Local Emergency Management Committee

Where:	Shire of Toodyay Council Chambers
2022 Dates:	Wednesday, 9 February 2022
	Wednesday, 11 May 2022
	Wednesday, 10 August 2022
	Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Time:	5.00pm

Members	Deputy Members	Responsible Officer
Cr Pearce (elected as Presiding Member in accordance with SEMC Guidelines and Section 38 (3) & (4) of the Emergency Management Act 2005.	Cr Duri	CESM
Cr McKeown
Police Officer in Charge – Toodyay to act as the Deputy Presiding Member of the Committee in accordance with Section 38 (3) (b) and (4) of the Emergency Management Act 2005 and in accordance with SEMC Guidelines.	Deputy 1 CBFCO
Chief Bush Fire Control Officer	Deputy 1 CBFCO
	Deputy 2 CBFCO
Community Emergency Services Manager (CESM)
Chief Executive Officer – Shire of Toodyay, or in accordance with section 5.10(5) of the Local Government Act 1995, the CEO’s Representative
Emergency Management Officer
Department of Child Protection and Family Support representative
District Emergency Management Advisor (DEMA)
Local Recovery Coordinator
Deputy Recovery Coordinator
Welfare Liaison Officer
Deputy Welfare Liaison Officer
DFES District Manager Representative
Main Roads Representative
Toodyay Volunteer Fire & Rescue representative
Silver Chain Service Coordinator Representative
Toodyay St John Ambulance representative
Morangup St John Ambulance representative
St John Ambulance Community Paramedic
Toodyay SES Representative
Red Cross Representative
Ranger Representatives
Principal, Toodyay District High School
Health/Medical Representative

This Mandatory Committee is established under Section 38(1) of the Emergency Management Act 2005.

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.

The LEMC has specific functions to follow that are set out in Section 39 and 40 of the Emergency Management Act 2005 (EM Act).       This Committee does not have any delegated authority.

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 

 All dates are subject to change.

Related Information

Agenda, Minutes and Notes

Committee Book