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

                           Noosa Local Disaster Recovery Plan 2015/2016

   information to the Sub-group or the LDRC on damage/impact assessments, community
    needs and the effectiveness of recovery actions
   human resources
   construction contracts (for example, supply of heavy lift or specialist equipment, loan of
    equipment and staff to assist in the immediate response, deployment of engineers to
    undertake damage assessments, deployment of reconstruction and building trades
    professionals)
   supply (for example, the provision of catering)
   maintenance
   accommodation
   grants/appeals management
   supply of credit (to other businesses to allow them to resume operating, or to
    customers)
   health and community service professionals
   fuel supply and distribution
In preparing and planning, it is useful to consider the public-private partnerships that can be
established prior to an event to assist with contingency planning. Traditionally, corporate
support has been a spontaneous response to an emergency event, and needs to be
negotiated after an event, taking into account the needs of a community.

For partnerships that can be established as part of preparedness and planning,
consideration should be given to:
  identifying goods and services that can be procured through this means
   establishing and identifying accredited/licensed/certified suppliers, and seeking
    indicative costs to avoid cost inflation/profiteering post impact (for example, to provide
    food and supplies to individuals at recovery centres)
   including local suppliers in recovery efforts where possible—issues to consider include
    the potentially impeded capacity of local suppliers to deliver due to the disaster
   establishing links between non-regional and local suppliers to retain local employment
   establishing links between non-regional and local suppliers that are able to continue or
    re-commence trading, to keep money in the community
   documenting partnerships between suppliers—use of non-regional suppliers needs to
    be handled with some sensitivity for local suppliers

25.18 Steps to Economic Recovery
The steps to the post-disaster economic recovery planning process are:

Step 1: Conduct post-disaster economic and financial impact studies
The Economic Recovery Sub-group should seek to perform economic and financial impact
studies where necessary and appropriate. Financial impact studies will focus on specific
economic units (such as a business or a sector of the community). An economic impact
study should build upon these financial impact studies to determine the overall impact on the
economy. Both financial and economic impact studies will build upon the initial damage
assessments undertaken during response operations. These impact studies should be
conducted as quickly as possible following the disaster. They provide intelligence for
decision-makers and support any requests for the State or the Australian Governments to
provide appropriate funds for rebuilding and recovery. These impact studies assess both
physical damage (properties, inventory, etc.) and economic damage to industry and the local
economy.

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