2016-09-06 S&O Committee - Attachment 1 to Item 3 - Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan

Storm tides often coincide with periods of intense and prolonged rainfall and can impact on
existing swollen river systems and low lying coastal areas. Storm tides can increase the
severity, extent and length of any simultaneous river and creek flooding.
Hazard
A source of potential harm, or a situation with a potential to cause loss. (Source: Emergency
Management Australia 2004).
Incident
Day to day occurrences, being an emergency or sudden event accidentally or deliberately
caused which requires a response from one or more emergency response agencies by itself
or in cooperation with other response agencies.
Incident coordination centre / field coordination centre
Location or room from which response operations are managed for emergency incidents or
situations.
Mitigation
Measures taken in advance of a disaster aimed at decreasing or eliminating its impact on
communities, the economy, infrastructure and the environment. (Adapted from: Australian
Emergency Management Glossary, 1998).
Natural Disaster Relief & Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA)
NDRRA provide a cost sharing formula between the State and Commonwealth Governments
as well as a package of pre-agreed relief and recovery measures that may be activated by
the Queensland Government on a needs basis.
NDRRA activation
An activation is made by the Minister Community Safety when NDRRA Funding applies, this
declaration is different to and not dependant on a Declaration of a Disaster Situation and is
not a declaration of a disaster or emergency.
Planning
Development of systems for coordinating disaster response and establishing priorities,
duties, roles and responsibilities of different individuals and organisations, including actual
state of preparedness.
Preparedness
Measures to ensure that, should an emergency occur, communities, resources, and services
are capable of coping with the effects. (Source: Australian Emergency Management
Glossary, 1998).
Prevention
Measures to eliminate or reduce the incidence or severity of emergencies. (Source:
Australian Emergency Management Glossary, 1998).
Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
If at any time a commissioned officer of the Queensland Police Service is satisfied on
reasonable grounds that an emergency situation has arisen or is likely to arise, the
commissioned officer may declare that an emergency situation exists in respect of an area
specified by the officer.
Reconstruction
Actions taken to re-establish a community after a period of rehabilitation subsequent to a
disaster. Actions would include construction of permanent housing, restoration of all



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