Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Civil defence emergency management planning and civil defence emergency management duties - Duties of emergency services

63: Duties of emergency services

You could also call this:

"What emergency services must do to help keep you safe"

When there is an emergency, emergency services have important jobs to do. You can expect emergency services to help develop a national plan to keep people safe during emergencies. Emergency services must also send a representative to be part of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Co-ordinating Executive Groups, as required by section 20.

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Part 3Civil defence emergency management planning and civil defence emergency management duties
Duties of emergency services

63Duties of emergency services

  1. Emergency services must—

  2. participate in the development of the national civil defence emergency management strategy and civil defence emergency management plans:
    1. provide an active member for each of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Co-ordinating Executive Groups, as required by section 20.