The State EM Policy Branch of the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) administers the review and consultation of the framework documents. Comprehensive reviews and regular updates aim to maintain the accuracy and currency of the State EM documents, consistent with the emergency management principle of continuous improvement.
The overarching documents (State EM Policy, State EM Plan, State EM Procedures and State EM Glossary) are continuously reviewed by the State EM Policy Branch and will undergo a strategic comprehensive review every five years.
Amendment summaries and detailed amendments lists can be found below. Historical reviews and amendment logs prior to 2020 may be requested from the State EM Policy Branch if required.
Comprehensive review schedule
Show moreState EM document Comprehensive Review Schedule
| Document | Current version | Comprehensive review required |
|---|---|---|
| State EM Policy | 3.06 | June 2026 |
| State EM Plan | 3.08 | June 2026 |
| State EM Procedures | 3.05 | June 2026 |
| State EM Glossary | 3.03 | June 2026 |
| SHP - Animal and Plant Biosecurity | 2.02 | August 2026 |
| SHP - Collapse | 1.02 | December 2026 |
| SHP - Crash Emergency | 3.00 | March 2029 |
| SHP - Earthquake | 1.02 | December 2026 |
| SHP - Energy Supply Disruption | 2.04 | August 2029 |
| SHP - Fire | 2.05 | August 2025 |
| SHP - HAZMAT | 2.00 | May 2029 |
| SHP - HAZMAT (Annex A - NPW) | 3.02 | March 2026 |
| SHP - HAZMAT (Annex B - SPRED) | 3.02 | August 2025 |
| SHP - Heatwave | 3.02 | October 2027 |
| SHP - Hostile Act | 1.03 | August 2026 |
| SHP - Human Biosecurity | 3.00 | March 2030 |
| SHP - Maritime Environmental Emergencies | 2.03 | December 2026 |
| SHP - Search and Rescue Emergency | 2.00 | August 2028 |
| SHP - Severe Weather | 1.01 | December 2028 |
| SHP - Terrorist Act | 2.03 | August 2027 |
| SHP - Tsunami | 2.02 | December 2026 |
| SSP - Animal Welfare in Emergencies | 3.00 | March 2030 |
| SSP - Emergency Public Information | 2.05 | May 2025 |
| SSP - Emergency Relief and Support | 2.01 | October 2028 |
| DEMC Members Handbook (Attachment to Preparedness Procedure 3.6) | 1.01 | August 2027 |
| Impact Statement Guide (Attachment to Recovery Procedure 5.4) | 1.02 | October 2025 |
| LEMA Guideline and Model LEMA template | 2.06 | May 2021 |
| LEMC Handbook | 1.00 | October 2028 |
| Local Recovery Guidelines | 3.03 | March 2026 |
| Restricted Access Permit System Guideline | 1.00 | December 2028 |
| State Emergency Risk Management Guideline | 1.00 | December 2028 |
| Traffic Management During Emergencies Guideline | 3.04 | August 2027 |
| WA Community Evacuation in Emergencies Guideline | 3.02 | December 2025 |
| WA Managing Exercises Guideline | 2.02 | May 2021 |
(Table current as of 27 March 2025).
Acronym List
DEMC - District Emergency Management Committee
EM - Emergency Management
LEMA - Local Emergency Management Arrangements
NPW - Nuclear Powered Warship
SPRED - Space Re-entry Debris
SHP - State Hazard Plan
SSP - State Support Plan
Amendments made in 2025
Show moreComprehensive Reviews completed: State Support Plan - Animal Welfare in Emergencies, State Hazard Plan - Human Biosecurity
March 2025
- Publication of State Support Plan - Animal Welfare in Emergencies following the 2024 comprehensive review.
- Publication of State Hazard Plan - Human Biosecurity following the 2024 comprehensive review.
- State Hazard Plan - Fire was approved for a comprehensive review extension until August 2025.
State EM Documents amendments list March 2025 (pdf)
January 2025
- Publication of LEMA Guideline and model LEMA template following an accessibility review and redesign - Amendments were issued to correct errors, provide consistency with other State EM documents and to provide clarity through the simplification of language and document structure. Substantive information and prescriptive directions were not reviewed or amended.
Amendments made in 2024
Show moreTargeted reviews: SHP – Maritime Environmental Emergencies; Local Recovery Guideline; Water Corporation roles and responsibilities
December 2024
- Statement of fact amendments to State Support Plan - Emergency Relief and Support following the further implementation of Emergency Relief and Support structure within Department of Communities.
- Republication of State Support Plan - Emergency Public Information, State Support Plan - Animal Welfare in Emergencies and State Hazard Plan – Human Biosecurity to acknowledge SEMC approved comprehensive review extension. No substantial amendments were made to these versions other than the extension updates.
- SEMC approved a comprehensive review extension for the Impact Statement Guide (Attachment to Recovery Procedure 5.4) to October 2025. A new version was not issued as this document is currently being reviewed and requires an accessibility redesign.
November 2024
Publication of State Hazard Plan – Fire following the SEMC approval of a comprehensive review extension to March 2025. No substantial amendments were made to this version other than the extension update.
August 2024
- Publication of State Hazard Plan – Energy Supply Disruption following a comprehensive review and the activation of state response arrangements during January 2024.
- Publication of State Hazard Plan – Maritime Environmental Emergencies following the 2023 exercise and targeted review of the plan.
Amendments list August 2024 (pdf)
July 2024
- Publication of State Hazard Plan - Fire and State Hazard Plan - Severe Weather following further implementation of the Australian Warning System framework across cyclone, flood and storm warnings.
- Consequential amendments to the Local Recovery Guideline and resources to bring up to date with accessibility project initially carried out in 2021 across the State EM documents framework.
Amendments list July 2024 (pdf)
May 2024
- Publication of State Hazard Plan - HAZMAT updates following a comprehensive review
- Consequential amendments to migrate Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) arrangements from State Hazard Plan - HAZMAT into State Hazard Plan - Hostile Act and State Hazard Plan - Terrorist Act.
Amendments list May 2024 (pdf)
March 2024
- Statement of fact amendments to Water Corporation roles and responsibilities
- Minor formatting and typographical amendments
Amendments list March 2024 (pdf)
February 2024
- Statement of fact amendments to the Traffic Management During Emergencies Guideline.
Amendments made in 2023
Show moreComprehensive reviews: SSP - Emergency Relief and Support; Funding Arrangements for Emergency Response
Targeted reviews: SEMC subcommittee structure and procedures, SEMC Capability Framework
December 2023
- Publication of the initial All- Hazards Restricted Access Permit System (RAPS) Guideline
- Publication of the State Emergency Risk Management (ERM) Guideline
- Publication of State Hazard Plan - Severe Weather
- Consequential amendments to suite of State EM Documents reflecting the new Guidelines
Amendments list December 2023 (pdf)
October 2023
- Publication of State Support Plan - Emergency Relief and Support (formerly Emergency Welfare) and consequential amendments to suite of State EM Documents to reflect terminology changes)
- Publication of Local Emergency Management Committee Handbook
- Consequential amendments to suite of State EM Documents reflecting the revised SEMC Capability Framework
- Consequential amendments to suite of State EM Documents reflecting the revised SEMC subcommittee structure and procedures
Amendments list October 2023 (pdf)
May 2023
- Amendments to State EM Policy and State EM Plan 5.4 (Funding Arrangements for Emergency Response
- Removal of State EM Policy and State EM Plan Appendix AA (COVID-19 Recovery)
Amendments made in 2022
Show moreComprehensive reviews: SHP - Heatwave, Traffic Management During Emergencies Guidelines
Targeted reviews: SHP - Fire, WA Community Evacuation in Emergencies Guideline.
December 2022
- Update of hyperlinks to suite of EM documents to link to wa.gov.au website and minor statement of fact changes.
November 2022
- Accessible redesign of State Hazard Plan - Fire, including statement of fact amendments.
October 2022
- Comprehensive review completed for State Hazard Plan - Heatwave.
- Statement of Fact amendments to State Hazard Plan - Fire.
August 2022
- Initial issue of the DEMC Members Handbook - Attachment to State EM Preparedness Procedure 3.6.
- Revocation of the DEMC Administrative Guideline.
- Statement of fact amendments to State EM Policy and State EM Procedure 3.6.
Amendments list 18 August 2022
- Comprehensive review completed for Traffic Management During Emergencies Guidelines, Response Checklists and Templates and Aide Memoire.
- Accessible redesign completed for WA Community Evacuation in Emergencies Guideline.
- Revocation of the All-Hazards Flagging Guideline.
- Amendments to State EM Policy section 5.8, State EM Plan section 5.3.2 and 5.3.3
Amendments list 16 August 2022
January 2022
- Statement of fact amendments to EM Forms 10A; 17A
Amendments made in 2021
Show moreTargeted reviews: Incident Level Declaration; State EM Preparedness Procedures 1-5 review; Accessibility redesigns on several documents
December 2021
Summary: Extended Appendix AA (COVID-19 Recovery arrangements) in Policy and Plan
Initial publication of State Hazard Plans: Collapse, Earthquake and Severe Weather (Interim)
Comprehensive reviews completed for State Hazard Plans: Tsunami; Maritime Environmental Emergencies. Accessible redesigns completed for State Hazard Plans: Energy Supply Disruption; HAZMAT Annex B SPRED
Amendments list 15 December 2021
October 2021
Summary: Incident Level Declaration review amendments to State EM Plan, Procedures and EM Form 23. Accessible redesigns completed for State Hazard Plans: Crash, Heatwave and Human Biosecurity and State Support Plan - Emergency Public Information.
Amendments list 30 October 2021
May 2021
Summary: Accessible redesigns completed for State EM Policy, Plan, Procedure and Glossary. State Hazard Plan - HAZMAT Annex A Nuclear Powered Warship, State Support Plan - Animal Welfare in Emergencies and WA Managing Exercises Guideline.
March 2021
Summary: Amendments from State EM Preparedness Procedures 1-5 review.
Amendments made in 2020
Show moreComprehensive reviews: WA Community Evacuation Guideline; State Hazard Plan - HAZMAT SPRED
Targeted reviews: SHP -Maritime Environmental Emergencies; EM forms 1-22
December 2020
Amendments list 18 December 2020 (pdf)
Summary: Amendments from the WA Community Evacuation Guideline comprehensive review.
September 2020
Amendments list 17 September 2020 (pdf)
Summary: Amendments to reflect 2020 EM Act and EM Reg updates within the State Hazard Plan - Maritime Environmental Emergencies.
August 2020
Amendments list August 2020 (pdf)
Summary: Statement of fact amendments to State EM Policy and Plan Appendix AA (COVID-19 recovery arrangements). Comprehensive Review of State Hazard Plan - HAZMAT SPRED.
Amendments list 7 August 2020 (pdf)
Summary: Statement of fact amendments to EM forms 1-22.
July 2020
Amendments list 15 July 2020 (pdf)
Summary: Appendix AA (COVID-19 recovery arrangements) inserted into State EM Policy and State EM Plan. Initial publication of State Support Plan - Emergency Welfare (Interim).
June 2020
Amendments list 30 June 2020 (pdf)
Summary: Amendments to reflect 2020 EM Act and EM Reg updates within State EM Policy, Plan, and Procedures and State Hazard Plans: Crash, HAZMAT, Heatwave, Human Biosecurity and Search and Rescue.
April 2020
Amendments list April 2020 (pdf)
Summary: Amendments to clarify and remove barriers in the existing provisions that are impeding the COVID-19 response and future emergencies. Insertion of section 72A as a sunset clause to allow relevant offices to direct a person or class of persons to take any action reasonably necessary. EM Regulations - inserted allow the issuing of infringement notices for the offence of failure to comply with a direction.
March 2020
Amendments list March 2020 (pdf)
Summary: Prescription of Hostile Act and Heatwave as hazards and prescription of HMAs.
Amendments to HMA prescription for MEE and Human epidemic. Inclusion of DFES as a combat agency for fire suppression.
