2018-04-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 4 - Local Disaster Recovery Subplan

Outreach services are primarily designed to reach those isolated and will likely be a key strategy
for the Noosa area. The LRG may need to assist the Department in providing support services
for outreach teams e.g. accommodation, local knowledge, etc.


6.10     Debrief, review and evaluation
A formal review and evaluation of the recovery effort should be undertaken at the conclusion of
recovery operations. This is usually conducted on Stand Down and should be undertaken in
accordance with the National Monitoring and Evalutation Framework for Disaster Recovery
Programs and reported to Noosa Council and the LDMG.

The primary method of undertaking review and evaluation is through the conduct of debriefs after
the event. A debrief in this context is the gathering of relevant stakeholders to review, discuss
and document the learnings from the event and the changes that need to be made to incorporate
this learning. Evaluation can also be taken from assessing the status of action plans and needs
analysis over time. Community input into the debrief, review and evaluation is also important to
inform the reporting and look at improvements for future events.

6.10.1 Periodic debriefs

Recovery can be a long process and debriefs may be undertaken at any time during the recovery
process for any particular activity. Undertaking periodic debriefs will assist in capturing
recommendations for improvement and may improve ongoing delivery of recovery services. The
LRC, LRG and subgroups will determine the nature and extent of periodic debriefs during the
recovery process as part of ongoing continuous improvement. For example, a debrief of those
involved in facilitating a public forum or community meeting should be conducted following the
activity to determine how to improve for the future. Periodic debriefs of individual recovery
programs and activities are encouraged and should be promoted by the LRC, LRG and
subgroups.

6.10.2 Final debrief

At the conclusion of recovery operations formal review and evaluation processes should be
undertaken of the entire recovery effort. The most effective way of undertaking this overall review
is through a series of debriefs of local advisory groups, subgroups and the LRG upon Stand
Down. Such debriefs should be conducted as close to the conclusion of recovery operations as
possible.

Usually debriefs are conducted from the bottom up, meaning that subordinate entities debrief first
and their findings are included in the debrief of the next higher group. On this basis, debriefs
should, where possible, be conducted in the following priority order:
1. Local advisory groups
2. Functional subgroups
3. Local Disaster Recovery Group.




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