Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01818:front:0:p117
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preparedness, response and recovery.

The Jervis Bay Territory Administration has established the Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management Committee to ensure that arrangements are made to prevent, prepare for, respond to and assist recovery from emergencies and disasters. If the magnitude or nature of an operation warrants, assistance may be sought from the Shoalhaven Local Emergency Management Committee. The Jervis Bay Territory Administration has entered into, and is continuing to develop, service level agreements with NSW emergency service organisations to enable them to provide services in the Territory.

The Director has a duty of reasonable care for park visitors and staff and a duty under the Workplace Health and Safety Act 2011 to take reasonably practicable steps to protect employees, contractors and park visitors from risks to their health and safety.

The Director has a range of responsibilities in relation to incidents in the park. The park maintains an incident control centre and an incident management team to coordinate the response to incidents. The Director is responsible for responses to fire incidents in the park (see Section 6.7, Fire). In the case of a multi-agency response to fire, the Jervis Bay Territory Bushfire Operations Coordination Plan provides the framework for interagency cooperation within the Territory.

Incidents in the park's marine waters are jointly managed under the Marine Safety Ordinance 2007 (JBT) and the EPBC Act. The park maintains a number of vessels and limited response capability. Additional response capacity lies with the Australian Federal Police and neighbouring emergency services organisations. In the case of other types of incidents (such as road accidents) park staff are often the first on the scene and as a result can be required to perform critical incident response roles.

Responding to incidents can be costly, although until now the Director has not sought reimbursement or contributions toward costs from persons involved in incidents, for example for search and rescue operations.

Issues
    * For timely and successful incident responses, it is essential that the emergency services are clear about their roles and responsibilities and that there is ongoing cooperation in incident planning and management.

    * Establishment of dedicated emergency management legislation for the Territory is required to support effective interagency coordination and response.

Prescriptions

Policies

    9.6.1        The Director will continue to liaise with relevant authorities about incident response procedures and/or emergency management planning.

    9.6.2        The Director will take all reasonable steps to ensure properly trained and resourced personnel are available to provide incident response services in the park.

    9.6.3        Appropriate and accurate information about incidents and emergency operations will be maintained.

    9.6.4        Subject to legal requirements, the Director may seek reimbursement or contributions for the cost of responding to incidents, in particular search and rescue operations, in