GYMPIE LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN 2018
LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN
The Gympie Regional Council supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of information. However, copyright protects this document. The Gympie Regional Council has no objection to this material being reproduced, made available online or electronically, but only if recognised as the owner of the copyright and this material remains unaltered. Copyright enquiries about this publication should be directed to Manager Projects Procurement and Disaster Management, Gympie Regional Council, PO Box 155, Gympie Qld 4570. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained within this plan is accurate and where possible reflects current better practice. However, the Gympie Regional Council does not give any warranty or accept any liability in relation to the content of material contained in this document. Gympie Regional Council strives for safe communities, safe and accessible infrastructure and a safe environment. Above all, it strives for the safety of residents and visitors to our region. While living in the Gympie region has many benefits, people need to be aware of the dangers from natural or man-made disasters, it is possible our region may face challenges such as storm, flood or fire – for which we must all be prepared. We encourage our residents to play a part in the disaster management planning process by becoming familiar with information on this website or publications such as the Gympie Regional Council Disaster Management Plan. This plan will help you understand how to reduce the impact of disaster and how to protect lives, homes and property – before and after disaster strikes. It’s important to implement your own procedures with friends, family and co-workers in preparation for when a disaster may occur. Council has provided some useful links on this website, various publications and a list of contact details in case of an emergency. Please take some time to read this information. It will be invaluable in helping to protect your family and property in times of crisis. This plan is an all hazards plan and includes responsibilities for all disaster management participating agencies
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GYMPIE LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT GROUP
Authority The Gympie Local Disaster Management Plan (the plan) has been prepared by the Gympie Regional Council in accordance with Section 57 of the Disaster Management Act 2003, on behalf of the Gympie Local Disaster Management Group. The Gympie Local Disaster Management Group approves the plan as the disaster management plan for the Gympie local government area.
Glen Hartwig Mayor and Chair Gympie Local Disaster Management Group
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Introduction ...... 7 1.1 Aim ...... 7 1.2 Objectives ...... 7 1.3 Scope and application ...... 7 1.4 Queensland Strategic Policy Statement ...... 7 1.5 Priority Areas ...... 8 1.6 Disaster Management Principles ...... 9 1.7 Gympie Regional Council’s disaster management culture ...... 10 1.8 Interpretation ...... 10 1.9 The Gympie context ...... 11 Governance ...... 19 2.1 Purpose ...... 19 2.2 Disaster management structure ...... 19 2.3 Responsibilities ...... 22 Planning ...... 23 3.1 Local Disaster Management Plans ...... 23 3.2 Hazard specific plans ...... 23 3.3 Functional Plans ...... 23 Gympie region – natural hazard risk profile and priorities ...... 23 4.1 Tropical cyclones ...... 23 4.2 Riverine Flooding...... 24 4.3 Severe weather events ...... 24 4.4 Coastal inundation ...... 24 4.5 Heatwaves ...... 24 4.6 Bushfire ...... 25 4.7 Earthquakes...... 25 4.8 Disaster risk reduction ...... 25 Public information ...... 25 5.1 Overview ...... 25 5.2 Purpose ...... 25 5.3 Principles of dissemination ...... 26 5.4 Media 26 5.5 Emergency management system ...... 26 5.6 Warnings ...... 26
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Resilience ...... 27 6.1 Definition ...... 27 6.2 Resilience vision ...... 27 Prevention ...... 27 6.3 Definition ...... 27 6.4 Prevention functions ...... 27 6.5 Mitigation ...... 28 Preparedness ...... 29 7.1 Overview and definition ...... 29 7.2 Planning ...... 29 7.3 Hazard specific plans...... 29 7.4 Capability integration ...... 33 7.5 Community Engagement ...... 34 Overview and definition ...... 34 8.2 System of control ...... 35 8.3 Effective decision making ...... 40 Recovery ...... 41 Overview ...... 41 Assurance ...... 41 10.1 Introduction ...... 41 10.2 The Standard for Disaster Management in Queensland ...... 42 10.3 Assurance activities ...... 42 APPENDIX A - Queensland Disaster Management Structure ...... 43 APPENDIX B - Roles and responsibilities of Queensland Government agencies ...... 44 APPENDIX C – List of Sub Plans ...... 53
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DOCUMENT CONTROL
AMENDMENTS AND VERSION CONTROL
The Gympie Regional Council Local Disaster Management Plan (LDMP) is a controlled document and the controller is the Local Disaster Coordinator. Minor amendments that do not materially affect the plan can be authorised by the Local Disaster Coordinator.
Version Date Prepared by Comment V1.0 June 2018 Emergency Original document Management Coordinator V1.1 August 2020 Manager Projects Minor amendments reflecting government Procurement and changes and annual review. Disaster Management
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Introduction 1.1 Aim The aim of the Gympie Local Disaster Management Plan is to enable the community to mitigate the effects of, prepare for, respond to and recover from disaster events. 1.2 Objectives The objectives of the Gympie Local Disaster Management Plan are to: 1. Contribute to achieving the objectives of the Queensland Disaster Management 2016 Strategic Policy Statement 2. Adhere to the principles of disaster management in Queensland - the comprehensive approach - the all hazards approach - the all agencies approach - local disaster management capability - a prepared, resilient community. 3. Describe the roles and responsibilities of disaster management stakeholders 4. Identify hazard specific plans and the roles and responsibilities of the responsible agency 5. Detail the arrangements for prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. 1.3 Scope and application This plan is intended for disaster management stakeholders within the Gympie Regional Council boundaries. These stakeholders include: 1. The community 2. Local government 3. State agencies 4. Government owned corporations 5. Non-government organisations 6. Critical infrastructure providers. This plan establishes the framework, arrangements and practices that support disaster management in Gympie Regional Council boundaries. It is a strategic document which includes, where appropriate, operational guidance for disaster management stakeholders through the use of specific commentary or directions to supporting documents such as plans, strategies or guidelines. The arrangements remain active across the (PPRR) spectrum 1. Prevention 2. Preparedness 3. Response 4. Recovery It is intended that these arrangements be used to continually improve disaster management within the Gympie region. 1.4 Queensland Strategic Policy Statement The Queensland Disaster Management 2016 Strategic Policy Statement has two strategic objectives that underpin disaster management in Queensland: 1. Strive to safeguard people, property and the environment from disaster impacts; 2. Empower and support local communities to manage disaster risks, respond to events
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and be more resilient. Gympie Regional Council commits to supporting these two objectives by: 1. The development of a bushfire hazard reduction plan 2. Further developing the Community Disaster Management support groups throughout the region 3. Acknowledging and planning for the impacts of climate change within the Disaster Management functions 4. Identifying hazards at local community levels. 1.5 Priority Areas This Gympie local disaster management plan identifies four key priority areas that contribute to effective disaster management in the Gympie Regional Council boundaries. 1. Risk management 2. Planning 3. Local-level focus 4. Resilience. 1.5.1 Risk Management To assess the potential impacts of hazards to communities, an evidence- based risk assessment methodology was used to recognise areas of exposure and their vulnerability in order to identify risk. The methodology used is derived from the Queensland Emergency Risk Management Framework. 1.5.2 Prevention and mitigation Prevention includes the: 1. identification of hazards 2. assessment of threats to life and property 3. taking of measures to reduce potential loss of life and property damage, sometimes known as disaster mitigation. Mitigation measures range from: 1. community awareness campaigns to increase knowledge of how to deal with disaster situations 2. land use planning and design decisions to reduce development which may be dangerous in the event of a disaster 3. capital works such as water causeway construction to reduce the impacts of flooding. All mitigation measures are important as they not only reduce the cost of disasters to the community, but they save lives. Managers at all levels are responsible for using a risk management process to identify prevention and mitigation options. 1.5.3 Planning Disaster management planning is informed by risk assessments, undertaken prior to drafting this plan. This plan is contemporary and is developed in an environment of consultation and collaboration.
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1.5.4 Local-level focus The Gympie Local Disaster Management Group is empowered and encouraged to undertake effective disaster management through practical support from appropriate agencies, characterised by consultation and collaboration. 1.6 Disaster Management Principles 1.6.1 Comprehensive approach The comprehensive approach to disaster management ensures a balance between the reduction of risk and the enhancement of community resilience, while ensuring effective response and recovery capabilities. 1.6.2 All hazards approach The all hazards approach applies to all events whether natural or caused by human acts or omissions. This approach is based on the assumption that the functions and activities used to manage one event are most likely applicable to a range of events. 1.6.3 Local disaster management capability Local level capability is the frontline of disaster management. This capability is provided by the Gympie Local Disaster Management Group. Gympie Regional Council, through the Local Disaster Management Group, is primarily responsible for managing events in the Gympie local government area. 1.6.4 Support by District and State groups The Gympie Local Disaster Management Group is supported by the Gympie District Group and the Queensland Disaster Management Committee. This support may constitute technical, financial or material resources and is provided when required or requested by the Gympie Local Disaster Management Group. The purpose of this support is to enable the Gympie Local Disaster Management Group to undertake disaster operations. 1.6.4 Supplementary principles Disaster management principles are supported by several underpinning principles: 1.6.5 Leadership Leadership is demonstrated at all levels through a commitment to a shared culture of and shared responsibility for disaster management excellence. 1.6.6 Public Safety Public safety is the primary driver for the continuous improvement of Queensland’s disaster management arrangements. These arrangements are delivered through the Queensland disaster management committee where policy, procedure and practice focus on the safety of the community, stakeholder engagement and sharing responsibility. 1.6.7 Partnership Everyone has a role to ensure Queensland is the most disaster resilient state in Australia. Strategic partnerships across all entities will improve disaster management outcomes when
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they are well governed, promote clear roles and responsibilities and promote true collaboration. 1.6.8 Performance A culture of performance drives disaster management outcomes where productivity and effectiveness is measured by a combination of: 1. quality 2. quantity 3. cost 4. time 5. human relationships. Performance is monitored and analysed against the Disaster Management Standard (information on the Disaster Management Standard can be found in Chapter 11: Assurance). Good practice is embedded across all phases of disaster management. 1.6.9 All agency approach No single agency can prepare and respond to a disaster. Effective disaster management involves an active partnership between commonwealth, state, territory and local levels of government, statutory authorities, voluntary and community organisations. 1.7 Gympie Regional Council’s disaster management culture Gympie Regional Council disaster management culture is characterised by coordination, collaboration and consultation using an arrangement of local, district and state groups. These groups are in constant communication to ensure all levels of the system are informed to enable effective disaster management within Queensland. Gympie Regional Council is primarily responsible for managing events in their local government area. To enable Gympie Regional Council to meet this responsibility they are supported by their District group. This support is characterised by representation at Local and District levels by departmental officers from relevant government agencies, government owned corporations and representatives from non-government organisations. Representatives from relevant government agencies, government owned corporations and non- government organisations provide consistent and meaningful representation. They are empowered by their respective department or organisation to make decisions and commit resources which will enable effective disaster management. 1.8 Interpretation Key terms within this plan have the same meaning as outlined in the Disaster Management Act 2003. 1.8.1 Meaning of disaster A disaster is a serious disruption in a community caused by the impact of an event, which requires a significant coordinated response by the state and other entities to help the community recover from the disruption. A serious disruption means: 1. loss of human life, or illness or injury to humans 2. widespread or severe property loss or damage 3. widespread or severe damage to the environment.
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1.8.2 Meaning of Disaster Management Disaster management means arrangements about managing the potential adverse effects of an event including, for example, arrangements for mitigating, preventing, preparing for, responding to and recovery from a disaster. 1.8.3 Meaning of disaster operations Disaster operations means activities undertaken before, during or after an event happens to help reduce loss of human life, illness or injury to humans, property loss or damage, or damage to the environment, including for example, activities to mitigate the adverse effects of the event. 1.8.4 Meaning of an event An event means any of the following: a) a cyclone, earthquake, flood, storm, storm tide, tornado, tsunami, volcanic eruption or other natural happening b) an explosion or fire, a chemical, fuel or oil spill, or a gas leak c) an infestation, plague or epidemic. Example of an epidemic — a prevalence of foot-and-mouth disease a) a failure of, or disruption to an essential service or infrastructure b) an attack against the state c) another event similar to an event mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e). An event may be natural or caused by human acts or omissions. 1.9 The Gympie context 1.9.1 Geography Gympie Regional Council areas have been broken down into small areas based on customised suburbs/localities.
Amamoor – Kandanga and District Amamoor – Kandanga and District is bounded by the localities of Pie Creek and Southside in the north, the Mary River in the east, the localities of Imbil, Bella Creek and Lake Borumba and Yabba State Forest in the south, and the localities of Manumbar, Wrattens Forest, Upper Glastonbury, Langshaw and Mooloo in the west.
Chatsworth – Tamaree and District Chatsworth – Tamaree and District is bounded by the localities of Curra and Corella in the north, the North Coast railway line and the localities of North Deep Creek, Veteran and Victory Heights in the east, the locality of Gympie and the Mary River in the south, and the locality of Bells Bridge in the west.
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Cooloola Cove – Rainbow Beach and District Cooloola Cove – Rainbow Beach and District is bounded by the Coral Sea in the north and east, the Sunshine Coast Council area in the south, and Toolara State Forest and Tin Can Inlet in the west.
Curra, Gunalda, Corella Curra, Gunalda, Corella is bounded by the Fraser Coast Regional Council area in the north, generally by the localities of Anderleigh and North Deep Creek in the east, the localities of Tamaree, Chatsworth and Bells Bridge in the south, and the Mary River, Curra Creek, the North Coast Railway line and the locality of Scotchy Pocket in the west.
Goomboorian – East Deep Creek and District Goomboorian – East Deep Creek and District is bounded by the localities of Downsfield and Kia Ora in the north, Toolara State Forest in the east, the Sunshine Coast Council area and the locality of Mothar Mountain in the south, and the North Coast Railway line, Deep Creek, the locality of Veteran and Gympie Forest Reserve in the west.
Gympie Gympie is bounded by Old Maryborough Road and the locality of Araluen in the north, the locality of Victory Heights and Deep Creek in the east, the Mary River in the south, and Gympie Creek and the locality of Two Mile in the west.
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Imbil – Traveston and District Imbil – Traveston and District is bounded by the Mary River and the localities of Kybong, Tandur and Mothar Mountain in the north, the Sunshine Coast Council in the east and south-ease, the Somerset Regional Council area in the south-west, and the localities of Upper Kandanga, Melawondi and Kandanga in the west.
Kilkivan – Goomeri and District Kilkivan – Goomeri and District is bounded by the North Burnett Regional Council area and the Fraser Coast Regional Council area in the norht, the localities of Woolooga, Widgee, Amamoor Creek and Upper Kandanga in the east, the Somerset Regional Council area in the south, and the South Burnett Regional Council area in the west.
Monkland – Mothar Mountain and District Monkland – Mothar Mountain and District is bounded by the North Coast railway line, Noosa Road, and the localities of East Deep Creek and Cedar Pocket in the north, the Sunshine Coast Council area in the east, Noosa Road and the locality of Traveston in the south, and the Mary River and Deep Creek in the west.
Southside Southside is bounded by the Mary River in the north and east, the localities of Jones Hill, Groundwater Road and the locality of Pie Creek in the south, and Pie Creek in the west.
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The Palms – Pie Creek and District The Palms – Pie Creek and District is bounded by the Mary River in the north, the locality of Southside, Groundwater Road, Lawson Road and the localities of McIntosh Creek and Calico Creek in the east, Amamoor State Forest and Marys Creek State Forest in the south, and the localities of Upper Glastonbury and Glastonbury in the west.
Tin Can Bay – Toolara Forest Tin Can Bay – Toolara Forest is bounded by the Fraser Coast Regional Council area in the north, Tin Can Bay inlet in the north-east, Bayside Road, Endeavour Drive, Investigator Avenue, Queen Elizabeth Drive and Great Sandy National Park in the east, the Sunshine Coast Council area and the localities of Coondoo, Wolvi and Goomboorian in the south, and the localities of Kia Ora and Neerdie in the west.
Veteran – North Deep Creek and District Veteran – North Deep Creek and District is bounded by the Fraser Coast Regional Council area in the north, Tinana Creek, Toolara State Forest and the locality of Goomboorian in the east, the localities of Ross Creek and Canina, Deep Creek and the localities of Gympie and Banks Pocket in the south, and the localities of Tamaree, Corella, Curra and Gunalda in the west.
Widgee – Lower Wonga and District Widgee – Lower Wonga and District is bounded by the Fraser Coast Regional Council area in the north, the Bruce Highway, the localities of Gunalda and Curra, the Mary River and the localities of Chatsworth, Fisherman’s Pocket, The Palms, Scrubby Creek, Marys Creek and Langshaw in the east, the locality of Amamoor Creek in the south, and the localities of Wrattens Forest, Black Snake, Oakview, Kilkivan and Mudlo in the west.
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1.9.2 Climate Gympie Regional Council has been exposed to a variety of weather extremes including: Highest maximum temperature - 42.4C Lowest maximum temperature - 11.8C Minimum temperature - 4.3C Highest monthly rainfall - 933.9mm The following table provides a more detailed historical view of the climate exposures within the Gympie Regional Council area.
Statistics Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Years Temperature Maximum temperature Mean maximum 1908 31.2 30.4 29.3 27.3 24.5 22.0 21.9 23.4 26.1 28.3 30.2 31.3 27.2 100
temperature (°C) 2018 1965
Highest temperature (°C) 42.4 41.3 38.1 35.6 32.8 29.2 30.2 34.3 38.2 40.1 42.2 42.0 42.4 52 2018 04 12 11 01 05 09 23 24 29 28 16 26 04 Jan
Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2014 2014 2017 2007 1996 2007 2016 2016 2009 2017 2014 2014 2001 Lowest maximum 1965 22.5 21.2 20.3 16.7 15.8 12.6 14.0 11.8 15.2 18.8 19.2 19.6 11.8 52
temperature (°C) 2018 10 02 12 26 25 20 27 12 01 18 30 27 12
Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Aug 1968 2018 1980 1983 1990 2007 2000 2005 1992 1984 1986 2006 2005 Decile 1 maximum 1965 27.4 26.8 26.0 24.1 21.6 19.2 19.1 20.3 22.5 24.1 25.6 26.6 48
temperature (°C) 2018 Decile 9 maximum 1965 35.4 34.4 32.7 30.4 27.1 24.8 24.8 26.7 30.4 32.7 34.4 35.4 48
temperature(°C) 2018 Mean number of days ≥ 1965 17.6 13.8 10.4 3.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.4 8.5 13.0 16.6 87.1 52
30 °C 2018 Mean number of days ≥ 1965 3.7 2.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 2.1 3.6 13.2 52
35 °C 2018 Mean number of days ≥ 1965 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 52
40 °C 2018 Minimum temperature Mean minimum 1908 19.6 19.6 18.2 14.7 10.8 8.0 6.3 7.1 10.3 13.8 16.5 18.5 13.6 101
temperature (°C) 2018 1965
Lowest temperature (°C) 12.0 12.3 9.8 3.6 -0.9 -3.3 -4.3 -1.8 1.3 4.6 3.5 10.1 -4.3 52 2018 08 12 31 30 25 28 20 01 14 05 17 05 20 Jul
Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2007 2003 1996 1966 2008 2006 1971 2007 1977 1991 1981 2006 1984 Highest minimum 1965 27.0 25.6 25.0 25.0 21.0 21.5 24.0 18.6 24.1 23.5 25.8 26.0 27.0 52
temperature (°C) 2018 03 09 14 05 02 29 29 24 15 29 29 04 03 Jan
Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2002 2002 2005 1974 2006 2000 1966 1967 2016 1965 2007 1973 1973 Decile 1 minimum 1965 16.9 17.4 15.0 11.1 5.4 2.6 0.9 2.0 5.4 9.4 12.5 15.0 48
temperature (°C) 2018
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Statistics Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Years Decile 9 minimum 1965 22.8 22.6 21.4 18.9 16.5 14.0 12.8 13.0 15.9 18.8 20.6 22.1 48
temperature (°C) 2018 Mean number of days ≤ 2 1965 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.0 5.2 2.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.7 52
°C 2018 Mean number of days ≤ 0 1965 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 52
°C 2018 Ground surface temperature Mean daily ground 1949 minimum temperature 17.9 18.0 16.4 13.0 8.7 5.3 3.9 4.5 7.4 11.6 14.4 16.8 11.5 32 1995
(°C) Lowest ground 1965 8.3 10.3 7.2 1.1 -4.8 -8.2 -8.3 -5.6 -3.3 -0.5 2.8 5.2 -8.3 25
temperature (°C) 1995 31 18 31 26 27 28 10 03 17 08 15 01 10 Jul
Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1972 1970 1965 1966 1972 1966 1971 1972 1967 1969 1966 1966 1969 Mean number of days 1965 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.0 5.0 2.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.7 25
ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C 1995
Statistics Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Years Rainfall 1870
Mean rainfall (mm) 163.0 168.2 145.1 82.9 71.4 60.5 51.8 40.2 45.3 70.9 87.9 137.0 1124.5 144 2018 1870
Highest rainfall (mm) 660.1 933.9 676.7 405.4 358.4 351.4 525.2 454.7 213.1 321.1 285.6 584.5 2242.9 147 2018
Date 1968 1893 1870 1989 1876 1967 1973 1879 1879 1949 1947 1926 1893 1870
Lowest rainfall (mm) 6.1 11.0 0.5 4.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.3 1.7 457.7 147 2018
Date 1889 2014 1915 1877 1979 1911 1947 1926 1980 1988 1919 1919 1957 1870
Decile 1 rainfall (mm) 54.0 43.4 36.6 15.4 11.3 7.6 2.9 4.0 4.0 14.1 19.2 46.9 751.9 131 2018 Decile 5 (median) rainfall 1870 135.4 119.9 103.0 59.7 54.2 41.1 37.4 30.5 39.9 63.1 80.2 129.1 1106.2 131
(mm) 2018 1870
Decile 9 rainfall (mm) 301.4 372.0 291.0 183.9 150.3 132.8 109.5 82.8 94.7 129.4 154.4 240.3 1527.1 131 2018 1873
Highest daily rainfall (mm) 239.2 336.0 295.7 157.5 184.2 218.4 139.6 100.6 96.5 204.7 126.0 237.5 336.0 129 2018 27 22 09 24 31 09 06 12 13 25 15 26 22 Feb
Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1992 2013 1992 1901 1928 1941 1893 1988 1887 1900 1949 1940 1909 Mean number of days of 1870 12.7 13.6 14.4 11.4 10.2 8.3 6.9 6.5 6.7 8.1 9.6 11.2 119.6 131
rain 2018 Mean number of days of 1873 8.9 9.4 10.0 7.2 6.1 4.9 4.4 3.9 4.2 5.6 6.6 7.8 79.0 129
rain ≥ 1 mm 2018 Mean number of days of 1873 3.6 3.4 3.2 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.3 2.0 2.4 3.6 26.6 129
rain ≥ 10 mm 2018 Mean number of days of 1873 1.7 1.6 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.5 10.5 129
rain ≥ 25 mm 2018
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Statistics Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Years Other daily elements 2003
Mean daily wind run (km) 163 156 152 118 89 93 95 110 129 148 149 155 130 14 2018 Maximum wind gust 2003 74 63 78 57 59 52 54 78 78 76 70 120 120 15
speed (km/h) 2018 28 02 30 08 06 23 28 23 27 31 12 16 16
Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Dec 2004 2016 2014 2007 2009 2005 2008 2007 2003 2003 2016 2006 2006 Mean daily sunshine
(hours) Mean daily solar exposure 1990 23.4 20.9 19.2 16.8 13.7 12.2 13.4 16.3 19.7 21.6 23.3 23.8 18.7 28 2 (MJ/m ) 2018 Mean number of clear 1965 2.9 2.8 5.7 7.4 7.2 10.5 11.9 12.2 12.0 7.7 6.2 4.7 91.2 34
days 1999 Mean number of cloudy 1965 9.4 10.2 8.2 6.3 7.4 5.5 6.3 4.8 3.9 6.6 7.2 8.5 84.3 34
days 1999 Mean daily evaporation 1967 5.4 4.7 4.1 3.2 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.8 4.0 4.8 5.4 5.7 3.9 29
(mm) 1999
1.9.3 Population The Gympie Regional Council area is located in the Wide Bay Burnett Region of south-east Queensland, about 160 kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD. The Gympie Regional Council Community Profile provides demographic analysis for the Regional Council and its suburbs based on results from the 2016, 2011, 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing. The profile is updated with population estimates when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases new figures. The following demographic profile has been extracted from Gympie Regional Council community profile
Important Population Land Area Population Density
Statistics 50,292 689,687 0.07 2 ABS ERP 2016 Ha. (6,897 Km ) people per ha.
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Profile areas Gympie Regional Council area
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Governance 2.1 Purpose The Gympie Local Disaster Management Plan has been developed in accordance with s57of the Disaster Management Act 2003 (the Act) and describes disaster management arrangements for the effective management of disasters in Queensland. The plan is consistent with Queensland’s standards and disaster management guidelines. 2.2 Disaster management structure Disaster management involves multiple agencies across government and the community, working together at local, district and state levels to delivery outcomes through disaster management groups working in a coordinated, cooperative and integrated manner. The Queensland disaster management structure shown below, and detailed in Appendix A, is enabled by a number of groups and committees working in collaboration.
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2.2.1 Local Disaster Management Group Group Local Disaster Management Group
Formation Gympie Regional Council must establish a Local Disaster Management Group for the Gympie Regional Council area (Section 29 of the Disaster Management Act 2003).
Members 1. For s 33(1) of the Act, the following persons are members of a local group— (a)the persons appointed as the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the group under section 10 (b)the other persons appointed as members of the group by the relevant local government for the group. 2. At least one person appointed under subsection (1)(b) must be a person nominated by the chief executive of the department. 3. At least one person appointed under subsection (1)(b) must be a councillor of a local government. 4. The relevant local government for a local group may appoint a person as a member only if satisfied the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be a member.
Functions A local group has the following functions for its area— (a) to ensure that disaster management and disaster operations in the area are consistent with the State group’s strategic policy framework for disaster management for the State; (b) to develop effective disaster management, and regularly review and assess the disaster management; (c) to help the local government for its area to prepare a local disaster management plan; (d) to identify and provide advice to the relevant district group about, support services required by the local group to facilitate disaster management and disaster operations in the area; (e) 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; (f) to manage disaster operations in the area under policies and procedures decided by the State group; (g) to provide reports and make recommendations to the relevant district group about matters relating to disaster operations; (h) to identify, and coordinate the use of resources that may be used for disaster operations in the area; (i) to establish and review communications systems in the group, and with the relevant district group and other local groups in the disaster district of the relevant district group, for use when a disaster happens; (j) to ensure information about a disaster in the area is promptly given to the relevant district group; (k) to perform other functions given to the group under this Act; (l) to perform a function incidental to a function mentioned in paragraphs
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Group Local Disaster Management Group
(a) to (k).
Chair Mayor
Deputy Chair Deputy Mayor
Local Disaster Coordinator Manager Projects Procurement and Disaster Management
Local Recovery Coordinator Manager Community Partnerships
Local Disaster Management Sub-Groups
Local Recovery Group
Reports to The Gympie District Disaster Management Group, including information about a disaster, making recommendations on disaster operations and providing advice on support services required by the Gympie Local Disaster Management Group. 2.2.2 Key Positions Queensland’s Disaster Management Arrangements identify several key positions to enable, drive and champion an integrated approach to disaster management and to optimise the efficiency of disaster management groups. These positions are:
Position Chairperson of Local Disaster Management Group
Appointment (1) The relevant local government for a local group is to appoint— (a) a member of the group as the chairperson of the group; and (b) a member of the group as the deputy chairperson of the group. (2) The member appointed as the chairperson must be a councillor of a local government.
Functions 1) The chairperson of a local group has the following functions: (a) to manage and coordinate the business of the group (b) to ensure, as far as practicable, that the group performs its functions. (c) to report regularly to the relevant district group, and the chief executive of the department, about the performance by the local group of its functions.
Position Local Disaster Coordinator
Appointment 1) The chairperson of the local group must, after consulting with the chief executive, appoint the chief executive officer or an employee of the relevant local government as a local disaster coordinator of the group.
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2) The chairperson of the local group may appoint a person mentioned in subsection (1) as a local disaster coordinator of the group only if satisfied the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be a local disaster coordinator. 3) The appointment under subsection (2) must be in writing and may only be revoked in writing.
Functions a) to coordinate disaster operations for the local group; b) to report regularly to the local group about disaster operations; c) to ensure, as far as practicable, that any strategic decisions of the local group about disaster operations are implemented.
2.3 Responsibilities 2.3.1 Government agencies Disaster management is a complex task requiring coordination among multiple agencies and groups across government and the community, working together at the local, district and state levels. Roles and responsibilities of Queensland Government agencies are outlined in Appendix B. 2.3.2 Government owned corporations The Disaster Management Act s 48(A) provides Essential services providers (1) If the chairperson of a disaster management group considers a provider of essential services can help the group perform its functions, the group must consult with the provider in performing the functions. Examples of essential services— gas, electricity, telecommunications, water, sewerage infrastructure (2) The group may consult with the provider by, for example— (a)inviting the provider to attend meetings held by the group; or (b)seeking the provider’s advice in providing reports and making recommendations about matters relating to disaster management and disaster operations; or (c)seeking the provider’s advice in preparing disaster management plans. Queensland currently has a number of government owned corporations (GOCs) which conduct activities and provide services in a commercially-oriented manner. Sectors in which GOCs operate include energy, transport, funds management, port operations and water. For the purposes of disaster management, the GOCs are coordinated by relevant government departments. Roles and responsibilities of GOCs are outlined in Appendix B. 2.3.3 Non-government organisations Non-government organisations are non-profit, voluntary groups which perform a variety of functions and offer services to the community.
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There are a number of NGOs in Queensland which support disaster management and their roles and responsibilities are outlined in Appendix B. Planning 3.1 Local Disaster Management Plans Gympie Regional Council must prepare a plan for disaster management in the Gympie Regional Council area. The plan must be consistent with the Gympie Regional Council policies for disaster management and must include provision for: • the Strategic Policy Framework for disaster management for the state • the roles and responsibilities of entities involved in disaster operations and disaster management in the area • the coordination of disaster operations and activities relating to disaster management performed by each entity • should be based on a comprehensive, all hazards approach to disaster management incorporating all aspects of Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery (PPRR) and outline potential hazards/events that are likely to happen in the area • strategies and priorities for disaster management in the area including steps to mitigate potential risks as well as response and recovery strategies • any other matters considered appropriate. 3.2 Hazard specific plans These plans address specific hazards to ensure that an effective plan is prepared. Hazard specific plans: • address the hazard actions across all PPRR phases • include information on how the Queensland Disaster Management Arrangements (QDMA) links with the hazard-specific arrangements • support the primary agency to manage the hazard-specific event. Hazard specific planning is required as coordination and operational procedures for specific hazards may be different to those for generic disaster management. Information regarding hazard specific plans can be found in Chapter 9: Response. 3.3 Functional Plans Disaster management functional plans identify important services required before, during and after the impacts of a disaster, and help to identify and define an agency’s services and responsibilities in disaster operations. Functional plans are developed by lead agencies to address specific planning requirements attached to each function. Although the functional lead agency has primary responsibility, arrangements for the coordination of relevant organisations that play a supporting role are also outlined in these plans. Gympie region – natural hazard risk profile and priorities 4.1 Tropical cyclones The Queensland State Natural Hazard Risk Assessment 2017 has identified tropical cyclones as equally the most disruptive and damaging natural hazard within Queensland with the potential to pose the most risk to life due to limitations to disaster operations during impact. As a result, tropical cyclones are accorded the highest priority for Queensland. Historically, of all natural hazards, tropical cyclones have claimed the most lives in Queensland
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(although not in recent years) and can be reasonably expected to manifest to varying degrees of severity each year due to Queensland’s geography and climate. The cascading and coincident effects of a tropical cyclone can pose complex issues such as: • damage from sustained high wind speeds • rapid delivery of concentrated rainfall leading to flash flooding • increased risk of storm surge creating higher risk of coastal inundation • onset of riverine flooding due to prolonged and sustained deluges. 4.2 Riverine Flooding The Queensland State Natural Hazard Risk Assessment 2017 identified riverine flooding as equal to tropical cyclones as the most disruptive and damaging natural hazard within Queensland. These two phenomena are often coincident, with riverine flooding frequently occurring as a result of a tropical cyclone. As a result, riverine flooding is of equal highest priority for Queensland, along with tropical cyclones. However, a range of climate influences can give rise to riverine flooding, thereby making it a more frequently manifesting hazard. While the most immediate impacts of tropical cyclones are coastal, the extent of land mass potentially exposed to riverine flooding covers a significant portion of the state. The river basins and catchments of Queensland cover very large geographic areas and pose many challenges with regards to logistics, access/resupply and evacuation if they are required. 4.3 Severe weather events Severe weather events have historically been one of Queensland’s most damaging natural hazards. The cascading and coincident effects of severe weather can pose complex issues such as: • rapid delivery of concentrated rainfall leading to flash flooding and riverine flooding • damaging wind gusts and hail leading to significant damage to infrastructure • storm surge causing erosion and localised flooding through coastal inundation. The sometimes unpredictable nature of the phenomenon does at times relegate the identification and warning of impact location and intensity or severity to relatively short time frames across dispersed communities. The management of risk associated with severe weather events is the second highest priority for Queensland. 4.4 Coastal inundation Coastal inundation cannot be considered in isolation and storm surges in particular are a consequence of a tropical cyclone or a severe weather event. The profile of this hazard is increased when considering climate change projections of a rising sea level, and an increase in the severity of tropical cyclones and severe weather events. Significant planning and mitigation is undertaken by coastal local governments coupled with support from the state government however there are multiple developed coastal areas that could face significant risk if a severe tropical cyclone impacts in or near to an exposed or vulnerable location and aligns with high tides inundation. Coastal inundation is Queensland’s equal third priority. 4.5 Heatwaves Heatwaves, arguably due to their less violent, slower onset and less publicised nature, have only more recently begun to be recognised at a true level of risk. Climate projections indicate generally hotter conditions, with the Bureau of Meteorology and Queensland Health working collaboratively on a Heatwave Service to align service response with weather forecasts.
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Heatwaves have a broad range of potential health effects impacting mortality rates for vulnerable persons as well as potential impacts on essential services. Heatwaves are also one contributing factor, from a multi-hazard perspective, to the increased hazard of bushfire. Managing the risk associated with heatwaves is Queensland’s equal third priority. 4.6 Bushfire Bushfire is a frequently occurring event in Queensland, however, it often occurs in areas less densely populated. While this can reduce the risk to life there is still the potential for a range of significant economic impacts to Queensland agriculture, industry and tourism. Bushfire Prone Area mapping is used within land use planning and mitigation operations along with predictive analytics and fire weather forecasts to proactively manage this hazard before risks manifest. Bushfire risk is Queensland’s fourth priority. 4.7 Earthquakes Earthquakes are a frequently occurring phenomenon in Queensland with some geographic areas registering clusters of events. However, the magnitude is often less than 3.5 with the effects seldom felt. While not relevant to all of Queensland, some areas have experienced an earthquake with a magnitude of over 5 on the Richter scale. An earthquake of this magnitude occurring within the vicinity of a built environment is likely to cause significant damage to structures, particular underground services and piping, with potential risk to life due to the collapse of structures. Earthquakes are Queensland’s fifth natural hazard risk priority. 4.8 Disaster risk reduction Internationally, disaster risk methodologies and the conceptualisation of disaster risk has undergone a transformation. To identify and evaluate the best measures for reducing risk, traditional disaster risk concepts (which describe risk in terms of likelihood and consequence) are now being augmented by analysis of hazard, exposure, vulnerabilities and capacities, as well as the direct and indirect impacts. As stated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), disaster risk reduction is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyse and reduce the causal factors of disasters. Reducing exposure to hazards, lessening vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improving preparedness and early warning for adverse events are all examples of disaster risk reduction. Disaster risk reduction includes disciplines like disaster management, disaster mitigation and disaster preparedness. Disaster risk reduction is also part of sustainable development. Public information 5.1 Overview Communities threatened or impacted by disasters have an urgent and vital need for information and direction. They need to know what is likely to happen (or has happened), what to do and what to expect. The purpose of public information during a disaster is to provide the public with consistent, adequate and timely information and instructions, in order that people will be aware of the situation and take appropriate actions to safeguard life, property and the environment. 5.2 Purpose During an event it is necessary to coordinate and distribute reliable and consistent information, in
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order to: • maintain public safety and meet public needs • keep people informed and engaged • ensure the government speaks with one voice • support Queensland Government crisis management activities. 5.3 Principles of dissemination All community emergency information and warnings are developed and dispersed in a manner consistent with the principles for dissemination of public information and warnings as approved by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). The principles are: • coordinated • authoritative and accountable • consistent/standards based • complete • multi-modal • all hazards • targeted • interoperable • accessible and responsive • verifiable • underpinned by education and awareness raising activities • compatible. 5.4 Media The lead agency during a crisis, such as a disaster, is responsible for providing media talking points, and drafting media statements. These talking points and media statements will be shared by the lead agency to all agencies and the Local Disaster Management Group. When it is preferable to hold a press conference at the site of an incident or event, the lead response agency will liaise with relevant parties to arrange appropriate media conference logistics on location. The Chair of the Local Disaster Management Group can request a media statement or press conference at any stage of response or recovery. The Gympie Local Disaster Management Group will utilise the Gympie Regional Council website, Disaster Dashboard, Facebook and Twitter to inform the public of updates relating to any event. 5.5 Emergency management system During an event, the “Guardian” management system will be used by all agencies. Guardian is a standardised reporting format and is the ‘single point of truth’ for the Gympie Local Disaster Management Group information concerning the event. 5.6 Warnings 5.6.1 Weather The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is responsible for provision of weather alerts, updates and warnings. All weather information is to be based on the Bureau of Meteorology data. 5.6.2 Standard Emergency Warning Signal Information relating to the operation of SEWS is available in the Queensland Standard Emergency Warning (SEWS) Guidelines.
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5.6.3 Emergency alert When using any form of messaging, users must ensure supporting communication forums, websites, social media and call centres are advised directly and through the Government’s Crisis Communication Network (CCN) as soon as possible in order to ensure messaging is supported when the public seek further information. Emergency Alert – Queensland Operational Guidelines are to be followed by all people involved at any stage in the use of Emergency Alerts (EA) in Queensland. Resilience Resilience within disaster management will continue to be developed, with the aim of making the Gympie region an area of continuous improvement through community involvement, education and consultation. 6.1 Definition Resilience, within the context of disaster management and disaster risk reduction, is defined in the Queensland Strategy for Disaster Resilience 2017 as: A system or community’s ability to rapidly accommodate and recover from the impacts of hazards, restore essential structures and desired functionality, and adapt to new circumstances. The key elements which contribute to a resilient organisation or community include: • risk-informed and appropriately prepared individuals • the capacity to adapt • healthy levels of community connectedness, trust and cooperation. It is at the local, community level that the most powerful and effective action can be taken to address disaster risk and build resilience. Queensland communities play an active and central role in disaster risk prevention and preparedness. 6.2 Resilience vision Gympie Local Disaster Management Group’s resilience vision is for a safe and resilient community. This will be achieved through community consultation and education programs. Physical improvements to infrastructure may be undertaken as provided in Gympie Regional Council’s capital budget. Prevention 6.3 Definition Prevention is the elimination of the exposure to a hazard on communities at risk. Prevention activities, such as the building of dams and levees, land use planning and improved building codes, are focused on reducing the likelihood and/or consequences of the hazard. Local and District Disaster Management Groups and the Queensland Disaster Management Committee each have responsibility for prevention activities. 6.4 Prevention functions In the Gympie Regional Council area, agencies conduct prevention functions including: Lead agency Functions
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Gympie Regional Council Bushfire hazard reduction on Council controlled property Fire break construction on Council controlled property Control burns on Council land and roads Public education programs Public information via disaster dashboard Construction of floodway culverts Land use planning Maintenance of approvals at or above Q100 flood level Provision and maintenance of clean water supplies Queensland Fire and Assist private property owners to undertake control burns Emergency Services HQ Plantations Control burning of pine forest areas Queensland Parks and Management of State Forest including control burning activities Wildlife Service 6.5 Mitigation Mitigation activities are those actions taken to decrease the impacts of a disaster on people, infrastructure and the environment. Mitigation strategies that can be implemented to support disaster risk reduction include: Structural works – these works provide a range of potential preventative measures including but not limited to levees, flood gates and, on a larger scale, flood mitigating dams. Deciding what role, if any, structural works should play in mitigating flood risk requires quantifying the flood risk and consequences to the population at risk. Land use planning - is the process by which the use and development of land is managed for the benefit of the whole community. Land use planning that anticipates likely risk and vulnerability of the population can reduce the potential impact of future disaster events. Responsible land use planning can therefore prevent or reduce the likelihood of hazards. Land use planning is undertaken in accordance with the Planning Act 2016. The State Planning Policy (SPP) requires local governments to identify natural hazards, undertake a risk assessment and include appropriate provisions in their planning scheme to ensure that the risk is tolerable to their community. Guidance material is provided to assist local governments. Building controls – these controls are important preventative measures that complement effective land use planning. The Queensland Development Code ensures that buildings exposed to particular natural hazards are designed to ensure structural integrity. Infrastructure - is required for a community to function effectively however it can be vulnerable to hazards. As a consequence, a community’s resilience or ability to respond to a disaster will be influenced by the working availability of essential infrastructure inclusive of roads, railways, dams, bridges, electrical, digital and communications networks, water supply and sewerage systems and the buildings that house essential services (such as communications and health). In addition, infrastructure may alter flood flows, depth or velocity and add debris to the floodwaters. Therefore, infrastructure on the path of the flood hazard may have consequences that are either intended or unintended. The location and build quality of any infrastructure assets needs to consider the risk associated with potential flood events within that community. Landscape and environment - ecosystems serve as protective buffers against natural hazards such as flooding, and the vegetation cover in a catchment influences run off and flood behaviour. Traditional methods of flood mitigation have generally focused on structural works, such as
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levees, floodgates and building controls that ensure buildings have greater resilience. As effective as these measures may or may not be, it is increasingly recognised that non-structural measures including the management of landscapes can play an important role in mitigating the impact of flooding. Education and information - a fundamental principle of emergency management is that communities that have thought about a problem and planned for it beforehand will be able to cope better than those that have ignored it and hoped it will never occur. Community awareness and education programs remind people in natural disaster risk areas that the threat is real and to identify and communicate things they can do to limit the impact of a natural disaster event. Flood warnings - are crucial to a community’s ability to respond to a flood event. Effective flood warnings require effective messages disseminated via an effective system. Preparedness 7.1 Overview and definition The guiding principle for disaster management preparedness is: “the taking of preparatory measures to ensure that, if an event occurs, communities, resources and services are able to cope with the effects of the event”, as per s 4A(a)(ii) of the Disaster Management Act 2003. Preparedness is critical in assisting to minimise the consequences of an event on a community and ensuring effective and timely operational response and recovery. Disaster preparedness builds on existing community and individual awareness of risk and participation in disaster management activities to enhance resilience. All participants in Queensland’s disaster management arrangements have responsibility for preparedness. Queensland’s preparedness activity is centred on three key elements: • planning • capability integration • community engagement. 7.2 Planning Hazard specific and functional plans will be developed as required. Comprehensive planning will occur across the phases of disaster management – prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. All plans will be scalable and adaptable to change. The needs of vulnerable people (e.g. those who may be vulnerable due to geographic location, medical or service needs, cultural background and language skills, or age) will be considered across all levels of planning. The Department of Communities, Child safety and Disability Services has developed the “People with vulnerabilities in disasters: A framework for an effective local response” resource which provides a methodology for identifying and determining particular vulnerabilities. 7.3 Hazard specific plans Gympie Regional Council takes an all hazards approach to disaster management. Hazard specific and operational plans will be developed where particular hazards have specific operational or coordination requirements. A list of these specific plans is included in Appendix C. Hazard specific plans will:
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Address the hazard actions across all phases of disaster management (PPRR) Include information on how the QDMA links with the hazard-specific arrangements Support the primary agency to manage the hazard-specific event. Primary, or lead, agencies are allocated for a range of identified hazards and these agencies are responsible for development of the hazard specific plan, in consultation with affected stakeholders. Functional planning will be established, as necessary, as sub- plans to the Local Disaster Management Plan. The table below outlines identified hazards, lead agencies and relevant plans.
Event description Plan or documented approach Primary agency (based on DM Act) to identified hazard
Cyclone, earthquake, flood, • Queensland Tsunami Gympie Regional storm, storm tide, tornado, Notification Guidelines Council tsunami, volcanic eruption • Regional Wildfire Mitigation and or other natural happening Readiness Plans • Heatwave Response Plan Queensland Health
Infestation, plague or Pandemic Influenza Plan Queensland Health epidemic Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan (AUSVETPLAN) Department of Agriculture Australian Aquatic Veterinary and Fisheries Emergency Plan (AQUAVETPLAN) Australian Emergency Plant Pest Response Plan (PLANTPLAN) Biosecurity Emergency Operations Manual
Cyclone Category 1 and 2 To be developed Gympie Regional Council "Cat 1 - negligible house damage - some damage to trees and crops - gales 90 to 125 km Cat 2 - minor house damage - significant damage to signs and trees - some risk of power failure - gales 125 to 164 km"
Cyclone Category 3, 4 and 5 Gympie Regional Council "Limited access to supplies requiring resupply to coastal communities for periods up to one month Rebuild and repair coastal communities up to one year Restoration of essential
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infrastructure up to one month Vulnerable populations isolated for up to one week Limited health services up to one day"
Bushfire To be developed Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
Heatwave To be developed Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Services
Flooding – Riverine Flood Operations Plan Gympie Regional Council Gympie CBD flood response plan
Flooding – Flash To be developed Gympie Regional Council
Dam Break (descriptor) Dam Emergency Response Plan Seqwater
Dam Overtopping Dam Emergency Response Plan Seqwater
Earthquake To be developed Gympie Regional Council
Tsunami To be developed Gympie Regional Council
Storm tide To be developed Gympie Regional Council
Landslip To be developed Gympie Regional Council
Pandemic To be developed Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Services
Water contamination To be developed Gympie Regional Council Table 1 Identified hazards, lead agencies and relevant plans
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7.3.1 Functional plans Functional plans may be developed, as required, to address specific activities. Functional plans will: • address functional activities across all phases of disaster management (PPRR) • include information on how the QDMA link with the functional arrangements • support the primary agency to manage the functional activity. The agency with the primary functional responsibility will include arrangements for the coordination of relevant agencies (government and non-government) that may be required to provide support or collaborate in order to deliver the function. At the district and local level, functional planning will be established, as necessary, as sub- plans to the DDMP or LDMP. Gympie Regional Council Disaster Management process is an all agency, all hazard approach. It is essential that the various member agencies provide their disaster management sub plans and links. Table 2 outlines a range of functions for which functional planning at the state level is undertaken, with links to those plans.
Functions Lead agency Plan location (if available)
Search and Rescue Queensland Police Service police.qld.gov.au/corporated ocs/OperationalPolicies/Documents/ OP M/Chapter17.pdf
Public Health and Queensland Health health.qld.gov.au/public- Safety health/disaster/management
Emergency Medical Queensland Health health.qld.gov.au/public- Retrieval health/disaster/management
Mass Casualty Queensland Health health.qld.gov.au/public- Management health/disaster/management
Mass Fatality Queensland Health health.qld.gov.au/public- Management Queensland Police Service health/disaster/management (including victim identification)
Evacuation Queensland Police Service: police.qld.gov.au/corporatedocs/Ope Management Directed evacuations rationalPolicies/Documents/OPM/C hapter17.pdf
Local Disaster Management Group: Voluntary evacuations
Relief and community Department of Communities, support Disability Services and Seniors
Emergency Department of Housing Temporary Emergency
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Functions Lead agency Plan location (if available)
Accommodation and Public Works Accommodation Sub Plan
Resupply Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
Emergency Resupply Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
Warnings Queensland Fire and Queensland Standard Emergency Emergency Services Warning (SEWS) Guidelines
Weather Warnings Bureau of Meteorology
Transport Systems Department of Transport and Main Roads
Rapid Damage Queensland Fire and Damage assessment and Assessments Emergency Services reconstruction monitoring Standard Operating Procedures
Building and Department of Housing and Engineering Services Public Works
Table 2 The functions for which functional planning at the State level is undertaken with links to relevant plans.
7.3.2 Business continuity planning Business continuity planning will be undertaken for Gympie Regional Council to ensure their disaster management and business as usual functions can continue to be delivered during a disaster event. All partner agencies are expected to provide business continuity plans for their agencies to the Local Disaster Management Group. Where possible, business continuity planning undertaken by non-government sectors will be integrated with disaster management planning. 7.4 Capability integration Actions will be taken to ensure that disaster management participants are appropriately skilled, trained and practised so they are ready to respond and to enable recovery. These actions will encompass: • training and education • exercising • awareness briefings • lessons management (through post event debrief and training exercises to identify improvements). 7.4.1 Training and Education General disaster management training The Disaster Management Act 2003 requires that people performing functions in relation to
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disaster operations are appropriately trained. Training for key disaster management stakeholders will be provided via modules within the Queensland Disaster Management Training Framework a comprehensive training program of disaster management activities in Queensland. The training covers the core training courses and inductions relevant to the key disaster management stakeholders to support the effective performance of their role. This training includes mandatory modules for members of disaster management groups such as: • Disaster Management Planning • Exercise Management • Warning and Alert Systems • Disaster Coordination Centres and Evacuation • Funding Arrangements. Online training is provided via the Disaster Management Learning Management System. 7.4.2 Exercising Exercises determine the effectiveness of our disaster management capability, provide an opportunity to practice the actions set out in plans and can provide assurance that all participants are ready to respond to an event. Exercises will be run throughout the year. 7.4.3 Lessons management Analysis and evaluation of exercises, events and other significant activities provides the basis for continual improvement in disaster management capability. Debriefing will occur and lessons learned will be documented, analysed and acted upon across all elements of the disaster management system. 7.5 Community Engagement The engagement and preparedness of communities has a significant impact on the extent to which they are resilient to disaster events. Community engagement may have a range of objectives, which can include: • developing awareness in communities of the nature and potential impact of hazards • promoting self-reliance through personal responsibility for managing risks. Education and awareness activities will be undertaken to enhance the preparedness of the community including: • public education campaigns including community discussion forums relating to location specific hazards • Supporting the Get Ready campaign - getready.qld.gov.au • Maintaining of a social media presence by all agencies. In order to maintain a single point of truth, this social media presence may be maintained by disaster management participants to deliver disaster preparedness messages to particular demographics within the community and to address currency of available information. • websites and online material. Overview and definition Disaster management response is: “the taking of appropriate measures to respond to an event, including action taken and measures planned in anticipation of, during, and immediately after an event to ensure that its effects are
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minimised and that persons affected by the event are given immediate relief and support”. Response activities will often involve a number of functions simultaneously. 8.2 System of control The system of control is designed to facilitate coordination, cooperation and integration across disaster management entities and services. The system encompasses: • the disaster management arrangements as they relate to response • commonly understood levels of activation • a framework of lead agencies for particular hazards and functions. 8.2.1 Arrangements Disaster management arrangements encompass: • primary responsibilities • a framework of groups and committees • specialist roles • disaster coordination centres. 8.2.2 Primary responsibilities The guiding principles outlined in the Disaster Management Act 2003 include the following key matters in regard to disaster management response. Gympie Regional Council is responsible for managing events in the local government area. District groups and the state group will provide local governments with appropriate resources and support to help the local governments carry out disaster operations. The Disaster Management Act 2003 further provides for the circumstances in which directions may be given by State and District groups and for the establishment of supporting committees in particular instances. The QDMA are structured to be adaptable and scalable, ensuring all parties can come together to address any matters relating to response in an all hazard, all agency approach. The Disaster Management Act 2003 requires consultation with essential service providers, where it is considered necessary. 8.2.3 Disaster management groups The Local Disaster Management Group is established by Gympie Regional Council in accordance with the Disaster Management Act 2003. The Queensland Local Disaster Management Guidelines provide further information regarding the operation of groups including how they should go about planning to fulfil their role. The guidelines are available at disaster.qld.gov.au. 8.2.4 Disaster coordination centres Disaster Coordination centres will operationalise group decisions, as well as plan and implement strategies and activities on behalf of the group during disaster operations. Coordination centres will have the capability to coordinate resources, gather and disseminate information and act as the conduit for escalation of resource needs. The coordination centre sub-plan will be produced, and will detail the standard operating procedures for the activation and management of the coordination centre. 8.2.5 Levels of activation
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Activation of response arrangements will occur in accordance with a four phase model encompassing alert, lean forward, stand up and stand down, as outlined in the table below. These levels of activation will drive response activity and guide the scale of response. The transition of disaster management groups through these phases is not necessarily sequential. It is based on flexibility and adaptability to the location and event. Further, activation may not necessarily mean the convening of disaster management groups but rather the provision of information to disaster management groups regarding the risks associated with the potential impact of a hazard. Levels of activation, including triggers, actions and communications for District and Queensland Disaster Management Committees are described in the Queensland Local Disaster Management Guidelines and Queensland District Disaster Management Guidelines.
Level of Definition activation
Alert A heightened level of vigilance and preparedness due to the possibility of an event in the area of responsibility. Some action may be required and the situation should be monitored by staff capable of assessing and preparing for the potential threat.
Lean forward An operational state prior to ‘stand up’ characterised by a heightened level of situational awareness of a disaster event (either current or impending) and a state of operational readiness. Disaster coordination centres are on stand-by; prepared but not activated.
Stand up The operational state following ‘Lean Forward’ whereby resources are mobilised, personnel are activated and operational activities commenced. Disaster coordination centres are activated.
Stand down Transition from responding to an event back to normal core business and/or recovery operations. There is no longer a requirement to respond to the event and the threat is no longer present.
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8.2.6 Agency Responsibilities Response Description Lead agency Function Search and During a disaster event the occurrence of rescue Queensland Police Rescue operations is likely to increase. Service Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and Queensland Ambulance Service will provide rescue assistance across a range of emergency situations. Queensland Police Service will provide the overall coordination of multi-agency response to search and rescue incidents. Public Health and Public health management and emergency medical Sunshine Coast Safety response during a disaster event is described in the Hospital and Health Queensland Health Disaster Plan. Services The structure aligns with the Queensland disaster management arrangements in establishing that matters are to be responded to at the Local level by the relevant Health and Hospital Services (HHS) and escalated via district level to requests for state assistance. Emergency Emergency medical retrieval covers a primary response Sunshine Coast Medical to an incident in a pre-hospital situation. A primary Hospital and Health Retrieval response may involve road ambulance, aeromedical and Services specialist vehicles. Queensland Health, through a collaborative arrangement between the Queensland Ambulance Service and Retrieval Services Queensland, will coordinate emergency medical retrieval. Mass Casualty A mass casualty event is where casualties outnumber the Sunshine Coast Management trained responders and/or where the local infrastructure Hospital and Health is unable to cope. Mass casualty management includes: Services treatment of injured transport and reception of injured provision of health services provision of recovery services. Queensland Health is the responsible agency for the provision of an integrated response to mass casualty management. The Mass Casualty Sub-plan annexed in the Queensland Health Disaster Plan describes these responsibilities in further detail.
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Response Description Lead agency Function Evacuation Gympie Regional Council may call for a voluntary Voluntary Management evacuation of persons from impacted areas and will Evacuations: coordinate evacuations in their area of responsibility. Gympie Regional Council and Gympie Local Disaster Section 77 of the Disaster Management Act 2003 specifies Management responsibilities for directed evacuations. Group Details relating to evacuation operations are provided Directed in the Queensland Evacuation Guidelines for Disaster Evacuations: Management Groups. Queensland Police Service Relief and Gympie Regional Council and Gympie Local Disaster Department of community Management Group may be required to determine the Communities, Child support immediate relief needs of persons displaced or severely Safety and affected by an event. Disability Services Based on needs identified at the local site, requests for immediate safety and relief support may be escalated via Local Disaster Management Group and DDMGs for state agency assistance. The Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services may support local Recovery Hubs to provide initial grants payments for personal hardship assistance, psychological first aid and access to a range of support and information services to enable community transition into post-event recovery. Emergency In the event a person has become displaced as a result of Department of Accommodation impact from a natural disaster, the Department of Housing Housing and and Public Works provides urgent assistance via regional Public Works housing service centres or contacting 13QGOV services (13 74 68) or qld.gov.au/housing/emergency- temporary- accommodation/housing-help-after- disaster/.
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Response Description Lead agency Function Emergency Emergency supply is the acquisition and management of Queensland Fire Supply emergency supplies and services in support of disaster and Emergency operations. Services Emergency supply can include: resource support in the establishment of forward command posts, community recovery centres and/or disease control centres including furniture, equipment and materials resource support for community evacuation centres including: furniture, bedding materials, health and hygiene products bottled and bulk potable water supplies temporary structures i.e. marquee and portable ablution facilities small plant and equipment hire services. To support local economies affected by disasters, every effort should be made to exhaust local supplier networks before requesting assistance from outside the impacted area. Where Local capacity is exhausted, QFES coordinates the acquisition and management of emergency supplies, through the State Disaster Coordination Centre (SDCC) when activated, or through the Watch Desk outside of activation periods. Agencies are to utilise their own internal acquisition/supply and support resource capability before requesting further support. The acquisition of specialist resources requiring a permit, licence or specific technical knowledge is the responsibility of the respective agency. Emergency When communities or individuals are isolated for an Queensland Fire Resupply extended period from their normal sources of food and and Emergency basic commodities, support is provided by the Services Queensland Government through the resupply of essential supplies. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services will process requests for resupply of isolated communities, isolated rural properties and stranded persons. Refer to the Queensland Resupply Manual. Transport When a disaster is declared, a District Disaster Traffic Systems Coordinator or declared disaster officer has the power to management: close affected roads to traffic. Queensland Police Service Support to bring road closures into effect will be Road recovery: provided by Department of Transport and Main Roads Department of and local government. Transport and Main Roads
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Response Description Lead agency Function Rapid Damage Queensland Fire and Emergency Services undertake rapid Queensland Fire Assessments damage assessments to gather information about the and Emergency number of homes and other buildings damaged and the Services nature of the damage. Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) may provide support for this activity and may also support local governments with assessment of damage to infrastructure which may be subject to claims under Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA). Building and The Department of Housing and Public Works Department of Engineering coordinates and delivers the building and engineering Housing and Services services required in response to damage impacts on Public Works government building assets (such as local schools). Regional offices may coordinate urgent building safety requirements at a District level. Reticulated Gympie Regional Council manages the reticulated water Gympie Regional Water Supply, supply. Council Water Sewerage Contacts for emergency information for these Business Unit Infrastructure services is available at: dews.qld.gov.au/who- and Dam Safety contact/emergency. Energy infrastructure (electricity and gas) Table 4 Disaster response functions and associated lead agencies.
8.3 Effective decision making Effective decision making around disaster events will be supported by: • a clear legislative basis for disaster operations and the exercise of power • formal incident management systems, where relevant • documented guidelines • systems for intelligence collation and event reporting • access to technical information. 8.3.1 Disaster declarations Disaster declarations may be made for a specific location and time period, to enable the exercise by relevant officers of powers related to management of the disaster event. The Local Disaster Coordination Centre may request the District Disaster Coordination Centre to provide additional powers under the Act. A decision by the Local Disaster Coordinator to make such requests shall be supported by analysis of the current situation and intelligence reporting. The circumstances in which declarations can be made and the arrangements for putting them in place are specified in the Disaster Management Act 2003. Provisions regarding disaster management powers and how they may be exercised are also included in the Act. Disaster declarations can be made by the District Disaster Coordinator, with the approval of the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services and Minister for Corrective Services, for a
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Disaster District or part of a Disaster District. The Minister and Premier may make a disaster declaration for the state, or part of the state. To declare a disaster, or to extend, or request to end, a disaster situation, the appropriate form must be completed. These can be found in the Disaster Resources section of the Queensland Government Disaster Management website disaster.qld.gov.au. The approved forms must be provided to the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Cabinet Legislation and Liaison Office (QFES CLLO) as soon as reasonably practicable at [email protected]. This allows for the disaster declaration notice to be notified in the Queensland Government Gazette. 8.3.2 Incident management Recognised incident management systems may be used as applicable by each agency, where relevant, to coordinate operations. 8.4 Effective resource management Effective resource management ensures the best use of scarce resources and contributes to streamlined, efficient disaster management processes. Resource management encompasses: • logistics • deployment of personnel • volunteers • assistance arrangements, for both money and goods. Each agency shall maintain an incident coordination centre which will report directly to the Local Disaster Coordination Centre on all issues during an event. 8.4.4 Logistics Logistics is the range of operational activities concerned with supply, handling, transportation and distribution of materials, equipment and people. Logistics officers shall follow the provisions of the emergency supply and resupply guidelines. Where local resources are exhausted and assistance is required from outside the region, a request for assistance shall be provided to the district. Recovery Overview The Gympie Regional Council maintains an effective disaster recovery plan. This document is a sub plan to the disaster management plan and shall be referred to for all issues relating to recovery. Disaster recovery is a complex and often lengthy process and requires a collaborative, coordinated, adaptable and scalable approach in which responsibility for its delivery is shared between all sectors of the community including individuals, families, community groups, businesses and all levels of government. Assurance 10.1 Introduction The Inspector-General Emergency Management (IGEM) is responsible for providing the Premier of Queensland, the Queensland Government and people of Queensland an assurance of public safety, through the establishment and implementation of an assurance framework to direct, guide and focus work of all agencies, across all tiers of government to the desired outcomes of the disaster management arrangements for Queensland.
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To achieve these performance outcomes across disaster management, the Emergency Management Assurance Framework is to be applied by all disaster management entities. 10.2 The Standard for Disaster Management in Queensland The Standard for Disaster Management in Queensland provides an outcomes-based approach to ensure a disaster management program meets the needs of the community. It does not prescribe how to undertake disaster management activities but focuses on what outcome should be achieved. This approach supports flexibility to tailor plans and activities to specific roles and responsibilities and local and contextual needs. 10.3 Assurance activities The assurance activities form a part of IGEM’s Assurance and Excellence Development Program. The program is based on the philosophy that issues should be informally addressed at the lowest possible level (locally). The outcomes associated with the assurance activities are shared either as advice, a professional practice consideration or a recommendation. Professional practice considerations and recommendations are the formal outputs of IGEM.
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Department of Human and social recovery Gympie Human Social Recovery Communities, Disability Services Roles and responsibilities and Seniors Role: Functional lead agency for planning, coordination and implementation of human and social recovery in Queensland
Responsibilities: Develop and maintain partnerships across all levels of government and human and social recovery partners Promote and facilitate the sharing of human and social recovery information, tools/resources and good practice Enable access to information and coordinated human and social services through promotion of local community services Multi-agency recovery hubs and/or community recovery information and referral centres Case coordination of vulnerable persons and outreach teams Purchase of extraordinary human and social recovery services where local capacity is exhausted Trigger activation of grants and loans for non-profit organisations as required.
Emergency powers (if applicable)
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Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Roles and responsibilities (DNRME) Role: To contribute to disaster management responses across those areas where the department has responsibilities or special expertise.
Responsibilities: Manage impacts on unallocated state land and other land managed by the department. Maintain DNRM stream gauges that provide stream height, flow and rainfall utilised by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). Provide assistance during a disaster to Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Public Safety Business Agency (PSBA) in the capture of spatial imagery and spatial information analysis and product production as necessary. Manage impacts on Queensland abandoned mines. Provide updates on the operational status of mines.
Emergency powers (if applicable)
Lead agency Emergency support functions Groups/committees/plans
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Roles and responsibilities Services Role: To coordinate and manage the health aspects of a disaster or emergency incident across the full spectrum of prevention, preparedness, response and recovery including health advice to the community, public health, clinical care, forensic support and LDP000P Gympie Local Disaster Management Plan Current: 18/04/2018 Page 45 of 53 LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN Lead agency Emergency support functions Groups/committees/plans
mental health.
Responsibilities: Public health, mental health and medical services Emergency aeromedical retrieval Mass casualty management Mass fatality management. Plans: Heatwave Response Plan Heatwave Communications Protocol Queensland Health Pandemic Influenza Plan (Sub plan of Queensland Health Disaster and Emergency Plan) Queensland Biological Plan (Sub plan of State Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Incidents of National Significance (CBRN) Plan) Queensland Radiological Plan (Sub plan of State CBRN Plan). Gympie Health Services Sub plan Lead agency Functional lead agency for health response. Provide health emergency incident information Primary agency for Heatwave, pandemic influenza, biological and radiological incidents. Representation Hospital and health service participation in Local Disaster Management Group and DDMG activities. Preparedness Develop health-focused disaster and emergency preparedness, response and recovery plans. Develop and maintain disaster and emergency health response capability and capacity. Implement business continuity plans and arrangements to maintain health services during disasters and emergencies. Work across the health sector including aged care facilities, private facilities, primary health and community care providers to ensure ‘whole of health’ arrangements are in place. Response (including Support Functions) Coordinate the state level health response through maintenance and activation of the State Health Emergency Coordination
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Centre. Provide health disaster and emergency incident information to the public and disaster management stakeholders. Health services – clinical and forensic. Recovery mental health support to affected communities Public health and environmental health advice and support to Gympie Regional Council and affected communities and industries. Environmental Health Risk assessment advice to other agencies Gympie Regional Council and industries. Messaging on public health risks to affected communities. Communicable disease surveillance and response arrangements.
Queensland Health has a number of legislated emergency powers that may be relevant during disasters. These vary from those at the level of the Chief Health Officer level through to operational staff (primarily Environmental Health Officers) and relate to public health functions including human disease and quarantine as well as food safety.
Emergency Public Health Act 2005 (Queensland) and Public Health Regulation 2005 powers (if Radiation Safety Act 1999 (Queensland) applicable) Food Act 2006 (Queensland) Health Act 1937 (Queensland) (Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996
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Lead agency Emergency support functions Groups/committees/plans Queensland Assisting Official, Queensland Disaster Management Committee Ambulance Member of the Gympie Local Disaster Management Group Service Roles and responsibilities Role: During a disaster event, the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) accountabilities, requirements and functions are analogous to non- disaster period or events. The QAS is not a lead agency but, under the Ambulance Service Act 1991, is legislated to provide, operate and maintain ambulance services and service delivery during the rescue and other related activities. The following is not an exhaustive list of requirements however during rescue events, the QAS is required to protect persons from injury or death, whether or not the individuals are sick or injured. The QAS is also required to provide transport for persons requiring attention at medical or health care facilities, to participate with other emergency services in counter-disaster planning and to coordinate all volunteer first aid groups during the disaster. Responsibilities: Provide, operate and maintain ambulance services Access, assess, treat and transport sick and/or injured persons Protect persons from injury or death, during rescue and other related activities Coordinate all volunteer first aid groups during major emergencies and disasters Provide and support temporary health infrastructure where required Participate in search and rescue, evacuation and victim reception operations Participate in health facility evacuations Collaborate with Queensland Health in mass casualty management systems Provide disaster, urban search and rescue (USAR), chemical hazard (Hazmat), biological and radiological operations support with specialist logistics and specialist paramedics. Emergency Ambulance Service Act 1991 powers (if applicable)
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Lead agency Emergency support functions Groups/committees/plans Queensland Warnings Queensland Coastal Contingency Action Plan – Chemical Spill Fire and Emergency Supply Queensland Hazardous Material Incident Recovery Plan Emergency Rapid Damage Assessments. Services Roles and responsibilities Role: As an emergency services agency, QFES is responsible for ensuring the safety of people and property across Queensland through the provision of effective prevention, preparation, response and recovery activities across a range of emergency situations. Responsibilities: Warnings Preparation of disaster management guidelines Establish and maintain arrangements with the Commonwealth Ensure consistency between operations and policy/plans/guidelines Provide training Provide advice to the Gympie Local Disaster Management Group Community safety and education programs Swift water rescue Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Damage assessment Emergency supply State Emergency Services (SES) Rescue Decontamination CBR.
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Lead agency Emergency support functions Groups/committees/plans Queensland Search and rescue Member, Local Disaster Management Groups Police Service Queensland Counter Terrorism Plan Roles and responsibilities Role: Responsibilities: Establishing and managing DDCCs Disaster victim identification Disaster Declarations Coordinate evacuation operations Coordinate search and rescue ops Manage registration of evacuees and inquiries with Red Cross Security for damaged or evacuated premises Regulation of traffic Preserve peace and good order Mass casualty and fatality management. Emergency Disaster Management Act 2003 powers (if Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 applicable) Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
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Lead agency Emergency support functions Groups/committees/plans Department Transport Systems Member, Gympie Local Disaster Management Group of Roads and Transport Recovery Transport Roles and responsibilities and Main Role: Roads The effects of a disaster on transport networks, including road, rail, aviation and maritime normally result in difficulty accessing communities and disruption to critical supply chains (both in and out of the impacted area). Restoration of these networks, or the identification of alternatives, is a priority in disaster recovery. TMR coordinates the effective and efficient delivery of state-controlled road and transport recovery and reconstruction activities. Engaging directly with industry and the community on the recovery and reconstruction phases following the natural disaster and leading the planning and implementation of the roads and transport functional line of recovery activities. Responsibilities: Provide information and advice regarding the impact of event on road, rail, aviation and maritime infrastructure Assist with the safe movement of people resulting from mass evacuation Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ), a branch of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, is responsible for ensuring maritime safety for shipping, and is the lead agency for dealing with ship-sourced pollution that impacts, or is likely to impact, Queensland coastal waters and the waters of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and Torres Strait. The arrangements for mitigating the effects of ship-sourced pollution on Queensland’s marine and coastal environment are described in the Queensland Coastal Contingency Action Plan (QCCAP). QCCAP is recognised as a hazard-specific plan. Enable an accessible transport system through reinstating road, rail and maritime infrastructure. Ensure the capability of logistics related industries are appropriately applied to disaster response and recovery activities. Emergency The Maritime Safety Queensland Act 2002 establishes Maritime Safety Queensland to provide professional, specialist advice to, powers (if and undertake particular functions of, the chief executive in relation to marine safety, ship-sourced pollution and related matters. applicable) MSQ has power to do anything necessary or convenient to be done for the performance of MSQ’s functions. Maritime Safety Queensland Act 2002 Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 and Regulation 2008 Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 and Regulation 2016
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Lead Emergency support functions Groups/committees/plans agency
Department Provision of departmental buildings that can be Member, Gympie Local Disaster Management Group. of transitioned to cyclone shelters, places of refuge and Education evacuation centres. and Support communications prior to and during a disaster. Training Roles and responsibilities
Role: To lead, manage and coordinate the Department’s planning, preparation, response and recovery from disasters and emergencies.
Responsibilities: Maintain the safety and wellbeing of students, staff and volunteers who work or participate in DET schools, institutions and other workplaces Ensure that all state schools, regional offices and other workplaces have a documented emergency response plan Ensure that all DET regional offices and key workplaces have a tested business continuity plan Ensure that DET is prepared to respond to and recover from, disasters and emergencies, through plans, processes and preparation activities Facilitate the return of state schools to normal operations as soon as safe and practicable Co-maintain DET facilities that can be transitioned to cyclone shelters, places of refuge and evacuation centres as required Participate and contribute to the state-wide response to disasters and emergencies as required.
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APPENDIX C – List of Sub Plans (NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION)
Functional Sub Plans Recovery Plan Disaster Response Hazard Assessment
Hazard Specific Sub Plans Flood Operations Gympie CBD Flood Operations Public Health
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