Emergency response teams

Principal Requirements

(suggested performance expectations for this part of the protocol)
 

14.  Increased community transmission of COVID-19 may trigger emergency, crisis incident management teams to be stood up. Should responses escalate, there may be impacts to the movement of specialist personnel, such oil spill response personnel (needed to be can mobilised in the unlikely event of an accident) event.

Guidance

(suggestions for practices to meet performance expectations)
 

• Exemption requests for specialist personnel are being assessed on a case by case basis.
• Specialist personnel should apply as early as possible for relevant state or territory governments exemptions, per each jurisdictions’ approved manner.
• More broadly, personnel requiring to mobilise across national and regional boundaries, including mutual aid, will comply to this protocol on a best endeavours basis (e.g. in some cases monitored isolation practices will need to be managed in accordance to ALARP principles including consideration of ability to maintain relevant physical distancing & hygiene protocols during oil spill response deployment).