2020-12-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               8 DECEMBER 2020


5.    LDMG Sub Groups
Details of the Noosa Local Recovery Groups will be included in a separate report by the Local
Recovery Coordinator.
Disaster management staff met with members of the Noosa North Shore, Cooran, Kin Kin and
Pomona Community Disaster Management Sub-Groups during the year.

6.    Emergency Operations Team
As well as being responsible for coordinating disaster operations of all emergency services during
an event, Council is required under the Disaster Management Act 2003 to maintain a response
capability to:
“provide equipment and a suitable number of trained persons, using the resources available to the
local government, to effectively deal with, or help another entity deal with, an emergency situation
or a disaster in the local government area”.
In order to meet this responsibility, the Emergency Operations Team (EOT) meets regularly to
develop and coordinate Council’s emergency response capability. The group is chaired by
Council’s Civil Operations Manager and meets bi-monthly.
The EOT have undertaken a number of reviews across Council’s disaster response capability over
the past year.
     Sandbag locations identified with procedures prepared on standard messaging and the
      timing of those messages in the lead up to an event.
     Review of alternate communication methods available to the Local Disaster Coordination
      Centre (LDCC) resulting in improved radio capability and mobile phone reception in the
      LDCC. (Currently)

7.    LDCC & Disaster Management Training/Exercises
a.    Training
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the capacity for QFES to deliver face-to-face Emergency
Management training with much of the training moving towards on line delivery through their
Learning Management System. Face to face training and induction was however provided to the
new LDMG Chair (Cr Stewart) on her appointment.
The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) will be providing training to Council staff on
Disaster Relief Funding Arrangements on 27 November 2020. The session will provide staff with
information in Counter Disaster Operations related eligible activities and Repair of Essential Public
Assets.
Noosa’s Local Disaster Coordinator and Local Recovery Coordinator have also attended the BOM
Masterclass.
b.    Exercises
With recent changes to the leadership within the LDMG and a strong La Nina cycle predicted a
desktop exercise was decided upon as a useful tool to provide a platform for enhanced learning
ahead of the storm season. On Monday 26 October, a small desktop exercise was conducted,
examining the responsibilities and activities that would result from a hypothetical extreme flooding
event that resulted from a rapid onset storm event with high rainfall totals, which isolates the town
of Kin Kin.
Attendees included:
     Local Disaster Management Group (Chair)
     Local Disaster Management Group (Deputy Chair)
     Local Disaster Coordinator


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