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Local Disaster Management Plan 2019-2020 Version 7 - ECM Ref: 1316821 Local Disaster Management Plan – 2019-2020 Page 1 Contents FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................................... 2 ENDORSEMENT ............................................................................................................................................ 2 DOCUMENT CONTROL ................................................................................................................................. 3 DISTRIBUTION LIST ...................................................................................................................................... 4 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................................................... 6 COMMUNITY PROFILE ................................................................................................................................. 9 MANAGING RISK ......................................................................................................................................... 24 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, MITIGATION AND RISK REDUCTION ...................................................... 24 HAZARD: FLOODING .......................................................................................................................... 33 HAZARD: SEVERE STORMS INCLUDING CYCLONES ................................................................... 41 HAZARD: DAM BREAK....................................................................................................................... 43 HAZARD: EARTHQUAKES AND TREMORS..................................................................................... 46 HAZARD: BUSHFIRE – URBAN AND RURAL .................................................................................. 48 HAZARD: PANDEMIC DISEASE (HUMAN) ....................................................................................... 50 HAZARD: EXOTIC DISEASE IN ANIMALS ........................................................................................ 52 HAZARD: TERRORISM ....................................................................................................................... 54 HAZARD: AIRCRAFT (AVIATION) ACCIDENT ................................................................................. 56 DROUGHT DECLARATIONS ............................................................................................................... 59 PLANNING AND PLANS ............................................................................................................................. 60 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................... 78 CAPABILITY INTEGRATION ....................................................................................................................... 87 OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 87 COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION ................................................................................................ 89 ACTIVATION - LOCAL LEVELS OF ACTIVATION FOR RESPONSE ARRANGEMENTS .................... 90 ACTIVATION – LOCAL LEVELS OF ACTIVATION FOR RECOVERY ARRANGEMENTS ................. 101 Local Disaster Management Plan 2019-2020 - Version 7 - 1316821 Page 1 FOREWORD The Charters Towers Regional Council is committed to ensuring that the Region remains a safe place to live, work and visit. Through partnerships with the members of the Local Disaster Management Group, the Council will continue to reduce the effects of natural disasters on the Region and its residents through continual disaster planning and education within the region. ENDORSEMENT The preparation of this Local Disaster Management Plan has been undertaken in accordance with the Disaster Management Act 2003 (the Act), to provide for effective disaster management in the local government area. The plan is endorsed for distribution by the Charters Towers Regional Council’s Local Disaster Management Group. It was resolved that at a Meeting of the Charters Towers Regional Council’s Local Disaster Management Group held 5th December 2019 that the Local Disaster Management Plan be endorsed. Elizabeth R. Schmidt Chair Local Disaster Management Group Aaron Johansson Local Disaster Coordinator Local Disaster Management Group The plan is endorsed for distribution by the Charters Towers Regional Council. Aaron Johansson Chief Executive Officer Charters Towers Regional Council Elizabeth Schmidt Mayor Charters Towers Regional Council Local Disaster Management Plan 2019-2020 - Version 7 - 1316821 Page 2 General Meeting Executive Summary Officers Recommendation 19th February 2020 The Charters Towers That Council endorse the Charters Towers Regional Regional Council Local Council Local Disaster Management Plan. Disaster Management Plan is tabled for Resolution No. 3211 Council’s endorsement Cr S Bennetto moved, seconded by Cr GJ Lohmann that the Officer’s recommendation be adopted. CARRIED DOCUMENT CONTROL Amendment Control The Local Disaster Management Plan is a controlled document. The controller of the document is the Charters Towers Regional Council Local Disaster Coordinator (LDC). Any proposed amendments to this plan should be forwarded in writing to: The Local Disaster Coordinator Charters Towers Regional Council Local Disaster Management Group PO Box 189 CHARTERS TOWERS QLD 4820 Telephone: 07 4761 5300 Email: [email protected] The LDC (Local Disaster Coordinator) may approve inconsequential amendments to this document. Any changes to the intent of the document must be approved and endorsed by the Charters Towers Regional Council. A copy of each amendment is to be forwarded to those identified in the distribution list. On receipt, the amendment is to be inserted into the document and the Amendment Register updated and signed. Amendment Register Document the history of amendments to the plan. Version No. Issue Date Inserted by Date 1 2009 January 2010 2 December 2010 including Disaster Management and 10th December 2010 other Legislation Amendment 2010 Bill 2010) 21st November 3 2012 November 2012 2012 4 2013 August 2013 5 2015 August 2015 Local Disaster Management Plan 2019-2020 - Version 7 - 1316821 Page 3 Version No. Issue Date Inserted by Date 6 Reviewed Plan by LDMG 2016 Members in accordance with May 2016 Disaster Management July 2016 Standard 7 2019 Added recommendations from August 2019 the 2017-2018 Townsville District Disaster Capability Review and from lessons learned – Far North and North Queensland Monsoon Event 2019 DISTRIBUTION LIST The undermentioned organisations will be supplied with an electronic copy of the Local Disaster Management Plan for distribution within their organisations: Charters Towers Regional Council: • Local Disaster Management Group Chair • Local Disaster Management Group Deputy Chair • Local Disaster Management Group Local Disaster Coordinator • Local Disaster Management Group Deputy Local Disaster Coordinator • Local Disaster Management Group Secretariat • Director Infrastructure Services • Director Corporate and Community Services • Aerodrome Reporting Officer Local Controller – State Emergency Services Officer in Charge – Queensland Police Service (QPS) Charters Towers (for further distribution) Queensland Fire and Emergency Services – Emergency Management Coordinator (for further distribution) Townsville District Disaster Management Group – District Disaster Coordinator Ergon Energy Telstra Optus Schools: • Charters Towers State High School • Blackheath & Thornburgh College • Columba Catholic College • All Souls St Gabriels School • Charters Towers Central State School • Richmond Hill State School • Millchester State School • Charters Towers School of Distance Education • Greenvale State School • Pentland State School • Homestead State School • Ravenswood State School Charters Towers Ministers’ Fraternal Prospect Community Services Queensland Health – Charters Towers Health Facility Local Disaster Management Plan 2019-2020 - Version 7 - 1316821 Page 4 In accordance with Section 60 of the Disaster Management Act 2003, “a local government must ensure a copy of its local disaster management plan is available for inspection, free of charge, by members of the public— at the local government’s head office; and on the local government’s website; and at other places the chief executive officer of the local government considers appropriate. The local government must, on payment of the appropriate fee, give a person a copy of the plan. In this section— appropriate fee means the fee, decided by the chief executive officer of the local government that is no more than the reasonable cost of providing the copy.” A copy of the Plan, excluding the controlled document annexures, shall be made available for public viewing at Council’s Administration Centre and City Hall and on Council’s website. Copies of the plan, excluding the controlled annexures, shall be made available for purchase, at a fee determined by Council. Local Disaster Management Plan 2019-2020 - Version 7 - 1316821 Page 5 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS Definitions ACTIVATION OF RELIEF Activated by Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services for a AND RECOVERY special geographical area affected by a natural disaster to activate MEASURES: