2015-06-23 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   23 JUNE 2015


Disaster Management & Public Order
5                        ADOPTION OF THE NOOSA LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN 2015/16 AND
                         NOOSA LOCAL DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN 2015/16
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                             Director Community Services, Alan Rogers
                                   Community Services Department
                                   Director Planning & Infrastructure, Martin Drydale
                                   Planning & Infrastructure Department

Index                              ECM/ Subject/ Local Disaster Management Plan

Attachments                        1.    Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan 2015/16
                                   2.    Noosa Local Disaster Recovery Plan 2015/16
                                   3.    Disaster Assistance MoU between Noosa and Sunshine Coast
                                         Council
                                   (Due to the size of the three attachments, a hard copy has been provided in the
                                   Councillors’ Room)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Director Community Services to the Infrastructure & Services
Committee Meeting dated 23 June 2015 and:
A                        Repeal the Sunshine Coast and Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan 2014 and adopt
                         the Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan 2015/16 and Noosa Local Disaster Recovery
                         Plan 2015/16 provided at Attachments 1 and 2; and
B                        Devolve responsibility for the operational components of the Local Disaster Management
                         Plan to the Local Disaster Management Group.



REPORT
1.                       Background

It is a requirement of the Disaster Management Act 2003 (the Act) that every Local Government
prepare a plan (a local disaster management plan) for disaster management in their local
government area. A Local Disaster Management Plan must be consistent with the State’s
disaster management guidelines and plans are audited annually by Queensland Police Service
(QPS) and the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES).

On 16 December 2013 the Noosa Transfer Manager Peter Franks adopted the Sunshine Coast
and Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan 2014 as the Noosa Council’s Local Disaster
Management Plan. This plan has guided disaster management operations in the Noosa Shire for
the past 18 months.

The Sunshine Coast and Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan 2014 (the previous Plan) was
developed as a joint plan for both the Sunshine Coast and Noosa Local Government areas in
order to facilitate the de amalgamation. It was audited by QPS and QFES in August 2014 and a
number of recommendations for improvements made.

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