Elements and Performance Criteria
- Evaluate wildlife emergency
- Nature of emergency is investigated from eyewitness reports and/or inspection to determine what procedures should be implemented.
- Assessment of the incident is made to identify key factors that may impact on an appropriate response.
- State/Territory authorities are notified of incident according to enterprise guidelines.
- Interim care of animals is implemented where appropriate and according to enterprise procedures pending instructions from authorities.
- Appropriate staff is deployed in interim care for animals according to assessment of incident and enterprise guidelines.
- Personnel assisting in interim care are appropriately equipped and briefed according to enterprise and legislative requirements.
- Care instructions from authorities and/or veterinarians are implemented according to legislative and enterprise requirements.
- Information is collected about the reported situation to determine response.
- Informants are interviewed to obtain necessary details about the reported situations.
- Implement response to emergency
- Nature of emergency is investigated from eyewitnesses and/or inspection to determine what procedures should be implemented.
- Communications to manage situation are established to enterprise policies and procedures.
- Resources and personnel are transported to site to implement action to enterprise procedures.
- Site procedures are established to legislative requirements, enterprise procedures and emergency plans to control risks to people, the environment and to property.
- Live fauna are moved in accordance with legislative and enterprise procedures.
- Dead fauna are removed from site and biological matter is disposed of in accordance with enterprise procedures and health and safety requirements.
- Site is cleaned in accordance with enterprise procedures to maintain public and environmental health and safety.
- Measures are implemented that minimise risk to significant places, area, habitats, species and communities.
- Coordinate response
- General public and media are informed of the nature of the incident and agency decisions in accordance with enterprise guidelines.
- Volunteers and staff are briefed on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) hazards, preventive measures and reporting requirements.
- Volunteers are coordinated and deployed according to their skills and available personal protective equipment.
- Physical barriers are established to keep public away from animals to minimise distress to it and to protect the public.
- Media is managed until authorities provide instructions.
- Media is utilised according to instructions and enterprise procedures.
- Care for affected animals
- Team(s) are allotted to animals according to incident assessment, care instructions and skills within teams.
- Animal first aid is applied.
- Role in wildlife operations team is performed according to the command structure and procedures of the management plan.
- Animal is cared for using a range of skills and according to veterinary instructions and enterprise procedures.
- OHS procedures are followed according to legislative, management plan and enterprise requirements.
- Determine management options
- Veterinary advice is sought where appropriate and according to enterprise guidelines.
- Biological and incident data on animals is collected according to enterprise procedures and scientific standards.
- Management options are evaluated according to advice, condition of animal, risk assessment and according to enterprise guidelines.
- Where required for scientific purposes and under enterprise procedures, released animals are humanely banded or tagged.
- Selected management option is implemented according to enterprise guidelines, OHS requirements and risk assessment.
- Equipment and staff required for returning animal to wild or temporary captive management are sourced to enterprise procedures.
- Remove carcass
- Complete debrief and report