Live Export Emergency Management Plan
| Project start date: | 15 April 2009 |
| Project end date: | 01 March 2010 |
| Publication date: | 01 March 2010 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle |
Summary
W.LIV.0184 - Live Export Emergency Management Plan
An emergency event that affects the red meat and livestock export industry could have a devastating effect on millions of Australians who rely on the industry for their livelihood. The value of the industries gross domestic product is more than $16 billion, with export sales worth approximately $7 billion. The degree to which an incident impacts the industry could depend on the ability of the industry associations to respond effectively to contain the damage and maximise the recovery.
Research has shown that organisations that have effective crisis plans and well-trained crisis teams are 5 times more likely to survive the incident and fully recover. In this case, the sustainable future of the red meat and livestock export industry could depend on the ability of a number of organisations, including MLA, LiveCorp and the Australian Livestock Exporters Council, to manage the incident in a coordinated and seamless way. Therefore, it is imperative that a review of the emergency management plans is undertaken and to conduct a simulation exercise to test the effectiveness of the revised plan. This document has been used to developed the most recent contingency planning manual W.LIV.0172.
W.LIV.0172 - Contingency Planning Review
Managing consignment risks and planning for emergency situations during the export of livestock is complex and challenging. The livestock export industry in partnership with the Australian Government is committed to achieving continuous improvement in this area, thereby reducing the risk of animal welfare being compromised as a result of emergency situations.
This Guidance Manual has been developed to assist livestock exporters prepare Consignment Risk Management Plans (CRMPs), as required by the Australian Government. The Guidance Manual is accompanied by a CRMP template, in MS Excel format, which allows exporters to develop customised CRMPs for each journey.
The Guidance Manual provides a broad overview of risk prevention and emergency response considerations in the livestock export trade; before addressing six (6) broad emergency risk categories:Feed and water shortageMechanical breakdownExtreme weatherDisease outbreakSecurity threat; andUnloading prevented
