EPF exercise evaluation

• Audit Title

• Document No.

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

Objective 1: Provide RRT members with an opportunity to further develop and practice skills and procedures when responding to an EAD in a jurisdiction

• 1.1 RRT were able to interact with jurisdictional staff and were briefed on South Australia's arrangements

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.2 RRT members gained an appreciation of the tasks performed by personnel working in the various roles

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.3 RRT members were able to consider cross-border issues

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.4 RRT members gained an appreciation of what BioSIRT can do, and we're given an opportunity to undertake user training

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.5 RRT members participated in a functional exercise with a scenario using a disease other than FMD

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.6 RRT members were able to engage with representatives of a number of industry groups

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1.7 RRT members benefited from the exercise

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Objective 2: Provide and opportunity for the RRT to integrate into a jurisdictional response

• 2.1 RRT members participated in the exercise and contributed to South Australia's response to the EAD scenario

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2.2 RRT members were briefed appropriately about PIRSA emergency response plans, other SA emergency management arrangements and the response scenario to date

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2.3 RRT members were deployed effectively (i.e. To the correct sections or where workflow demanded)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2.4 RRT members supported PIRSA operations and integrated into SA emergency response structure effectively

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Objective 3: Provide PIRSA personnel with the opportunity to practice arrangements for implementing PIRSA emergency response plans and activation, resourcing and working of the FRT in an EAD response

• 3.1 PIRSA's emergency response arrangements were identified and available for reference during the exercise

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.2 PIRSA's emergency response arrangements were applied by staff participating the in the exercise

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.3 PIRSA utilized the RRT effectively (i.e. the balance of skills provided by the RRT was complementary to the PIRSA skill set)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.4 FRT members participated in the exercise and contributed to SA's response to the EAD scenario

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3.5 Industry and other agency participants were utilized and provided useful information

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Objective 4: Practice and evaluate the application of BioSIRT during an emergency response and it's integration with SA's other information systems

• 4.1 An appropriate BioSIRT template was available for use during the exercise

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 4.2 Participants who used BioSIRT during the exercise were appropriately trained and skilled

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 4.3 Data entry into BioSIRT occurred within defined timeframes

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 4.4 Requested output reports from BioSIRT were generated in an acceptable timeframe and quality

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 4.5 BioSIRT data integrated with other information systems (e.g. GIS) utilized in the exercise

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 4.6 BioSIRT handled the volume of data inputted in the exercise

  Yes

  No

  N/A

General comments

• Observation summary: please add any observations in addition to those recorded above, as appropriate