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Emergency Preparedness and Response Procedure 1 Purpose: Emergency Control Organisation (ECO)
Emergency Preparedness and Response Procedure 1 Purpose: Emergency Control Organisation (ECO)
1 PURPOSE
To describe the University of Melbourne's methodology for:
2 SCOPE
This procedure applies to all staff and students at all of the University of Melbourne's
campuses and each of the University's controlled entities.
3 DEFINITIONS
Emergency Control Organisation (ECO)
The structured organisation within each occupied building that will initiate an appropriate
response to an emergency situation.
A group of managers and support staff who respond during an emergency incident of
significant scale.
A group of senior level managers and support staff who respond during a crisis.
A person responsible for coordinating the evacuation of a building and the ECO in their
occupied building. Also known as Chief Warden.
Deputy BEC
Alternate BEC, assuming this role should the BEC not be present at the time of an emergency
response.
Emergency Warden
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A person responsible for an area or floor of their occupied building, in which they evacuate
all people present.
A building that he University of Melbourne owns or leases from another party, in which the
University is the primary (major) occupant.
A building in which the University of Melbourne is a secondary (minor) occupant of the total
building, for example University-occupied areas within hospitals.
4 PROCEDURES
4.1 University-Wide Emergency Management
The University must establish and maintain an Emergency Control Organisation based upon
the requirements of AS 3745.
The University must establish a Crisis and Emergency Planning Group (CEPG) in accordance
with the CEPG Terms of Reference [.pdf].
The Director, OHS and Injury Management the Director, Campus Operations must ensure
that a high level assessment of potential emergencies at the University is conducted and
reviewed annually. This assessment must include consideration of the following:
Fire
Rubbish fire, bush fire, electrical fire, oil / fat fire, gas fire.
Medical Emergency
Internal Emergency
External Emergency
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Bomb or Substance Threat
The Emergency Management Coordinator must review emergency preparedness and response
procedures for each potential emergency assessed to be significant:
The Emergency Management Coordinator must provide a draft version of new or altered
Emergency Management Plans to the CEPG for formal review.
The Emergency Management Coordinator must take into account feedback provided by the
members of the CEPG.
Following the formal review and feedback process, the Emergency Management Coordinator
must re-submit reviewed Emergency Management Plan to the CEPG for authorisation by the
Chair of the CEPG.
The Emergency Management Coordinator must establish and implement Building Emergency
Procedures for each of the University of Melbourne's occupied buildings. The Emergency
Management Coordinator must take into consideration all likely occupants of building,
including:
Staff, students and other occupants must familiarise themselves with Emergency Evacuation
Plans, including allocated emergency response personnel in each building that they occupy.
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Staff, students and other occupants must comply with the University of Melbourne's Building
Emergency Procedures including instructions or directions given by BEC's or Emergency
Wardens.
The Director, OHS and Injury Management must facilitate the establishment and
maintenance of the Building Emergency Control Organisation in each University-occupied
building. The ECO must consist of:
The Head of Department/School must ensure that information identifying local emergency
response personnel is displayed in each area that the department/school occupies
Where the University is a minor occupant in a building, the Head of Department/School must
ensure that occupants under the Universitys management and control cooperate and
participate in the established ECO for that building.
Where a building does not have an ECO established or the ECO is deemed inadequate for the
University occupants, the Director, OHS and Injury Management must facilitate the
establishment and maintenance of an ECO within the area of the building that the University
occupies.
The Emergency Management Coordinator must, in consultation with the BEC, develop and
maintain:
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The Emergency Management Coordinator must develop and maintain training packages that
meet the relevant competencies prescribed by AS 3745 for:
BEC, Deputy BECs and Wardens must be required to successfully complete the relevant
training.
Staff and permanent occupants of University buildings must receive training in building
emergency response through local workplace induction and Evacuation Exercise Drills.
Managers and supervisors must ensure that contact details of local emergency response
personnel are displayed in the building, such that they are visible to all occupants.
The BEC for each building must ensure that the building occupants participate in a minimum
of one Evacuation Training Exercise (Drill) per year.
The Director, OHS and Injury Management must ensure that building evacuation training
exercises are monitored and recorded centrally.
The BEC, on becoming aware of an emergency (or activation of a training exercise), must:
Ascertain the nature of the emergency and determine the appropriate action;
Ensure emergency wardens have been notified of the emergency, usually via the
building's emergency alarm system;
Coordinate evacuation and control entry to the affected areas;
Ensure the progress of the evacuation and any action taken is recorded in an incident
log;
Brief the emergency services personnel upon arrival on type, scope and location of the
emergency and the status of the evacuation and, thereafter, act on the incident
controller's instructions;
Complete an evacuation report, documenting details for the purpose of identifying and
correcting any deficiencies in procedure or its implementation.
The BEC must conduct a review after each emergency evacuation or exercise to identify
improvement to the building evacuation procedures.
The BEC must record the findings of the review on an Evacuation Report and provide a copy
of the Evacuation Report to the Emergency Management Coordinator.
The Emergency Management Coordinator must evaluate all findings of the Evacuation
Report and correct any deficiencies in procedure or its implementation.
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The Executive Director (Property & Campus Services) must arrange the periodic testing of
the University (Campus) Emergency Plans and associated procedures to ensure their
effectiveness.
The Executive Director (Property & Campus Services) must ensure that a debriefing session
is conducted after each exercise (or activation of the ERG) to identify areas for improvements
to the plan or procedures.
The Emergency Management Coordinator must review the Emergency Management Plan
following the debriefing.
5 RESPONSIBILITIES
Executive Director, Property & Campus Services
Head of Department/School
Manager
Supervisor
Emergency Warden
Staff
Students
Tenants
6 REFERENCES
AS 3745: Planning for emergencies in facilities
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The University of Melbourne Emergency Action Guide
7 DOCUMENT CONTROL
Established by: RMC on 6 March Authorised: Director, OHS and Injury Management
2007
Date: 26 June 2012. Version 2.1
Next Review: 26 June 2015 (c) The University of Melbourne - uncontrolled when
printed.