Local Emergency Management Committee

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:

• The Shire of Toodyay Standing Orders (Local Law) 2008 ; and the
• Code of Conduct for Elected Members, Committee Members and Staff 

Related Information

Agendas and Minutes

Committee Book

Primary Members	Deputy Members	2023 Dates
Cr S Pearce (Presiding Member)	Cr C Duri - Deputy Council Member	Wed 8 Mar 2023
Cr M McKeown - Council Member	Deputy LRC – Manager Development and Regulation.	Wed 14 June 2023
Toodyay Police - Officer in Charge	Deputy LRC – Manager Corporate & Community Services.	Wed 8 Nov 2023
Community Emergency Services Manager (CESM)	Deputy WLO - Planning and Compliance Officer.
Emergency Management Officer	Deputy WLO - Community Development 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	Deputy WLO - Operations Officer (Infrastructure & Assets)
Department of Communities representative	District Officer Natural Hazards
District Emergency Management Advisor (DEMA)
Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) – Manager Infrastructure and Assets	Other Attendees (non-voting)
Welfare Liaison Officer (WLO) –  Economic Development Coordinator	Chief Bush Fire Control Officer or deputy
DFES District Officer Avon	Toodyay Volunteer Fire & Rescue representative
Main Roads Representative	Toodyay St John Ambulance representative
St John Ambulance Community Paramedic	Morangup St John Ambulance representative
Ranger Representative	Toodyay SES Representative
Principal, Toodyay District High School