Identify facilities that can be used as cool spaces during heatwaves and establish linkages between operators and emergency management organisations

Develop flood evacuation plans for at risk communities.

Review coastal inundation evacuation and response plans.

That the Government reconsider the current position on emergency declarations in the Emergency Management Act 2006 and the Act is amended to provide: • a graduated scale of emergency declarations; • the ability to make a declaration when an emergency has occurred, is occurring or is about to occur; • the ability for the State Controller (or whatever the person in overall control of response and recovery operations is called) to make one or more declarations; • a declaration to enable access to all emergency powers.

That Tasmania Police be identified as the lead agency on evacuations.

That arrangements are made and appropriate pre-planning occurs to effectively implement the policy on evacuation.

That qualifying the evacuation authority in section 47 of the Fire Service Act 1979 be considered — by exempting those people with a pecuniary interest in a property from a directed evacuation where it is reasonable for them to remain.

That a state-level policy on evacuations be developed in the emergency management plans, including specific requirements for vulnerable people and guidelines for its implementation.

That evacuation centres and other centres have plans and arrangements for electrical power redundancy.

That the Tasmania Emergency Management Plan enable, and all organisations with a role in emergency management activate, emergency plans at lower threshold events to practice their arrangements and achieve a ‘hot start’ in escalating events.

That decisions to open Community Fire Refuges and evacuation centres be coordinated with Tasmania Police.