2022-10-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                           11 OCTOBER 2022


           In February 2022, Council was successful in receiving funding from the National
            Recovery and Resilience Agency via the Black Summer Bushfire Grant for a
            Disaster Resilience Officer position for 2 years to work on disaster resilience in a
            disaster preparedness context. An Officer was recruited into this position in May
            2022. Resilience activities coordinated though this position include:
            o    Noosa Disaster Management Plan Community Workshops
                    11 July 2022 – Kin Kin School of Arts
                    12 July 2022 – Peregian Beach Community House
                    13 July 2022 – Noosa Northshore (Beach Road Holiday Homes)
                    14 July 2022 - Cooroy Pomona Lions Den
                    15 July 2022 - Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club
            o    Acquisition of a Simtable and collaboration with the Australian Simtable
                 working group. Noosa will also be hosting a workshop/training session in
                 October 2022 and will be joined by interstate Simtable owners, to share
                 knowledge and enhance community resilience and education capabilities
                 across Australia. The event also aims to showcase the Peregian Digital Hub
                 and FireTech Connect Program and field work.
            o    Launch of a recruitment campaign for local SES branches through October
                 and November. This social media campaign will interface with Council’s
                 Disaster Dashboard along with a second social media campaign to be
                 launched in November and remain active through to February 2023, called
                 “Noosa Gets Ready for Storm and Bushfire Season”. Highlighting our
                 partnerships with agencies such as SES in the disaster season ahead, this
                 second campaign will incorporate other scheduled print and radio advertising
                 for our community.
            o    Planned for the delivery of the “Get Ready in Schools” program in several
                 schools in October 2022. The presentation will be delivered to align with their
                 school-based curriculum in Year 5.
10.       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 a number of requests for
assistance including:
     Tasks
      o    Trees Down                                       20
      o    Structural Damage                                87
      o    Flooded (Flash and Riverine flooding)           242
      o    Multiple Issues                                  15
     Agency Support requests:
      o     Flood Boat Rescue                                 1
      o     Flood Boat Resupply                               5
      o     Land search (missing person)                     13
      o     Forensic Search                                   2
      o     Patient/Body Retrieval                            1
      o     Evacuation                                        1
      o     QAS Assistance                                    1
      o     Traffic Management                                3
      o     Other (assistance with Community events           9


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