The Hills Shire Local Emergency Management Plan March 2016 · The Hills Shire Local Emergency Management Plan Page 6 of 58 Printed 8/03/2017 3:08 PM Part 2 – Community Context Annexure

The Hills Shire

Local Emergency

Management Plan

March 2016 (Amended February 2017)

The Hills Shire Local Emergency Management Plan

Page 2 of 58 Printed 8/03/2017 3:08 PM

Part 1 – Administration

Authority

The Hills Shire Local Emergency Management Plan (EMPLAN) has been prepared by The Hills Shire Local Emergency Management Committee in compliance with the State Emergency & Rescue Management Act 1989.

APPROVED

………………………………………………………

Chair

The Hills Shire Local Emergency Management Committee

Dated:

ENDORSED

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Chair

North West Metropolitan Regional Emergency Management Committee

Dated:



Contents

Part 1 – Administration ........................................................................................................ 2

Authority .............................................................................................................................. 2

Contents .............................................................................................................................. 3

Purpose ............................................................................................................................... 4

Objectives ............................................................................................................................ 4

Scope .................................................................................................................................. 4

Principles ............................................................................................................................. 5

Test and Review Process ................................................................................................... 5

Part 2 – Community Context ............................................................................................... 6

Annexure A – Community Profile ........................................................................................ 6

General ............................................................................................................................ 6

Landform and Topography .............................................................................................. 7

Climate ............................................................................................................................. 8

Land Use ....................................................................................................................... 10

Population and People .................................................................................................. 11

Transport Routes and Facilities ..................................................................................... 16

Economy and Industry ................................................................................................... 17

Annexure B – Hazards and Risks Summary .................................................................... 18

Annexure C – Local Sub Plans, Supporting Plans and Policies ....................................... 22

Part 3 – Restricted Operational Information .................................................................... 24

Annexure D – Community Assets ..................................................................................... 24

Key Resources and Locations ....................................................................................... 24

Key Infrastructure .......................................................................................................... 43

Annexure E – Vulnerable Facilities List ............................................................................ 46

Annexure F – Consequence Management Guides .......................................................... 57



Purpose

Details arrangements for prevention of, preparation for, response to and recovery from emergencies within the Local Government Area(s) covered by this Plan.

It encompasses arrangements for:

emergencies controlled by combat agencies; emergencies controlled by combat agencies and supported by the Local Emergency

Operations Controller (LEOCON); emergency operations for which there is no combat agency; and circumstances where a combat agency has passed control to the LEOCON.

Objectives

The objectives of this Plan are to:

define participating organisation and Functional Area roles and responsibilities in preparation for, response to and recovery from emergencies;

set out the control, co-ordination and liaison arrangements at the Local level; detail activation and alerting arrangements for involved agencies; and detail arrangements for the acquisition and co-ordination of resources.

Scope

The Plan describes the arrangements at Local level to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and also provides policy direction for the preparation of Sub Plans and Supporting Plans:

Arrangements detailed in this Plan are based on the assumption that the resources upon which the Plan relies are available when required; and

The effectiveness of arrangements detailed in this Plan are dependent upon all involved agencies preparing, testing and maintaining appropriate internal instructions and/or standing operating procedures.

Since originally approved by the LEMC and endorsed by the REMC, the Plan has been amended to reflect changes to the southern boundaries of The Hills Shire that came into effect on 12 May 2016 following the NSW State Government’s proclamation of the new City of Parramatta.



Principles

The following principles are applied in this Plan:

a) The Emergency Risk Management (ERM) process is to be used as the basis for emergency planning in New South Wales. This methodical approach to the planning process is to be applied by Emergency Management Committees at all levels.

b) Responsibility for preparation, response and recovery rests initially at Local level. If Local agencies and available resources are not sufficient they are augmented by those at Regional level.

c) Control of emergency response and recovery operations is conducted at the lowest effective level.

d) Agencies may deploy their own resources from their own service from outside the affected Local area or Region if they are needed.

e) The Local Emergency Operations Controller (LEOCON) is responsible, when requested by a combat agency, to co-ordinate the provision of resources support. EOCONs would not normally assume control from a combat agency unless the situation can no longer be contained. Where necessary, this should only be done after consultation with the Regional Emergency Operations Controller (REOCON) and agreement of the combat agency and the appropriate level of control.

f) Emergency preparation, response and recovery operations should be conducted with all agencies carrying out their normal functions wherever possible.

g) Prevention measures remain the responsibility of authorities/agencies charged by statute with the responsibility.

Test and Review Process

The Hills Shire Local Emergency Management Committee (LEMC) will review this Plan every three years or after any of the following:

Activation of the Plan in response to an emergency; Legislative changes affecting the Plan; and Exercises conducted to test all or part of the Plan.



Part 2 – Community Context

Annexure A – Community Profile

General

The Hills Shire is located in the north-western outskirts of Sydney approximately 30 km from the Sydney CBD. The Shire covers an area of approximately 370 sq. km stretching from the suburbs of West Pennant Hills in the south to Wisemans Ferry in the north. Approximately 70% of the area is rural in character with the urban residential areas being concentrated in the southern part of the Shire. However these rural areas are as development occurs in new release areas at North Kellyville, Box Hill and Box Hill North diminishing.

The Shire is surrounded by the LGAs of Parramatta (south), Blacktown (south west), Hawkesbury (west), Gosford (north) and Hornsby (east). It is generally bounded by the Hawkesbury River (north and west), Old Northern Road, Castle Hill Road, Pennant Hills Road, The Hills M2 Motorway, Windsor Road, Old Windsor Road and Boundary Road. The Shire is made up of 25 suburbs and localities and is divided into four electoral Wards. A number of the suburbs cross over into adjoining LGAs.

The suburbs/localities are:

Annangrove Bella Vista Cattai Glenorie Leets Vale Maroota North Rocks South Maroota Wisemans Ferry

Baulkham Hills Box Hill Dural Kellyville Lower Portland Middle Dural Rouse Hill West Pennant Hills

Beaumont Hills Castle Hill Glenhaven Kenthurst Maraylya Nelson Sackville North Winston Hills

Council is currently undertaking community consultation to amend the boundaries of several existing suburbs and create two new suburbs – Norwest and North Kellyville.

The northern and western boundaries of the Shire are largely set by the Hawkesbury River.

The northern part of the Shire is heavily vegetated with typically large amounts of dry sclerophyll forests, some wet sclerophyll forests and remnant areas of pastoral land, grasslands and some open woodlands.



Topographically, the southern areas are characterised by the flatter areas and ridge/gully country, with the northern areas having much less flatter areas with more rugged ridge/gully country.

Landform and Topography

The Shire is located within two bioregional provinces, Sydney Plains and Sydney Hills. The Sydney Plains province covers the Cumberland Plain and occurs in the west of the Shire, whilst the Sydney Hills province includes the Hornsby Plateau and occurs in the north and east of the Shire.

Elevation within the Shire ranges from sea level at Wisemans Ferry to 239 metres at Maroota Trig Station. Much of the land within the Hornsby Plateau is underlain by Hawkesbury sandstone. The land of higher elevation around Dural, Glenhaven, Castle Hill and West Pennant Hills has a layer of Wianamatta shale over the sandstone. In the south-west, Wianamatta shale is on the lower plains and hills of the Cumberland Plain.

Alluvial deposits are found along the Hawkesbury River floodplain and in the flatter valleys along tributaries of the Hawkesbury (O'Hara's Creek, Blue Gum Creek, Cattai Creek, Caddies Creek, Little Cattai Creek) where swamps form the more extensive alluvial deposits.



A number of soil landscapes occur within the Shire. Soil landscapes associated with Hawkesbury sandstone include Hawkesbury, Falconbridge, Gymea and Lucas Heights soil landscapes. Small areas of Oxford Falls soil landscape occur in Baulkham Hills and towards Winston Hills where flatter valleys occur and in the head waters of Little Cattai Creek and at Maroota. Higher elevations of Wianamatta shale have the Glenorie soil landscape present. The steep sheltered slopes of West Pennant Hills soil landscape can be observed at West Pennant Hills and Castle Hill, while Picton soil landscape is found at Winston Hills through to Baulkham Hills associated with the steeper slopes, and Wianamatta shale.

On the Cumberland Plain, Blacktown soil landscape is associated with Wianamatta shale geology. Luddenham soil landscape also associated with Wianamatta Group sediments, is found along the ridges and rolling hills of Winston Hills and Baulkham Hills extending west to Marayong in Blacktown.

Some igneous intrusions exist within the area at Dural and Maroota providing rich biodiversity around these areas.

Woodlands soil landscape is found on broad benches and drainage lines on beds of the Mittagong formation, such as along the middle reaches of Little Cattai Creek. The South Creek soil landscape is associated with Quaternary alluvial deposits in the floodplains of Caddies Creek, Smalls Creek and Killarney Chain of Ponds at Box Hill. The Freemans Reach soil landscape is also associated with Quaternary alluvial deposits. This soil landscape is found along the floodplain of the Hawkesbury River and tributaries with occurrences including Broadwater Swamp, Doyles Swamp and Lambs Creek.

As the two bio-regions of the Cumberland Plain and the Hornsby Plateau meet within the Shire, the large transition areas between the two provide for the richest biodiversity within a local government area of the Sydney basin.

Climate

The Shire is entirely within a temperate climate zone which results in the climate being generally mild and mostly free from extremes of heat and cold.

The following charts show:

The average monthly temperature for all years of data since 1881, as recorded at the Western Sydney University, Richmond.

The average monthly rainfall from 1981 to 2010, as recorded at the Western Sydney University, Richmond.





Land Use

The Hills Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2012 (as amended) is the principal planning instrument affecting land use within the Shire. The Plan, although prepared by Council, was vetted by the NSW State Government to ensure consistency with the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and State Environmental Planning Policies before being gazetted by the Minister.

The purpose of the LEP is to define what purpose land may be used for. The LEP consists of a written statement and a number of maps.

The written LEP statement includes the legal definitions of a wide range of land use activities and land use tables divided into different zones to describe what uses are permissible or prohibited under the given zones. The plan also contains a number of special provisions to address such issues as heritage conservation, subdivision and land acquisition. The zoning map then depicts graphically the application of the various zones to specific areas of land.

In general terms, the LEP is used by Council to determine if a land use or activity is permissible on any given property. The LEP expresses Council's broad land use strategy for the Shire.

State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (the Codes SEPP) specifies exempt and complying development under that Policy. The Codes SEPP has state-wide application and commenced on 27 February 2009.

Details on all land use zonings, including maps and permissible activities, are available on Council’s website at www.thehills.nsw.gov.au.

Land Use Zone - The Hills LEP 2012 Area (hA) % of LGA

B1 Neighbourhood Centres 8.66 0.02 B2 Local Centres 58.47 0.16 B4 Mixed Use 69.28 0.19 B5 Business Development 60.83 0.16 B6 Enterprise Corridors 79.80 0.22 B7 Business Parks 202.26 0.55 E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves 577.92 1.56 E2 Environmental Conservation 694.93 1.88 E3 Environmental Management 3.86 0.01 E4 Environmental Living 429.43 1.16 IN1 General Industrial 15.59 0.04 IN2 Light Industrial 190.11 0.51



R1 General Residential 50.68 0.14 R2 Low Density Residential 3,563.80 9.64 R3 Medium Density Residential 993.04 2.69 R4 High Density Residential 159.25 0.43 RE1 Public Recreation 936.51 2.53 RE2 Private Recreation 319.66 0.86 RU1 Primary Production 1,139.04 3.08 RU 2 Rural Landscape 18,164.08 49.15 RU3 Forestry 45.35 0.12 RU6 Transition 8,254.61 22.34 SP2 Infrastructure 160.84 0.44 SP2 Infrastructure (Drainage) 249.22 0.67 SP3 Tourist 7.25 0.02 W2 Recreational Waterways 523.28 1.42

Population and People

1. Population Size Based on the new Council boundaries, the population of the Shire was estimated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to be approximately 160,339 in 2015. This represented an average annual increase in population over the previous 10 year period of approximately 3,440.

The Shire is still experiencing a period of rapid growth towards an expected total population of 268,546 by 2030 and 310,535 by 2040.

2. Population Projections Details of the forecast growth in the population, number of households and average household size are included in the graph below. The Shire’s projected population of 268,546 by 2030 represents an increase of 67% over the current population.

This rapid growth is due to new land releases in the Balmoral Road and Box Hill North areas and the North Kellyville and Box Hill precincts within the North West Growth Centre, as well as a number of potential urban activation precincts within existing urban residential areas. The existing urban areas of the Shire are also experiencing growth as medium and high density developments replace single stand-alone houses around town centres and transport hubs.



3. Age Profile

Age structure - service age groups

The Hills Shire - Total persons (Usual residence)

2011 2006

Change

Service age group (years)

Number % Greater

Sydney % Number %

Greater Sydney %

2006 to 2011

Babies and pre-schoolers (0 to 4)

9,575 6.7 6.8 9,133 6.9 6.6 +442

Primary schoolers (5 to 11)

15,015 10.6 8.7 13,966 10.6 9.1 +1,049

Secondary schoolers (12 to 17)

12,745 9.0 7.4 12459 9.4 7.9 +286

Tertiary education and independence (18 to 24)

13,290 9.4 9.5 13,045 9.9 9.9 +246

Young workforce (25 to 34)

15,099 10.6 15.4 15,849 12.0 15.3 -750



Parents and homebuilders (35 to 49)

32,802 23.1 21.9 30,781 23.3 22.5 +2,021

Older workers and pre-retirees (50 to 59)

19,408 13.7 12.2 18,964 14.3 12.2 +444

Empty nesters and retirees (60 to 69)

14,612 10.3 9.0 10,661 8.1 7.8 +3,952

Seniors (70 to 84) 7,845 65.5 7.2 6,026 4.6 7.3 +1,819

Elderly aged (85 and over)

1,566 1.1 1.8 1,048 0.8 1.6 +518

Total population 141,957 100.0 100.0 132,348 100.0 100.0 +9,609

Forecast age structure - 5 year age groups 2011 to 2026

The Hills Shire - Total

persons

2011 2021

2036

Change between 2011

and 2036

Age group (years)

Number % Number % Number % Number

0 to 4 9,740 6.6 11,666 6.3 16,366 6.5 +6,626

5 to 9 10,833 7.3 13,133 7.1 18,159 7.2 +7,327

10 to 14 10,875 7.4 14,136 7.6 18,917 7.5 +8,042

15 to 19 10,882 7.4 13,400 7.2 17,971 7.1 +7,089

20 to 24 10,146 6.9 11,131 6.0 15,473 6.1 +5,328

25 to 29 7,680 5.2 9,781 5.3 13,478 5.3 +5,789

30 to 34 8,492 5.7 10,989 5.9 14,810 5.9 +6,317

35 to 39 11,138 7.5 12,906 7.0 17,442 6.9 +6,304

40 to 44 11,652 7.9 13,924 7.5 18,521 7.3 +6,869

45 to 49 11,073 7.5 13,857 7.5 17,922 7.1 +6,849

50 to 54 10,631 7.2 12,318 6.7 16,335 6.5 +5,704

55 to 59 9,709 6.6 10,595 5.7 14,432 5.7 +4,722

60 to 64 8,839 6.0 9,549 5.2 12,731 5.0 +3,892

65 to 69 6,439 4.4 8,460 4.6 10,714 4.2 +4,275



70 to 74 3,971 2.7 7,411 4.0 9,200 3.6 +5,229

75 to 79 2,463 1.7 5,190 2.8 7,755 3.1 +5,292

80 to 84 1,756 1.2 3,109 1.7 5,996 2.4 +4,241

85 and over 1,467 1.0 3,314 1.8 6,081 2.4 +4,614

Total persons 147,784 100.0 184,871 100.0 252,302 100.0 +104,518

Household type

The Hills Shire 2011 2006 Change

Households by type

Number % Greater

Sydney % Number %

Greater Sydney %

2006 to 2011

Couples with children

23,506 52.1 34.8 22,091 52.4 34.1 +1,415

Couples without children

10,776 23.9 22.6 10,000 23.7 22.0 +776

One parent families 3,841 8.5 10.8 3,490 8.3 10.6 +351

Other families 337 0.7 1.4 334 0.8 1.4 +3

Group household 693 1.5 4.1 684 1.6 3.9 -10

Lone person 5,109 11.3 21.5 4,473 10.6 21.6 +636

Other not classifiable household

719 1.6 4.1 912 2.2 5.6 -193

Visitor only households

174 0.4 0.9 163 0.4 0.8 +11

Total households 45,156 100.0 100.0 42,146 100.0 100.0 +3,010

Forecast household types

The Hills Shire 2011 2021 2036 Change between 2011 and 2036

Type Number % Number % Number % Number

Couple families with dependents

24,105 51.5 29,446 49.6 36,035 47.7 +14,930



Couples without dependents

11,266 24.1 14,775 24.9 20,514 25.1 +9248

Group households 718 1.5 921 1.6 1,356 1.7 +638

Lone person households

5,313 11.4 7,358 12.4 11,372 13.9 +6,059

One parent family 3,755 8.0 5,027 8.5 7,055 8.6 +3,300

Other families 1,626 3.5 1,812 3.1 2,496 3.1 +870

4. Country of Birth

Birthplace, 2011

5. Aboriginality

Culture and ethnicity

The Hills Shire 2011 2006 Change

Ethnicity Number % Greater

Sydney % Number %

Greater Sydney %

2006 to 2011



Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population

509 0.4 1.2 386 0.3 1.1 +123

Transport Routes and Facilities

The Shire is serviced by The Hills M2 Motorway, M7 Motorway, Old Windsor Road, Windsor Road and numerous other arterial, sub-arterial and local road links. Construction of the NorthConnex project, an underground road tunnel linking the M2 at West Pennant Hills and the M1 at Wahroonga, commenced in early 2015, and is planned for completion in 2019.

In the northern part of the Shire there are only two arterial roads running north/south - Wisemans Ferry Road along the western part of the Shire, and Old Northern Road along the eastern part. From north of Castle Hill, Old Northern Road also largely forms the boundary between The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire LGAs.

There are only four east/west roads in the middle to northern area of the Shire being Pitt Town Road, Cattai Ridge Road, Cliftonville Road and Sackville Ferry Road.

At present public transport within the Shire is limited to bus services on various routes that serve the main residential and commercial areas. However regional bus services also provide access to major centres including Parramatta, Hornsby, Macquarie Park, North Sydney, Blacktown and the City.

The North West T-Way provides bus services between the Rouse Hill Regional Centre and Parramatta. The T-Way includes a dedicated bus only roadway running adjacent to Old Windsor Road and Windsor Road from Rouse Hill to Northmead before heading to Westmead Hospital and then on to Parramatta.

The Sydney Metro Northwest, a metro style heavy rail line, is currently under construction and planned to be completed in early 2019. It will initially provide a shuttle service between Cudjegong Road (within the Blacktown City LGA) and Chatswood via the existing Epping to Chatswood rail line. A total of six stations will be located on the rail link within the Shire including Rouse Hill, Kellyville, Bella Vista, Norwest, Showground and Castle Hill. Planning approval has been received to extend the rail link from Chatswood to the Sydney CBD through a second harbour crossing before connecting to the current Bankstown (T3) line.



Economy and Industry

The Shire contains a wide variety of industry types ranging from light industry and warehousing to agricultural industries such as wholesale nurseries and market gardens. The Shire is also home to the Norwest Business Park that currently employs over 17,000 people, as well as major retail centres at Castle Hill, Rouse Hill, Baulkham Hills, Winston Hills and Round Corner Dural.

There are three main industrial areas within the Shire located at Castle Hill, Rouse Hill and Winston Hills. They range in size with the largest at Castle Hill containing approximately 850 premises to Winston Hills which contains 10 premises. In addition, the industrial zone at Rouse Hill is relatively undeveloped at this time but is likely to provide for industry growth into the future. All of these areas are zoned for light industry and there are no areas within the Shire zoned for heavy industry.

Agricultural industries are scattered throughout much of the Shire’s rural land. However, with urban expansion to the north-west, it is gradually shrinking to the northern areas of the Shire.

In total it is estimated that 69,468 people are employed within The Hills Shire, 18.9% of which are employed in the retail industry.



Annexure B – Hazards and Risks Summary

A Local Emergency Risk Management (ERM) Study has been undertaken by The Hills Shire Local Emergency Management Committee identifying the following hazards as having risk of causing loss of life, property, utilities, services and/or the community’s ability to function within its normal capacity. These hazards have been identified as having the potential to create an emergency.

The Hills Shire Emergency Risk Management Study, which was adopted by the Committee at its meeting on 9 March 2015, should be referenced to identify the complete list of consequences and risk descriptions.

Hazard Risk Description Likelihood Rating

Consequence Rating

Risk Level

Risk Priority

Combat / Responsible Agency

Agricultural Disease (Animal/Plant)

An agriculture/horticulture incident that results, or has potential to result, in the spread of a communicable disease or infestation.

Possible Moderate High High Department of Primary Industries

Bridge Collapse

Failure of a major bridge structure with or without warning owing to structural failure or as a result of external/internal events or other hazards/incidents.

Unlikely Major High High LEOCON

Building Collapse

Collapse of building owing to structural failure or impact from external/internal event of other hazards/incidents.

Unlikely Major

High

High FRNSW (USAR)

SEOCON




Consequence Rating

Risk Level

Risk Priority


Communicable Disease (Human)

Pandemic illness that affects, or has potential to affect, large portions of the human or animal population.

Possible Major Extreme Extreme NSW Health

Dam Failure A dam is compromised that results in localised or widespread flooding.

Unlikely Major High High Dam Owners

NSW SES

Earthquake Earthquake of significant strength that results in localised or widespread damage.

Rare Catastrophic

High

High EOCON

Fire (Bush or Grass)

Major fires in areas of bush or grasslands.

Likely Major Extreme Extreme NSW RFS

FRNSW

Fire (Industrial) Serious industrial fire in office complexes and/or warehouses within industrial estates.

Possible Moderate High High FRNSW

NSW RFS

Fire (Commercial)

Serious commercial fires in shopping centres, aged persons units, nursing homes and hospitals.

Possible Major Extreme Extreme FRNSW

NSW RFS




Consequence Rating

Risk Level

Risk Priority


Fire (Residential) Serious residential fire in medium/high rise apartments.

Possible Major Extreme Extreme FRNSW

NSW RFS

Flood (Flash) Heavy rainfall causes excessive localised flooding with minimal warning time.

Possible Major Extreme Extreme NSW SES

Flood (Riverine)

River flows exceed the capacity of normal river systems resulting in flood waters escaping and inundating river plains.

Possible Major Extreme Extreme NSW SES

Hazardous Release

Hazardous material released as a result of an incident or accident.

Unlikely Moderate Moderate Medium FRNSW

Heatwave A sequence of abnormally hot conditions having the potential to affect a community adversely.

Almost Certain

Major Extreme Extreme SEOCON

Landslip Landslip/landslide resulting in localised or widespread damage.

Unlikely Major High High EOCON




Consequence Rating

Risk Level

Risk Priority


Storm

Severe storm with accompanying lightning, hail, wind, and/or rain that causes severe damage and/or localised flooding (includes tornado).

Likely Moderate High High NSW SES

Transport Emergency (Air)

Aircraft crashes in LGA resulting in large number of fatalities, injuries and/or damage to property.

Unlikely Catastrophic Extreme Extreme EOCON

Transport Emergency (Road)

A major vehicle accident that disrupts one or more major transport routes that can result in risk to people trapped in traffic jams, restrict supply routes and/or protracted loss of access to or from the area.

Possible Major Extreme Extreme EOCON

Transport Emergency (Sea)

A major accident that results in environmental damage and major recovery operation.

Unlikely Major High High EOCON

Tsunami A tsunami wave of magnitude that presents a risk to land and marine elements.

Rare Moderate Moderate High NSW SES

Utilities Failure Major failure of essential utility for unreasonable periods of time as a result of a natural or man-made occurrence.

Possible Major Extreme Extreme LEOCON (Monitoring)



Annexure C – Local Sub Plans, Supporting Plans and Policies

Responsibility for the preparation and maintenance of appropriate sub and supporting plans rest with the relevant Combat Agency Controller or the relevant Functional Area Co-ordinator.

The sub/supporting plans are developed in consultation with The Hills Shire LEMC and the community.

The Plan listed below is supplementary to this EMPLAN. This Plan has been endorsed by the LEMC and is determined as compliant and complimentary to the arrangements listed in this EMPLAN.

This Plan is retained by the LEMO on behalf of the LEMC and public release versions are available on Council’s Website at www.thehills.nsw.gov.au.

Plan/Policy Purpose Combat/ Responsible Agency

The Hills Shire Local Flood Plan

The Plan covers the preparedness measures, the conduct of response operations and the co-ordination of immediate recovery measures for all levels of flooding on the eastern side of the Hawkesbury River and its tributaries within the boundaries of The Hills Shire, other creek systems and overland flooding.

NSW State Emergency Service

In addition to the Local Flood Plan, The Hills Shire Bush Fire Management Committee has developed The Hills Bush Fire Risk Management Plan (BFRMP). The aim of the BFRMP is to minimise the risk of adverse impact of bush fires on life, property and environment. The objectives of the Plan are to:

Reduce the number of human-induced bush fire ignitions that cause damage to life, property and the environment;

Manage bush fire fuel load to reduce the rate of spread and intensity of bush fires, while minimising environmental/ecological impacts;

Reduce the community’s vulnerability to bush fires by improving its preparedness; Effectively contain fires with a potential to cause damage to life, property and the

environment.



The BFRMP has been prepared following widespread consultation with the community and key stakeholders including the LEMO. Although not a specific sub/supporting plan of the EMPLAN, it is complementary to the arrangements listed in the EMPLAN.

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