2015-06-23 I&S Agenda - Item 5 - Local Disaster Recovery Plan - Attachment 2

                            Noosa Local Disaster Recovery Plan 2015/2016

28.7 Managing people

Preparedness
Recovery operations will be most successful and the impact on staff will be minimised where
staff involved:
  have been involved in training and exercising
   are operating in their normal area of expertise
   have clear role statements and operating guidelines
   have clear and supportive management


Operations
For occupational health and safety:
 consider appointing a safety manager
   ensure safety issues are identified and managed and communicated
   establish appropriate duty times
   establish clear roles and responsibilities
For staff involved in the emergency event:
   consider the needs of staff personally affected by the emergency event
Establish formal and informal arrangements for supporting the wellbeing of recovery staff,
including:
  operational briefing and defusing
   mentoring
   food, water and rest breaks
   shorter than normal duty times
   team meetings
   manager briefings on likely impacts and staff needs
   organisational employee assistance programs
   private counselling.
Briefing and debriefing
Undertake briefing sessions for all oncoming staff and at regular intervals during recovery
operations.

Briefings should include:
 overview of the nature and of the impact of the emergency
   overview of recovery purpose and operations
   detail of specific activities (relevant to the area of operations)
   identification of persons in charge, organisations and people involved in the operations
    site
   the actions that have been taken to date
   the actions that are planned for the future
   the actions that are required in this shift period
   the resources that are available and not available
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