Emergency Authorities
Introduction
Hazard Leaders and Control Agencies are defined under the State Emergency Management Plan (2011). Under current legislation, Council does not have a direct role in relation to State emergencies.
Hazard Leaders
The Hazard Leader is the agency which has the knowledge, expertise and resources to undertake a leadership role for the planning of emergency management activities pertaining to the prevention of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from its appointed hazard.
| Hazard | Hazard Leader | Contact |
| Animal and Plant Disease | Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA) |
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| Earthquake | Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) |
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| Escape of Hazardous Materials | Safe Work SA - Dept of the Premier and Cabinet |
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Extreme Weather | SA State Emergency Service (SES) | 132 500 |
| Flood | Department for Water |
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| Human Disease | Department of Health |
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| Riverbank Collapse | Department for Water |
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| Rural Fire | SA Country Fire Service (CFS) | 000 |
| Terrorism | SA Police (SAPOL) | 000 |
| Urban Fire | SA Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) | 000 |
Control Agency
Control Agencies have a legislated responsibility to exercise control over the emergency response for specific emergency incidents.
Emergency | State Appointed Controlling Authority | Contact |
Aircraft accident | SA Police (SAPOL) | |
Animal, plant and marine disease | Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA) | |
Bomb Threat | SAPOL | |
Earthquake | SAPOL | |
Fire (Rural and Metro) | SA Country Fire Service (SACFS) | 000 |
Flood | SA State Emergency Service (SASES) | |
Food/drinking water contamination | Department of Health | |
Information and communication technology (ICT) failure | Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) | |
Fuel, gas and electricity shortages | DPTI | |
Hazardous or Dangerous materials emergencies | SACFS or SAMFS | 000 |
Siege/Hostage | SAPOL | |
Human epidemic | Department of Health | |
Marine transport accidents | SAPOL | |
Oil spills - marine and inland waters | DPTI | |
Rail accident | SAPOL | |
Riverbank collapse | SAPOL | |
Road/transport accident | SAPOL | |
Search and rescue - land and sea | SAPOL | |
Search and rescue - structure (buildings) | SAMFS or SASES | |
Severe weather | SASES | 000 (Life-threatening emergencies only) |
Terrorist incident | SAPOL |
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