tailieunhanh - STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE BUSINESS PLAN 2012-2013

Often businesses such as stores, restaurants, hotels, or theaters have policies that can exclude people with disabilities. For example, a “no pets” policy may result in staff excluding people with disabilities who use dogs as service animals. A clear policy permitting service animals can help ensure that staff are aware of their obligation to allow access to customers using service animals. Under the ADA’s revised regulations, the definition of “service animal” is limited to a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability. The task(s) performed. | State Emergency Service Business Plan 2012-2013 Tasmania Explove Eke possibilities and EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Department of Police and Emergency Management Mission To deliver quality policing and emergency management services 2 Business Plan Statement The State Emergency Service SES is a division of the Department of Police and Emergency Management. With its valued local government partners the SES provides a volunteer emergency response capability from 35 volunteer units for severe storm and flood response road crash rescue search and rescue and a large range of other general rescue and support roles for police fire ambulance and local government authorities. SES volunteers also support community safety awareness activities at Driver Reviver sites and key community events. The SES maintains the highest level of readiness and responsiveness through nationally recognized training and assessment and the provision of quality resources and support to its volunteer units. In conjunction with local State and Commonwealth Government agencies the SES provides executive emergency management and administrative support and other services to peak emergency management bodies such as the State Emergency Management Committee and three Regional Emergency Management Committees. As such the SES is the principal adviser on and facilitator of a large range of emergency management issues such as emergency management planning risk management and the management of Tasmania s Natural Disaster Resilience Program. These activities help make Tasmanian communities more resilient to natural disasters and helps shape the future of the Tasmanian emergency management sector as a whole. Our Business Plan is strongly influenced by the SES functions specified in the Emergency Management Act 2006 relevant emergency management plans and emergency management priorities assigned to SES by the State Emergency Management Committee. It also complies with the Strategic Framework and specified Business .