Built Recovery core capability

About the Built Recovery core capability

To restore critical and community infrastructure and establish safe areas during and following an emergency, ensuring the provision of facilities and services to support and benefit communities[1].

Critical Task Table 19: Agency roles mapped to the Victorian Preparedness Framework, by critical tasks within the Built Recovery core capability

Critical Task 19.1: Undertake technical assessments for critical infrastructure.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
AEMO	Recovery Support Agency (RecSA) to DELWP (as lead Government liaison) to deliver: electricity services assets reinstatement and return to reliable supply by managing electricity system security emergencies. AEMO operate and are responsible for the transmission system while other network operators manage the distribution system and the restoration of infrastructure and electric supply gas services assets reinstatement and return to reliable supply by managing gas system security emergencies within the Victorian Declared Transmission System. Other pipeline operators manage non Declared Transmission System segments of the system, and the restoration of infrastructure and gas supply	19.4, 19.7
CityLink	Ensure long term operability of infrastructure, through the asset strategy and planning framework, including assessments and restoration when required	1.3, 19.2, 19.5
DELWP	Energy: coordinate intelligence to inform strategies and decision making for the safe and timely restoration of energy supplies to the community	19.4, 19.8
DELWP	Lead agency responsible to - assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DELWP managed public buildings and assets (e.g. roads, bridges, public amenities)	19.7
DJPR	Key support agency for critical infrastructure damage or disruption for the public communications sector
DoT	Provide and facilitate professional and skilled engineering and technical emergency teams/experts, equipment and material to other emergencies from either the department, public transport operators or contractors as appropriate	3.2
DoT	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DoT managed public buildings and assets (e.g. roads, bridges, rail, public amenities)	9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 19.3, 19.7
ESV	Gas:
	Contribute expertise and technical specialists to support or lead the investigation of gas related incidents	8.5, 11.1
	Provide safety and technical advice to energy control agency in order to support overall strategies and decision making for recovering from gas emergency events (including safe restoration of gas supply and safety of any relief program for temporary gas supply to community)	19.7, 19.8
	Electricity:
	Contribute expertise and technical specialists to support or lead the investigation of electricity related incidents	8.5, 11.1
	Provide safety and technical advice to energy control agency in order to support overall strategies and decision making for recovering from electricity emergency events and bushfire (including the safe restoration of electricity supply and safety of any relief program for temporary electricity supply to community)	19.7, 19.8
	Pipelines: Contribute expertise and technical specialists to support and/or conduct investigation of pipeline related incidents	11.1
Telstra	Identify sites that may be at risk and potential consequences of loss of asset	1.3, 1.5
VBA	Facilitate and participate in building and plumbing inspections of affected buildings with relevant agencies and industry experts as required to determine building safety and recovery requirements	11.1, 19.2
VBA	Undertake inspections, investigations and audits to ensure compliance with relevant legislation during response/ recovery and input to any proposed process facilitation	11.1, 19.2, 21.1
VicPol	Assess, restore, clean and rehabilitate VicPol owned or managed buildings or assets (e.g. public amenities, station buildings etc.)	3.1, 19.2, 19.4, 19.7

Critical Task 19.2: Undertake technical assessments for community infrastructure.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
CFA	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate CFA managed public buildings and assets	19.3, 19.4, 19.7
CFA	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to assist farmers to repair and restore fences damaged by bushfire or suppression activities	19.4, 19.7
CityLink	Ensure long term operability of infrastructure, through the asset strategy and planning framework, including assessments and restoration when required	1.3, 19.1, 19.5
DET	Lead agency to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DET-managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities, schools)	3.1, 19.3, 19.7
DFFH	Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DFFH managed public buildings and assets.	19.3, 19.4
DH	Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DH managed public buildings and assets	19.3, 19.4
DJCS	Lead agency to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DJCS managed public buildings and assets	19.4, 19.7
DJPR	Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DJPR managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities)	19.3, 19.4
FRV	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate FRV managed public buildings and assets	19.3, 19.4, 19.7
Melbourne Water	Lead the delivery of the following recovery activities:
	restore, clear and rehabilitate public buildings and assets managed within Melbourne Water’s portfolio	19.7
	assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate Melbourne Water managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities)	19.3, 19.7
Parks Victoria	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate PV managed public buildings and assets (e.g. roads, bridges, public amenities)	19.3, 19.4, 19.7
VBA	Facilitate and participate in building and plumbing inspections of affected buildings with relevant agencies and industry experts as required to determine building safety and recovery requirements	11.1, 19.1
VBA	Undertake inspections, investigations and audits to ensure compliance with relevant legislation during response/ recovery and input to any proposed process facilitation	11.1, 19.1, 21.1
VicPol	Assess, restore, clean and rehabilitate VicPol owned or managed buildings or assets (e.g. public amenities, station buildings etc.)	3.1, 19.1, 19.4, 19.7
VICSES	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate VICSES-managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities, unit buildings)	19.3, 19.4, 19.7

Critical Task 19.3: Undertake stabilisation and remediation works.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
AV	Lead Agency to restore, clear and rehabilitate public buildings and assets managed within AV’s portfolio	3.1, 19.7
CFA	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate CFA managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.4, 19.7
CMA	Recovery Support Agency (RecSA) to restore, clear and rehabilitate waterways managed by CMAs, and support DELWP in its lead role of rehabilitating, restoring and reinstating public land and assets managed directly by DELWP, as well as public land and assets CMAs are responsible for.	18.3, 18.5
CityLink	Assess, restore and/or reconstruct CityLink to return to full operations, on the provision that resourcing and safety have been verified	19.4, 19.7
DELWP	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to:
	rehabilitate, restore and reinstate public land and assets it is directly responsible for managing, and support PV and CMAs to deliver these responsibilities on public land and assets for which they are responsible	18.4
	support the resilience of public land assets managed directly by DELWP, PV and CMAs	18.4
DET	Lead agency to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DET-managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities, schools)	3.1, 19.2, 19.7
DFFH	Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DFFH managed public buildings and assets.	19.2, 19.4
DH	Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DH managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.4
DJPR	Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DJPR managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities)	19.2, 19.4
DoT	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DoT managed public buildings and assets (e.g. roads, bridges, rail, public amenities)	9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 19.1, 19.7
Eastlink	Restoration and/or reconstruction of Eastlink	19.4, 19.7
FRV	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate FRV managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.4, 19.7
Lendlease	Restore and /or reconstruct of Peninsula Link	19.4, 19.7
Parks Victoria	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate PV managed public buildings and assets (e.g. roads, bridges, public amenities)	19.2, 19.4, 19.7
Melbourne Water	Lead the delivery of the following recovery activities assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate Melbourne Water managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities)	19.2, 19.7
Municipal councils	When safe to do so, provide support to the incident and/or regional control centres through partial/full local road closures and determination of alternative routes	5.3
VICSES	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate VICSES-managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities, unit buildings)	19.2, 19.4, 19.7
Water Corporations	Lead the delivery to restore, clear and rehabilitate public buildings and assets managed within Water Corporations’ portfolio	19.7

Critical Task 19.4: Assess and prioritise restoration needs of the affected community.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
AEMO	Recovery Support Agency (RecSA) to DELWP (as lead Government liaison) to deliver: electricity services assets reinstatement and return to reliable supply by managing electricity system security emergencies. AEMO operate and are responsible for the transmission system while other network operators manage the distribution system and the restoration of infrastructure and electric supply gas services assets reinstatement and return to reliable supply by managing gas system security emergencies within the Victorian Declared Transmission System. Other pipeline operators manage non Declared Transmission System segments of the system, and the restoration of infrastructure and gas supply	19.1, 19.7
CFA	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate CFA managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.3, 19.7
CFA	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to assist farmers to repair and restore fences damaged by bushfire or suppression activities	19.2, 19.7
CityLink	Assess, restore and/or reconstruct CityLink to return to full operations, on the provision that resourcing and safety have been verified	19.3, 19.7
DELWP	Energy - responsibilities under Part 7A of the EM Act 2013 involve working with the energy sector to enhance critical infrastructure resilience, through formulation of policy, emergency risk management planning by operators, observing exercises for resilience improvement cycles and designating vital critical infrastructure where appropriate	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 19.5, 21.1, 21.3
	Energy:
	report on the impacts (loss and damage) to energy supply infrastructure to inform immediate priorities and recovery programs, including the restoration and supply of essential services	10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 19.7
	coordinate intelligence to inform strategies and decision making for the safe and timely restoration of energy supplies to the community	19.1, 19.8
	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to:
	assist farmers repair and restore fences damaged by bushfire or suppression activities, working with CFA
	recover and rehabilitate reticulated water services. Water Corporations lead recovery to restore services and DELWP oversee activities undertaken by Water Corporations	15.2, 19.7
	recover and rehabilitate reticulated sewerage, sanitation systems and wastewater management systems. Water Corporations lead recovery to restore services and DELWP oversee activities undertaken by Water Corporations	15.2, 19.7
	ensure replacement of essential stock and domestic water taken from private landholders during firefighting operations is replaced as co-lead with CFA
	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to:
	recover and rehabilitate reticulated water services. Water Corporations lead recovery to restore services and DELWP oversee activities undertaken by Water Corporations	15.2, 19.7
	recover and rehabilitate reticulated sewerage, sanitation systems and wastewater management systems. Water Corporations lead recovery to restore services and DELWP oversee activities undertaken by Water Corporations	15.2, 19.7
	ensure replacement of essential stock and domestic water taken from private landholders during firefighting operations is replaced as co-lead with CFA
DFFH	Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DFFH managed public buildings and assets.	19.2, 19.3
DH	Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DH managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.3
DJCS	Lead agency to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DJCS managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.7
DJCS	Community Corrections Services can support in the clean-up and restoration of communities, including waterway restoration, weed eradication, large-scale tree planting, countering soil erosion, rubbish collection, fence maintenance and other community projects	18.4, 18.5
DJPR	Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DJPR managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities)	19.2, 19.3
Eastlink	Restoration and/or reconstruction of Eastlink	19.3, 19.7
FRV	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate FRV managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.3, 19.7
Lendlease	Restore and /or reconstruct of Peninsula Link	19.3, 19.7
Melbourne Water	Lead the delivery of the following recovery activities restore reticulated wastewater, sanitation systems and wastewater management by leading the restoration of sewerage /sanitation systems/wastewater systems for domestic use (co-lead with DELWP)	3.2, 19.7
Parks Victoria	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate PV managed public buildings and assets (e.g. roads, bridges, public amenities)	19.2, 19.3, 19.7
VicPol	Assess, restore, clean and rehabilitate VicPol owned or managed buildings or assets (e.g. public amenities, station buildings etc.)	3.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.7
VICSES	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate VICSES-managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities, unit buildings)	19.2, 19.3, 19.7

Critical Task 19.5: Restore community infrastructure to be sustainable and more resilient to future events.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
CityLink	Ensure long term operability of infrastructure, through the asset strategy and planning framework, including assessments and restoration when required	1.3, 19.1, 19.2
CMA	Support DELWP to deliver its recovery activities to implement balanced bushfire and flood recovery programs consistent with funding allocated	18.4
DELWP	Energy - responsibilities under Part 7A of the EM Act 2013 involve working with the energy sector to enhance critical infrastructure resilience, through formulation of policy, emergency risk management planning by operators, observing exercises for resilience improvement cycles and designating vital critical infrastructure where appropriate	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 19.4, 21.1, 21.3
ERV	Deliver state coordinated recovery programs where no other government portfolio has accountability, as directed by government, or there is an evidenced gap in capability and capacity
VMIA	Assist departments and participating bodies to establish programs to act as insurer for, or provide insurance services, and ultimately resilience, to departments and participating bodies	4.6

Critical Task 19.6: Ensure continuity of critical infrastructure during restoration works.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
CityLink, Eastlink and Lendlease	Assist with on-going management of traffic on the arterial network if the Link is not available for use	9.3, 9.7, 19.7
DELWP	Energy as lead Government liaison, works with AEMO which operates and is responsible for the transmission system while other network operators manage the distribution system and the restoration of infrastructure and electric supply	1.5, 3.2, 10.1, 19.6
DELWP	Energy - Recovery Coordinating Agency (RecCA) for energy services, including Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) and Government liaison to: work with AEMO to deliver recovery activity of gas services assets reinstatement and return to reliable supply by managing gas system security emergencies within the Victorian Declared Transmission System. Other pipeline operators manage non-Declared Transmission System segments of the system, and the restoration of infrastructure and gas supply work with AEMO and electricity generation companies to deliver recovery activity of electricity services assets reinstatement and return to reliable supply by managing electricity system security emergencies	1.5, 3.2, 10.1
Melbourne Water	Implement plans and procedures for the continuity of services in the event of a threat or impact to Melbourne Water’s reticulated water supply systems, dams, reticulated wastewater (sewerage) systems, waterways and drainage assets	1.3, 1.5
VicTrack	Repair, recover and provide alternative public transport telecommunications services in times of system outages, other than services managed by DoT or transport franchise operators	19.7

Critical Task 19.7: Undertake and facilitate the restoration of critical infrastructure.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
AEMO	Recovery Support Agency (RecSA) to DELWP (as lead Government liaison) to deliver: electricity services assets reinstatement and return to reliable supply by managing electricity system security emergencies. AEMO operate and are responsible for the transmission system while other network operators manage the distribution system and the restoration of infrastructure and electric supply gas services assets reinstatement and return to reliable supply by managing gas system security emergencies within the Victorian Declared Transmission System. Other pipeline operators manage non Declared Transmission System segments of the system, and the restoration of infrastructure and gas supply	19.1, 19.4
AV	Lead Agency to restore, clear and rehabilitate public buildings and assets managed within AV’s portfolio	3.1, 19.3
CFA	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate CFA managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.3, 19.4
CFA	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to assist farmers to repair and restore fences damaged by bushfire or suppression activities	19.2, 19.4
CityLink	Assess, restore and/or reconstruct CityLink to return to full operations, on the provision that resourcing and safety have been verified	19.3, 19.4
CityLink, Eastlink and Lendlease	Assist with on-going management of traffic on the arterial network if the Link is not available for use	9.3, 9.7, 19.6
DELWP	Energy: report on the impacts (loss and damage) to energy supply infrastructure to inform immediate priorities and recovery programs, including the restoration and supply of essential services	10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.2, 19.4
	Lead agency responsible to - assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DELWP managed public buildings and assets (e.g. roads, bridges, public amenities)	19.1
	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to:
	recover and rehabilitate reticulated water services. Water Corporations lead recovery to restore services and DELWP oversee activities undertaken by Water Corporations	15.2, 19.4
	recover and rehabilitate reticulated sewerage, sanitation systems and wastewater management systems. Water Corporations lead recovery to restore services and DELWP oversee activities undertaken by Water Corporations	15.2, 19.4
DET	Lead agency to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DET-managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities, schools)	3.1, 19.2, 19.3
DJCS	Lead agency to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DJCS managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.4
DJPR	Recovery Lead agency (RecLA) responsible to lead government liaison to support the delivery of public telecommunications assets reinstatement, return to reliable supply and restoration of services by coordinating relevant information, working with telecommunication businesses as required	3.2
DoT	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to undertake the assessment, restoration, clean-up and rehabilitation of roads, bridges and tunnels	9.6, 9.7
DoT	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DoT managed public buildings and assets (e.g. roads, bridges, rail, public amenities)	9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 19.1, 19.3
Eastlink	Restoration and/or reconstruction of Eastlink	19.3, 19.4
EMV	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to provide financial assistance to relevant government agencies and to Municipal councils where eligible for disaster expenditure including counter disaster operations and the restoration of essential municipal assets	3.1, 15.4
ESV	Gas: Provide safety and technical advice to energy control agency in order to support overall strategies and decision making for recovering from gas emergency events (including safe restoration of gas supply and safety of any relief program for temporary gas supply to community)	19.1, 19.8
ESV	Electricity: Provide safety and technical advice to energy control agency in order to support overall strategies and decision making for recovering from electricity emergency events and bushfire (including the safe restoration of electricity supply and safety of any relief program for temporary electricity supply to community)	19.1, 19.8
FRV	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate FRV managed public buildings and assets	19.2, 19.3, 19.4
Lendlease	Assist with on-going management of traffic on the arterial network if the Link is not available for use	9.3, 9.7, 19.6
Lendlease	Restore and /or reconstruct of Peninsula Link	19.3, 19.4
Melbourne Water	Lead the delivery of the following recovery activities:
	restore reticulated wastewater, sanitation systems and wastewater management by leading the restoration of sewerage /sanitation systems/wastewater systems for domestic use (co-lead with DELWP)	3.2, 19.4
	recovery and rehabilitation of reticulated water supply for domestic use by leading the restoration of these systems (co-lead with DELWP and metropolitan Water Corporations)
	restore, clear and rehabilitate public buildings and assets managed within Melbourne Water’s portfolio	19.2
	assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate Melbourne Water managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities)	19.2, 19.3
NBN Co	If appropriate, deploy a variety of mobile facilities into impacted communities with the aim of delivering limited/partial service restoration after service disruption driven through the impacts of a natural disaster event	3.3, 15.1
Parks Victoria	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate PV managed public buildings and assets (e.g. roads, bridges, public amenities)	19.2, 19.3, 19.4
Telstra	Provide priority fault restoration of Telstra services for response agencies
VBA	Participate in recovery building and plumbing activities with other responsible agencies, such as EMV and ERV	19.8
VicPol	Assess, restore, clean and rehabilitate VicPol owned or managed buildings or assets (e.g. public amenities, station buildings etc.)	3.1, 19.1, 19.2, 19.4
VICSES	Assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate VICSES-managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities, unit buildings)	19.2, 19.3, 19.4
VicTrack	Repair, recover and provide alternative public transport telecommunications services in times of system outages, other than services managed by DoT or transport franchise operators	19.6
	Support DJPR to assist with telecommunications asset reinstatement	3.2
	Support DoT to restore tram, bus, rail services	3.2
Water Corporations	Recovery Lead Agency (RecLA) to deliver: recovery and rehabilitation of essential reticulated water supply for domestic use (co-lead with DELWP) restore essential reticulated sewerage, sanitation systems and wastewater management systems for domestic use (co-lead with DELWP)	19.7
Water Corporations	Lead the delivery to restore, clear and rehabilitate public buildings and assets managed within Water Corporations’ portfolio	19.3

Critical Task 19.8: Work with communities to transition recovery services and programs to mainstream community delivery / services.

Agency	Activity	Additional alignment to critical tasks
CityLink, Eastlink and Lendlease	Participate on a Community Recovery Committee, if required	20.6
DELWP	Energy:
	coordinate intelligence to inform strategies and decision making for the safe and timely restoration of energy supplies to the community	19.1, 19.4
	provide advice to communities on the installation and restoration of energy supplies that enhance resilience and mitigate the reliance on main energy supplies following an emergency	6.3, 6.4, 6.6
VBA	Participate in recovery building and plumbing activities with other responsible agencies, such as EMV and ERV	19.7
VBA	Support planning and related approvals for temporary accommodation and rebuilding as required

Footnote

[1] Note: Residential properties are the responsibility of the owner, however individuals and communities are supported regarding residential property loss through personal and social support.