2015-06-23 I&S Agenda - Item 5 - Memorandum of Understanding - Attachment 3

6        DISASTER COORDINATION CENTRES

Sunshine Coast Council provides a fulltime Local Disaster Coordination Centre (LDCC) at Sunshine
Coast Council - Large Committee Room, Level 1 Eddie de Vere Building, Currie Street, Nambour.
A redundancy LDCC site is located in the Beerwah Room and Council Chambers at Council’s
Caloundra Administrative Centre. During disasters the Sunshine Coast Council provides staff, trained
in disaster management, to assist with operation of the Centre.

Noosa Shire Council operates a Local Disaster Coordination Centre at the Tewantin Administration
Building, 3° Floor, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin. During disasters the Noosa Shire Council provides
staff to operate the centre.

7        REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
To request Council to Council support in times of disaster, the relevant Local Disaster Coordinator
will make a formal request in writing to the Local Disaster Coordinator providing the assistance. The
formal request will specify the types of resources required and the duration of the required
deployment. To further clarify deployment conditions and requirements, Appendix A is attached to
this MoU to provide guidance to deployed staff.

8        DEFINITIONS
Unless the subject matter or context requires otherwise, in this agreement including the introductions,
schedules and appendices (if any) the following words and expressions whether commencing with
capital letters or not shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them.

8.1      The Sunshine Coast Regional Council:
The Sunshine Coast Council is the Local Government authority responsible for the areas as shown
in the map and locality table in Schedule 1.

8.2      The Noosa Shire Council:

The Noosa Shire Council is the Local Government authority responsible for the areas as shown in
the map and locality table in Schedule 2.

                                   MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
                                 SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL AND NOOSA
                                              COUNCIL
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