2015-06-23 I&S Agenda - Item 5 - Local Disaster Management Plan - Attachment 1

A disaster resilient community knows the risks and hazards they face, and has the ability to
accept the aftermath of such events and the impacts on their lives.
Disaster resilient communities are also aware that it may take considerable time before life
returns to any degree of normality should an event impact their area, and that resilience is
not simply about a community going back to what it was like before but rather learning from
a disaster and adjusting to be more resilient should a similar event occur again.
The Local Group has developed a Community Resilience Strategy and Action Plan to
improve community resilience in the Noosa shire and further information is provided at
Appendix G.
Building an understanding of risk and enhancing community capacity through community
education and participation in initiatives such as the Queensland Government’s Get Ready
campaign will continue to be a priority for the NLDMG in 2015.

4.5    Community awareness, public information and warning systems
4.5.1 Community awareness
S30 of The Act requires the LDMG “to ensure the community is aware of ways of mitigating
the adverse effects of an event, and preparing for, responding to, and recovering from a
disaster”.
The members and organisations that make up the Local Groups currently provide public
information and education programs to improve community awareness. These include:
   Noosa Council website and Facebook pages
   disaster and emergency community awareness brochures displayed and available in
    council offices and libraries
   preparedness articles in local papers and council newsletters
   Queensland State Government advertising, presentations, and website material
   QFES advertising, presentations and website material
   EMA community awareness publications and emergency management for schools
    website
   lectures to various organisations e.g. by the LDC, SES group leaders, etc
   QFES fire and bushfire awareness program
   BOM weather warnings and website material
The Local Group recognises that providing information on how to look after yourself, your
family, home, business and community in the event of a natural or a man-made disaster is
an effective way to build community resilience and help communities recover in the
aftermath of an event. One of the key long term objectives of the Local Group is to provide
this information in a timely, coordinated and accessible fashion.
Through the life of this plan the Local Groups in association with QFES, and its media,
business and community partners will undertake to develop and promote the following key
educational and awareness tools for distribution across the shire as part of the State
Government’s Get Ready campaign:
   household emergency plans
   household emergency checklists
   business emergency plans
   business emergency checklists


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