2017-10-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 7 - Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan 2018

and must provide information on that person’s disaster or emergency management expertise and
experience. The nomination will be considered by Noosa Council in accordance with the
regulation and the agency advised accordingly.


5.7.3    Deputy / alternate members of the Local Group
Members of the Local Group are to identify a deputy/alternate who is able to attend Local Group
meetings or take on the duties of the member in their absence or unavailability. A person who is a
deputy/alternative member should have the necessary expertise and experience to fulfil the role of
member of the Local Group if required.


5.7.4    Support for the Local Group
The Noosa Council CEO will provide nominated Council officers to provide support to the Local
Group as follows:
   • Secretariat will provide day to day support to the Group through provision of meeting
      coordination and reporting requirements and monitoring of training requirements of Local
      Group members
   • The Disaster Management Officer will provide strategic disaster management policy advice
      and oversee operational matters for the Local Group.

These officers will maintain watch for events or situations which may have the potential to be a
threat to the region and are a key point of contact between the region’s disaster management
agencies.


5.8     Functions of the Chair of the Local Group
Section 34A of the Act identifies that the Chairperson of a Local Group has the following functions:

   a) “To manage and coordinate the business of the group
   b) To ensure, as far as practicable, that the group performs its functions
   c) To report regularly to the relevant district group, and the chief executive of the department,
      about the performance by the local group of its functions.”


5.9     Functions of the Local Disaster Coordinator
The Chair of the Local Group has appointed the Director Community Services as the Noosa LDC
and the Waste Coordinator as Deputy LDC.

The Chair of the Local Group has appointed the Director Community Services as the Local Group’s
member on the District Group.

Section 36 of the Act states that the LDC has the following functions:

   a) “to coordinate disaster operations for the local group
   b) To report regularly to the local group about disaster operations
   c) To ensure, as far as practicable, that any strategic decisions of the local group about
      disaster operations are implemented.”




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