2021-06-08 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA    8 JUNE 2021




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                  8 JUNE 2021

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                | do not doubt that the Risk Management Procedure for Noosa Council was developed without
                consideration to this risk and should be either reviewed with the context of Bushfire Risk or, until a
                reasonable alternative exists, consider using another way to measure these risks. In saying this, to
                include disasters into your operation risk management will skew any further assessments. For
                example, the organisation has stated that a fatality is a catastrophic consequence. Thus, if you were
                to risk rate the consequence of a disaster like a bush fire the potential for catastrophic consequences
                are numerous. Consider amending the Councils Matrix to include the consequence of multiple
                fatalities or contemplate another matrix which better suits this risk. Council could consider using a
                standalone risk matrix for disasters or use the PESTLE assessment as explained below.
                There is evidence in various peer publications that the use of the PESTLE assessment (Photo 4)
                around firefighting (Disaster) activities could be more adaptive to the assessment of risk. Although
                this is not a qualitative risk assessment, it does highlight other factors that could be considered. This
                will be explained further in the report. The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services is developing a
                Bushfire Risk Management Framework which (when released) could be used to reassess this plan.
                As such, it is difficult to make reference on the adequacy of the current Fire Strategic Risk
                Assessment based on this information provided.
                There were 4 strategic concerns raised, and strategic concerns are substantial weaknesses that are
                not failures of the system but are trending negatively and have the potential of negatively impacting
                the Council, or have areas where potential legal ramifications could occur. The strategic concerns
                contained in the body of the report are:
                    e   Corporate concerns,
                    e   Operational concerns,
                    e   Environmental concerns, and
                    e   Social concerns.
                There are many positives within this plan, and | commend the Council for not only developing such a
                plan, but by giving the appropriate level of support from the leaders of the organisation by including
                it in both your Corporate and Operational Plans.
                | would also like to thank you for the opportunity to review this plan and | look forward to assisting
                further as required.
                dfaton
                Jason O’Brien Jp (Qual) FIML AdvDipEnvMan AdvDipGovinvest
                AdvDipPubSaf(EmergMan) AdvDipWHS DipPubSaf(FireFightMan)
                Exemplar Auditor 114446, WHSQ Authorisation W100213

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