of insecticide to public land managers (DOCX, 35.21 KB)
- Plague locust report form (DOCX, 50.87 KB)
- Plague locust field assessment card (PDF, 257.05 KB)
Logistics and finance
- Travel register (XLSX, 40.79 KB)
- Suppliers register (XLSX, 45.02 KB)
- Meal sign-on sheet (DOCX, 34.19 KB)
- Motor vehicle running sheet (PDF, 24.23 KB)
- Response induction checklist (DOCX, 36.04 KB)
- Sign-on register (DOCX, 35.6 KB)
- AASFA/Biosecurity control centres & evacuation sites assessment (PDF, 4646.08 KB)
Relief and recovery
Surveillance - Animal
- Animal biosecurity field investigation questionnaire (DOCX, 139.21 KB)
- Animal biosecurity field investigation questionnaire - Pigs (DOCX, 139.4 KB)
Surveillance - Plant
- Section 1 : Location (Area of Interest) & party details (DOC, 83.5 KB)
- Section 2 : Surveillance details (plants) (DOC, 146 KB)
- Section 3 : Surveillance questions (plants) (DOC, 223.5 KB)
- Section 4 : Operational information (plants) (DOC, 103 KB)
- Section 5 : Tracing (plants) (DOC, 124.5 KB)
Work Health and Safety
- Guide - Implementing consequence management guide (CMG) for transport accidents involving animals (PDF, 156.18 KB)
- CMG template - Transport accidents involving animals (DOCX, 50.5 KB)
- Emergency management - Fatigue management plan (PDF, 214.82 KB)
- Dealing with aggressive stakeholders (PDF, 135.06 KB)
Aviation
Biosecurity
- Biosecurity gate establishment and management (PDF, 306.34 KB)
- Maintaining biosecurity entering and exiting properties (PDF, 115.99 KB)
Destruction
- Animal destruction and disposal activities in emergencies (PDF, 112.7 KB)
- Destruction of animals using carbon dioxide (PDF, 561.83 KB)
- Use of firearms in emergencies (PDF, 247.81 KB)
Disposal
Field operations
- Collection and examination of locusts (PDF, 116.14 KB)
- Insecticide application for locust control (PDF, 112.96 KB)
- Establishing and operating check points (PDF, 119.88 KB)
- Maintaining PAPR equipment - WHS (PDF, 121.72 KB)
- Working on or around water (PDF, 122.38 KB)
- Working around plant and equipment - WHS (PDF, 86.11 KB)
Key contacts
| Reporting emergencies | |
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| NSW Department of Primary Industries, Emergency Management Unit | Comments and feedback regarding information contained on these pages to emergency.preparedness@dpi.nsw.gov.au. |
