South Australian Consolidated Regulations

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 5

5—Incident management system

        (1)         SACFS will prepare and maintain an overall plan for fighting fires and dealing with other emergencies in the country (the "incident management system ).

        (2)         The objective of the incident management system will be to achieve—

            (a)         the greatest possible protection of life, property and the environment in the case of a fire or other emergency; and

            (b)         the greatest possible effectiveness and efficiency in the operations of SACFS in the case of a fire or other emergency.

        (3)         Each SACFS organisation must prepare and maintain a plan for the implementation of the incident management system in its area of responsibility (an "incident response plan ).

        (4)         A plan under subregulation (3) must—

            (a)         set incident response goals; and

            (b)         set out strategies for fighting fires and dealing with other emergencies in its area, and provide for the periodical review of those strategies; and

            (c)         set out procedures to facilitate co-ordination between the SACFS organisation and other recognised emergency services; and

            (d)         provide for the optimum use of equipment and other resources; and

            (e)         set goals for the training and proficiency of the members of the SACFS organisation.

        (5)         An SACFS organisation must, in order to ensure that it can implement the incident management system in accordance with its plan—

            (a)         work to achieve and maintain the highest possible standards in the following organisational areas:

                  (i)         operations;

                  (ii)         planning;

                  (iii)         logistics;

                  (iv)         finance; and

            (b)         carefully manage its equipment and other resources and work (so far as may be reasonable) to develop and improve that equipment and those resources; and

            (c)         work to achieve and maintain the highest possible standards in occupational health, safety and welfare; and

            (d)         encourage and support the training and development of its members; and

            (e)         without limiting the operation of paragraph (d), ensure that it complies with any training requirements for SACFS organisations specified by the Chief Officer.