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

                           Noosa Local Disaster Recovery Plan 2015/2016

   heritage listed properties and cultural icons
   parks and gardens, public spaces and amenities
Each facility has the potential to help considerably during the recovery, but may be unable to
perform its community functions if damaged. The community is reliant on the restoration or
replacement of the above infrastructure to re-establish and function.

24.8 Infrastructure recovery planning
In planning infrastructure recovery, the Sub-group must:
   undertake detailed damage and needs assessment
   develop contingency plans to allow work to be done, despite the immediate difficulties
    (including reduced transportation and communication services)
   recognise the strong links between infrastructure recovery, economic recovery and
    people’s response to the emergency or disaster
   prioritise infrastructure restoration and its eventual recovery according to the importance
    of the service that the infrastructure supports
   recognise that people may be traumatised if they feel that their buildings have not
    protected them or if they have suffered loss as a result of the event
   recognise that these feelings of loss and deprivation will be heightened if the normal
    community structures for support are not in place, and if the damage to infrastructure
    places further threats on their continued wellbeing
   understand that reconstruction of the infrastructure by external parties can alienate the
    community unless the community is involved in the formulation of recovery strategies.

24.9 Key steps in infrastructure recovery
The key steps in infrastructure recovery planning include:
   understanding what needs to be done to recover
   identify external constraints and internal organisational restraints
   prioritise tasks
   put in place short term /interim fixes
   identify the resource and material requirements
   strategic planning (including long term recovery outcomes)
These are amplified in the table at Appendix 27.14.

24.10 Infrastructure needs assessment
Infrastructure assessments may be categorised into three separate activities:
   Initial assessments which are usually undertaken in the first few hours after impact
    during the response and immediate/short term (relief) stage of disaster management.
    These assessments usually only provide an indication of the scale of the problem and
    allow for response and relief operations.
   Rapid impact assessments, which are usually conducted within the first 24 to 48 hours
    after impact and involves the sending out of damage assessment teams to make first
    hand assessments. Rapid impact assessment can be undertaken by Queensland Fire
    and Emergency Services (Fire) is an example of this form of assessment.
   Detailed assessments, which are normally conducted after the disaster response
    phase and which inform the development of the Recovery Operational Plan and the
    Infrastructure Recovery Action Plan. These assessments will normally be undertaken by
    individual agencies and coordinated by a suitably qualified person appointed by the
    Executive Director Infrastructure Services
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