2020-12-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              8 DECEMBER 2020


      o     Work with Council’s Disaster Management Officer and other key agencies to develop
            an Emergency Action Guide specific to the local Noosa region.
      o     Assist and provide support to vulnerable individuals, community groups and
            businesses from the 3 affected areas with the recent bushfires – Peregian Beach,
            Coorooibah and Noosa North Shore/Teewah.
      o     Assist community organisations with funding applications that assist in local recovery.
      o     Provide links to support agencies for mental health services and financial
            assistance/support.
      o     Identify funding support for affected residents.

9.    SES
The Queensland State Emergency Service (SES) is a “not-for-profit” community volunteer
emergency service organisation. The Noosa District SES has 55 local volunteers responding to
disasters and emergencies across the Shire with four SES sheds located at Tewantin, Pomona,
Boreen Point and Cooroy.
In the past twelve (12) months the Noosa SES responded to 142 tasks from the general public
requesting assistance, and 40 tasks from other Agencies (QPS) requesting assistance, percentage
details as follows:
     Structural Storm Damage to Primary Dwellings - 13%
     Tree down on Primary Dwellings and access points - 43%
     Flood damage to Primary Dwellings including sandbagging - 27%
     Land search and Traffic Control - 16%
In addition to the jobs above, although during the COVID-19 period all SES participation and
assistance in non-operational community events was suspended, Noosa SES has assisted the
Sunshine Coast SES with directing people at the COVID Testing Clinics on the Sunshine Coast
and assisting the QPS weekly with people management at the Sunshine Coast Airport. Noosa
SES also helped the community with events such as:
     Australia Day Celebrations
     RYDA (Road Safety) Program
     Christmas in Cooroy and in Tewantin and New Year’s Eve party at Boreen Point
Furthermore, in the 2019/20 financial year $31,292 was received for the restoration of the Noosa
SES Group main building in Tewantin, and $30,000 to assist with the purchase of a Toyota Coaster
bus for the Noosa SES Group.

10.   Queensland Reconstruction Authority Funding Payments
The Queensland Disaster Resilience Fund provided funding in 2019/20 financial year for the
following activities to the value of $45,000:
     Flood Forecasting software
     Tide gauges

11.   Queensland Reconstruction Authority “Get Ready” Funding & Activities
Council received $22,300 in funding in 2020/21 under the Get Ready program. The funding aims
to improve community resilience to disaster events. Projects funded this year include:
     Development of the Emergency Action Guide (funding for this project is split across both Get
      Ready and Community Resilience funding programs)
     Refinement of Flood Forecasting software



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