36 NO. ACTION RELATED RECOMMENDATION/ AFFIRMATION DUE DATE STATUS LEAD AGENCY GOVERNANCE 59 Participate as a member of the Latrobe Health Improvement Valley Health Assembly to identify priorities Inquiry report: recommendation 3 Ongoing Ongoing DHHS (transition to business as usual (BAU) by December 2017) 60 Work with the Latrobe Valley Health Health Improvement Assembly to conduct annual monitoring Inquiry report: of the impact of innovation recommendations 3 and 5 Annually in Ongoing DHHS December (transition to BAU by December 2018) 51. Assist the Latrobe Valley Health Taskforce to recruit an initial local team to support the work of the taskforce and Latrobe Valley Health Assembly DHHS provided the Latrobe Health Taskforce (the Health Taskforce) with draft position descriptions for an Executive Officer, Senior Project Officer, Community Engagement Officer and Administration Officer. A recruitment process was undertaken and an initial local team comprising an Executive Officer, Communications Manager and Administration Officer was appointed in September 2016. DHHS advised IGEM that due to the preliminary nature and administrative focus of work associated with the establishment of the Health Assembly, DHHS and the Health Taskforce decided not to proceed with the appointment of a Senior Project Officer at this time. The Latrobe Regional Hospital agreed to be the auspice organisation leading the recruitment and appointment process. DHHS has a funding and service agreement with the Latrobe Regional Hospital to support this arrangement. The local team has been working together with DHHS in supporting the work of the Health Taskforce. FINDING 52. Develop an engagement strategy to help the Latrobe Valley Health Taskforce to identify and attract broad community and business and industry representatives to consider membership of the Latrobe Valley Health Assembly Participation by community members and local industry and business in the Health Assembly ensures health improvement strategies are informed by a strong community engagement process. DHHS developed an engagement strategy to help the Health Taskforce identify and attract a diverse range of local representatives to consider membership of the Health Assembly. The strategy was presented at a Health Taskforce meeting in August 2016 and included: • a membership matrix presenting the desired diversity of membership • community bulletins • media releases • an email address for community members to provide feedback and/or ask questions • a public expression of interest process. IGEM considers this action has been implemented as planned. FINDING IGEM considers this action has been implemented as planned.
• $27.3 million Victorian Government investment in health in the Latrobe Valley. The Health Assembly has been established to promote, support and oversee the development and operation of the Latrobe Health Innovation Zone with a focus on innovation, integration and community engagement to improve health and wellbeing. The Health Assembly constitution was approved by Latrobe City Council on 8 May 2017. The Health Assembly consists of foundation members – Chairperson, Latrobe City Council, Latrobe Community Health Service, Latrobe Regional Hospital, Gippsland PHN, DHHS – and ordinary members. 43 www2.health.vic.gov.au/about/health-strategies/health-in-latrobe-valley
Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Annual Report 2017 154 Engage technical specialists to assist WorkSafe in the assessment of coal mine fire risk WorkSafe Complete 157 Sign an MOU (DEDJTR and CFA) that describes roles and responsibilities around fires and fire risk at earth resource sites DEDJTR & CFA Complete RECOMMENDATION 5 STATUS The State equip itself to undertake rapid air quality monitoring in any location in Victoria, to: • collect all relevant data, including data on PM2.5, carbon monoxide and ozone; and • ensure this data is used to inform decision-making within 24 hours of the incident occurring. Ongoing No. Action Lead agency Action status 114 Endorse the Rapid Deployment of Air Quality Monitoring for Community Health Guideline EPA Complete 115 Endorse the JSOP 03.18 for Rapid Deployment of Air Quality Monitoring for Community Health 116 Deliver rapid response monitoring capacity for PM2.5 and CO, including transitional data and information management processes for decision making during an event EPA Complete EPA Complete 117 Refine the response model, decision support tools and deployment procedures for 2016/17 summer fire season by incorporating lessons learned EPA Complete 118 Two mobile stations built and operational for deployment to complex events of extended duration and significant community impact EPA Complete 119 Train relevant staff in EPA regional offices in air quality equipment deployment during emergency events EPA Complete 120 Pre-deploy smoke monitors to identified high-risk sites across regional Victoria EPA Complete 121 Establish EPA and VICSES partnership and train VICSES staff in deployment of smoke monitors EPA Complete 122 Deliver a fully functional integrated air quality monitoring and information systems EPA Ongoing RECOMMENDATION 6 STATUS The State take the lead in advocating for a national compliance standard for PM2.5. Complete No. Action Lead agency Action status 140 Advocate for NEPC decision on particulate standards for NEPM AAQ 141 Amend the SEPP AAQ to formally adopt the national PM2.5 standard, once approved EPA Complete EPA & DELWP Complete
Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry Annual Report 2017 133 44 Evaluate the ‘smoke and your health’ community engagement strategy DHHS Complete 45 Update the ‘smoke and your health’ community engagement strategy to reflect learnings from engagement with stakeholders and the evaluation DHHS Complete 123 Endorse State Smoke Framework, Version 2.0 DHHS & EMV Complete 124 Revise the fire warning templates to include smoke and health messaging DHHS & EMV Complete 127 Engage appropriate experts to undertake a review of internationally recognised graduated smoke frameworks and the epidemiological basis for these frameworks DHHS Complete 128 Undertake a plume modelling project to develop an enhanced capability for the prediction of toxic smoke and chemical releases from fires and hazardous material incidents CFA Ongoing 129 Establish sector governance arrangements for the Predictive Services Framework, including Project Control Board comprising representation from EMV, DELWP, CFA and MFB DELWP Complete 130 Undertake a user and decision making needs assessment of community, industry and emergency management sector to inform development of predictive services systems, tools and products before, during and after hazard events DELWP Complete 131 Design an ICT system architecture (design) for the Predictive Services ICT Platform DELWP Complete 132 Build an ICT platform for hazard prediction (including smoke) models DELWP Ongoing 133 Design data management requirements for the Predictive Services Framework DELWP Complete 134 Incorporate Predictive Services smoke intelligence module, to incorporate social media, field sensors and satellite image data to calibrate and validate smoke predictions DELWP Ongoing AFFIRMATION 25 STATUS The State undertake projects to understand health impacts and predict the movement of smoke from planned burning and bushfires. Ongoing No. Action Lead agency Action status 123 Endorse State Smoke Framework, Version 2.0 DHHS & EMV Complete 124 Revise the fire warning templates to include smoke and health messaging DHHS & EMV Complete 127 Engage appropriate experts to undertake a review of internationally recognised graduated smoke frameworks and the epidemiological basis for these frameworks DHHS Complete 128 Undertake a plume modelling project to develop an enhanced capability for the prediction of toxic smoke and chemical releases from fires and hazardous material incidents CFA Ongoing 129 Establish sector governance arrangements for the Predictive Services Framework, including Project Control Board comprising representation from EMV, DELWP, CFA and MFB DELWP Complete