Supply BAU procurement system EMIS (‘Supply and Transport’ and ‘Finance’ pages) Resource Classification Guide ICT ICT planning ICT device training (for operators) Coordination centre communications systems (phone, internet, radio etc) Resource Classification Guide Administration Administration BAU administrative systems and document management Personnel Recruitment Induction Training support Volunteer registration system CDEM training Response structure, including volunteers Transport Transport (driving and/or task planning) Catering Contracts Food service administration Facilities Contracts Property management BAU property management system Required skills The skills required for Logistics sub-functions are listed in Table 51 on the previous page. The team leaders of each sub-function need to have all of the listed skills, but other members of the team may have only one or more of the skills, depending on the tasks they will be assigned. Ideally staff in all of these functions will have received CIMS training so that they can understand the wider response structure, roles, and responsibilities. Identifying possible people Once the required skills are determined, a pool of people can be established. At a minimum, identify personnel to assign to the following appointments: Logistics Manager one or more alternate deputy Logistics Managers (may be one or more sub-function Team Leaders) Supply Team Leader(s) ICT Team Leader(s) Finance Team Leader(s) Administration Team Leader(s), and any other appointment where the function will definitely be activated (e.g. a Facilities Team Leader, if the coordination centre is activated in a different location). Start by identifying personnel within the CDEM organisation (including CDEM-trained volunteers). Align a person’s BAU roles as closely as possible with their response roles, to make the best use of their skills, knowledge, and experience.
Advantages in Staging Areas Staging Areas advantages include: more effective accountability allows team leaders to organise and brief teams allows teams a safe area to rest and reorganise improved ability to control and track resources more effective and efficient personnel check-in planning for resource use and contingencies is easier, and reducing traffic congestion. Assembly Area Assembly Areas are managed by Logistics, and used for receiving, organising, storing, and transporting resources. They may be established at local, regional, and national levels. They allow a coordination centre to deal with large volumes of resources. Assembly Areas need to be located away from incident sites, preferably at an established facility. Usually there is one EOC Assembly Area servicing multiple incident sites. An ECC usually has one Assembly Area if road transport is not interrupted, otherwise there may be more, so all areas have access to CDEM Group resources. Assembly Areas may be co-located with other responding agency facilities, to allow response personnel to more easily draw on the resources within the Assembly Area, and to reduce accommodation, catering, and other support requirements. Possible locations for Assembly Areas include: council owned or contractor depots warehouses or distribution centres airports, ports, railway yards, and other transport nodes, and sports grounds.