WA Clan Lab Notification Process Geoff Harcombe – Pesticide Safety Coordinator On Call Officer HEAT Environmental Health Directorate Emergency Response Team (EHDERT)

After we receive the Pager Alert from OCDO 1.Contact by phone and interrogate duty WAPOL Officer, re Notification Checklist 2.Ask questions about anything unusual on the site 3.Make sure the coordinates for bush lab make sense 4.Are the premises still occupied, could there be a problem 5.Scan Notification form and save copy to hard drive 6.When sending out notifications via ensure all service agencies are included with confirmation of delivery (read confirmation might be necessary) 7.Request in body of response from agencies within 24 hrs of receipt otherwise we will come looking for you (LG, Housing and DER) 8.If for some reason Housing HQ is not responding then contact regional office, cc HQ in on original 9.DER Officer will instruct which address to send through Notification 10.Sometimes two agencies may be involved tho one may be for info purposes 11.EHD admin support will undertake follow-up s and data-basing 12.Requests for further advice best directed to EHD rather than DOH on call officer

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