This Mandatory Committee is established under Section 38(1) of the Emergency Management Act 2005.
The LEMC has specific functions to follow that are set out in Section 39 and 40 of the Emergency Management Act 2005 (EM Act).
The purpose of the Local Emergency Management Committee (LEMC) is to advise and assist the Local Government in ensuring that the Local Emergency Management arrangements are established for its district; to liaise with public authorities and other persons in the development, review and testing of Local Emergency Management arrangements; and to carry out other emergency management activities as directed by the State Emergency Management Committee (SEMC) or prescribed by the Regulations.
This Committee does not have any delegated authority. Meetings are held at 10.30am in the Shire of Toodyay Council Chambers, unless otherwise notified.
The two documents that act as guidelines for holding Committee Meetings are as follows:
Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming Meetings for this committee are available at the link below:
Council Meetings - Upcoming Meetings - Local Emergency Management Committee
Past Committee Meetings
Previous Agendas and Minutes for this committee are available at the link below:
Council Meetings - Past Meetings - Local Emergency Management Committee
Membership
Councillors
Cr D Wrench
Cr C Duri
Shire Officers
Community Emergency Services Manager (CESM)
Emergency Management Officer
Chief Executive Officer – Shire of Toodyay, or in accordance with section 5.10(5) of the Local Government Act 1995, the CEO’s Representative
Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) – Executive Manager Infrastructure, Assets and Services
Welfare Liaison Officer (WLO) – Economic Development Coordinator
Ranger Representative
Primary Stakeholders
Toodyay Police - Officer in Charge
Department of Communities representative
District Emergency Management Advisor (DEMA)
DFES District Officer Avon
St John Ambulance Community Paramedic
Principal, Toodyay District High School
Main Roads Representative
Secondary Stakeholders
Deputy LRC – Executive Managers from either the Corporate & Community Services area or the Development and Regulation area
Deputy Welfare Liaison Officers (WLO): W Sutton, J Lucas and K Browne
District Officer Natural Hazards
Other Attendees (non-Voting)
Chief Bush Fire Control Officer or deputy
Toodyay Volunteer Fire & Rescue representative
Toodyay St John Ambulance representative
Morangup St John Ambulance representative
Toodyay SES Representative
Meetings
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Wednesday 12 June 2024
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Committee Book
The terms of reference for the Committee is available here.
Local Emergency Management Arrangements
The LEMA Arrangements are available here