2014-12-09 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           9 DECEMBER 2014


Disaster Management & Public Order

4                         ANNUAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT REPORT 2014
DOCUMENT IN FOR MATI ON




Author                               Director Community Services & Local Disaster Coordinator,
                                     Alan Rogers
                                     Community Services Department

Index                                ECM/Subject/Branch Management /Community Services Section

Attachments                          1.   Noosa Local Disaster Management Members 2015


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Director Community Services to the Infrastructure &
Services Committee dated 9 December 2014 and:
A.                        Appoint members to the Noosa Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) for 2015
                          as set out in Attachment 1;
B.                        Request the Local Disaster Coordinator in liaison with the Noosa LDMG to develop a
                          Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan for adoption by Council prior to 30 June 2015.


REPORT
This report provides an update on Disaster Management in the Noosa Shire since
operations commenced in January 2014 and makes recommendations for future actions.

1.                        Background

On 16 December 2013 the Noosa Transfer Manager Peter Franks established the Noosa
Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) and appointed the Chair, the Deputy Chair and
members of the Local Disaster Management Group in accordance with the Disaster
Management Act 2003 (the Act) to be effective from 1 January 2014. On the 16 December
he also adopted the Sunshine Coast and Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan as the
Noosa Council’s Local Disaster Management Plan.

Councillor Bob Abbot was appointed as the Chair of the LDMG and Cr Noel Playford
appointed as the Deputy Chair of the LDMG. Alan (Fox) Rogers was appointed Local
Disaster Coordinator (LDC).

Other members of the LDMG consists of key Council staff, representatives from Queensland
Police, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Australian Red Cross, Department of
Communities, Noosa Hospital, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, SES, Media and
Unity Water. As well as core members of the group there are a number of advisors from
various agencies and organisations such as SEQ Water, Surf Lifesaving Queensland, Noosa
News and the Coast Guard. The LDMG meets quarterly, or as required in the event of a
disaster or emergency situation.




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