Major Evacuation Centre Guideline: NSW All-Hazards Emergency Plan

The New South Wales Government's Major Evacuation Centre Guideline outlines key requirements and principles for managing evacuations. The document, Version 1.0 from June 2014, was prepared under the EMPLAN and Evacuation Management Guideline. It takes an all-hazards approach to ensure NSW is ready to deal with major emergencies and natural disasters.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation centre operations based on the outlined key requirements and principles.
• Define emergency management roles and responsibilities based on the described authorities and mechanisms.
• Develop supporting sub-plans based on the all-hazards approach described in the guideline.

Strengths

• Guideline is formally prepared under the EMPLAN and Evacuation Management Guideline framework.
• Document takes a structured all-hazards approach to evacuation management.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-06-26 13:53:12.821134; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NSW Government

Collection Method

Prepared as a formal government guideline.

Time Range

Guideline dated June 2014.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 13:53:12.821134

Geography

New South Wales, Australia