Global Peace - Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Global Peace - Incident Analysis Team Reporthave led to some delays in provisioning and thisfunction could have been delegated to a range ofappropriate staff.In term of pre-incident planning, the lack ofidentification of suitable suppliers and agenciesto provide resources and provisions during anincident in suitable quantities created unnecessarydifficulties.ConclusionNotwithstanding that the clean-up was successful,the response was compromised by a lack ofunderstanding and resourcing for logistics andexpenditure authorisation levels which couldpotentially have affected the welfare and safety ofresponders.During a response, logistics needs to be betterrecognised and resourced, as it is a separatespecialist area in response planning underOSRICS. To this end, future desktop exercisesshould ensure that logistics are better resourcedand that requests are clearly identified andactually followed through. The use of a singlelevel of authorisation for expenditure during aspill response should be avoided and appropriatedelegation arrangements put in place.8