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

5.7.1 Relationship between activation, declarations and financial assistance
The activation of disaster management arrangements, local disaster management plan or
local disaster coordination centre confers neither special powers nor funding and it is not
necessary for a declaration of a disaster situation to be made to activate the disaster
management financial arrangements.
A declaration of a disaster situation under The Act provides for special powers to DDCs and
declared disaster officers.
The activation of either NDRRA or SDRA provides for financial support to the community,
funding for disaster operations of state government departments and local governments and
restoration of essential public assets. The activation of NDRRA or SDRA is not dependent
upon the activation of the QDMA or the declaration of a disaster situation. The activation of
NDRRA or SDRA is not a declaration but an activation of financial arrangements.
All three actions are independent and are not interlinked or conditional, although some or all
may occur for the same event.

5.8    Activating the Local Group
Details on the activation of the LDMG, LDMP and the LDCC are found in the following
appendices:
Appendix A.1: “Activating the Local Disaster Management Group” which sets out the
process for the activation of the Local Group and Local Plan.
Appendix A.2: “Activating the Local Disaster Coordination Centre sub-plan” which sets out
the standard operating procedures for activating, communications, staffing and management
of the LDCC during an event.

5.9    Operational sub-plans
The operational sub-plans are applicable to all hazards and some or all of the sub-plans may
be implemented depending on a particular event.
The following operational sub-plans have been prepared for specific functions:
Appendix B.1: “Financial management sub-plan” establishes the procedure for purchasing,
procurement and the process for tracking agency costs for response to and recovery from a
disaster.
Appendix B.2: “Community support sub-plan” sets out the process for the provision of
immediate and continuing care of disaster affected persons and the maintenance of health
and wellbeing of the community.
Appendix B.3: “Evacuation sub-plan” sets out the process for evacuation, who makes the
decision, how it is activated, who gives direction to evacuate and to which centre.
Appendix B.4: “Evacuation centre management sub-plan” establishes the roles and
responsibilities for the opening up, staffing, registering and in general, and caring for
evacuees.
Appendix B.5: “Impact assessment sub-plan” provides the Local Group with the tools to
carry out an initial and then a more detailed impact assessment on the effect of the disaster
on infrastructure, private property and the people in the community.
Appendix B.6: “Medical services sub-plan” provides details for medical support.
Appendix B.7: “Health sub-plan” provides clearly defined points of contact and outlines
strategic management for all aspects of relevant health care impacting on the Sunshine
Coast community in the event of a disaster.




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