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

     Restore banking and other financial services as soon as possible
     Reopen businesses and restore community services
     Set up business assistance facilities as required
     Assess employment issues
     Establish a communications strategy to support local businesses to re-establish or remain
      open
     Work with the insurance sector to ensure coordinated response by insurance companies and
      address adequacy of cover for reconstruction
     Develop a fast-track insurance processing system and address insurance issues
     Liaise with the LRG and other LRG subgroups to develop a strategy to maximise use of local
      resources during reconstruction and establishment activities
     Identify transport and information technology/communications needs and prioritise
      reconstruction activities to meet community business and manufacturing continuance
      requirements
     Facilitate, where required, new mutual aid agreements between authorities and contracts with
      suppliers
     Support small to medium enterprise e.g. advice, referral to a business advisor etc
     Re-establish retail and commercial facilities essential for community wellbeing or recovery
      activities

Long term operational activities
 Examine viability and appropriateness of damaged or destroyed business to the community
 Identify opportunities to upgrade business infrastructure
 Identify opportunities to establish new businesses and services
 Where possible, restore business and infrastructure to be sustainable and more resilient to
   future events
 Prioritise and secure supply chains
 Re-establish commercial, retail and distribution infrastructure
 Support the restoration of rural infrastructure
 Reassess employment and livelihood issues
 Explore need and opportunities for ongoing local business support network
 Communicate planned actions to affected communities, recovery management team and
   stakeholder organisations


7.4        Environmental recovery
7.4.1      Components of environmental recovery

The ways in which damage to the natural environment impacts on the community, infrastructure
and the economy are considered in other parts of this plan. This section deals with the effects
of a disaster on Noosa’s ecosystems particularly:
 The air
 The coastline
 Water and rivers
 Land and soil (including organic matter)
 Plants and animals

The table below outlines some of the effects if impact of disasters on our natural ecosystems:

    Component of the
                       Aspects of this component relevant
          natural                                                Some examples of effects
                            to disaster management
        environment
    Air                   particulates                        immediate: asthma cases
                          chemicals                           longer term: deposition of
                          biological aerosols                  particulates residues on assets
                          radiation

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