ENDORSEMENT OF NOOSA LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN 2026 · ATTACHMENT 1 - 2026 Local Disaster Management Plan

Section 4.4
4.4      Residual Risks
The LDMG recognises its treatment options will not always be adequate and residual risk will remain. Residual
risks are the risks which remain after the LDMG has applied the risk mitigation strategies within their capacity,
but those strategies have not sufficiently reduced or eliminated the risk.
The following is a list of identified risks identified using the QERMF methodology that are not within the
capacity of the LDMG to address and are therefore deemed to be Residual Risks to be escalated to the
DDMG.
                             Table 6: Summary of Residual Risks for Noosa Shire

 Issue                        Current Capacity                   Residual Risk            Can Council
                                                                                          assist?
 Evacuation of entire         Limited capacity exists to         Request to District      Limited
 community                    evacuate the whole                 for assistance
                              community.
 Multiple houses              There is a risk that emergency     Request to District      Limited
 damaged especially           services response to any           for assistance
 those involving multi-       disaster event will be severely
 casualty scenarios           compromised as a result of
                              insufficient response capacity.
 Asbestos contamination       The community has limited          Request to District      Limited
 from damaged buildings       personnel trained in or            for assistance
                              equipped for asbestos
                              removal. External expertise will
                              be required.
 Managing multiple            Limited capacity exists to         Request to District      Limited
 Evacuation Centre            manage and staff evacuation        for Assistance
 Facilities                   centre facilities.
 Various Public Health        The community has a small          Request to District      Limited
 Risks                        team of EHO’s. In a major          for assistance
                              event, professional EHO
                              assistance will be required for
                              a range of public
                              health/environmental health
                              issues.
 Significant Terrorist        While Queensland Police            Request to District      Limited
 Attack or other Attack on    would escalate through their       (and likely further
 the State                    own channels, the requirement      to the State) for
                              for community support and          assistance
                              recovery resources could be
                              large.




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