INQ308
Recommendations for this Inquiry
INQ-ref | REC-UID | CODE | SubCode | SrcNUM | Recommendation |
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INQ308 | REC308-2449 | A - Responsibility | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Recommendation 1 | Queensland should implement and maintain a system-wide lesson management program. |
INQ308 | REC308-2465 | E - Agency Organisation | 29 - Operational Health and Safety | Recommendation 17 | Fatigue management strategies and guidance should be improved to ensure sustainable staffing practices are incorporated into disaster management planning. |
INQ308 | REC308-2464 | E - Agency Organisation | 16 - Training and behaviour | Recommendation 16 | The provision of system-wide education, guidance and testing to enhance requests for Assistance is strengthened. |
INQ308 | REC308-2463 | D - Recovery | 6 - Insurance and legal liability | Recommendation 15 | Principles, applicable to all tourist budgets, covering liabilities for costs and shelter in the event of evacuation should be developed and promulgated as part of tourism marketing. |
INQ308 | REC308-2462 | C - Response | 11 - Evacuation and shelters | Recommendation 14 | Relevant authorities should work with the tourism sector to clarify future arrangements for evacuation. In particular they should look closely at differentiating voluntary and directed evacuations in their messaging, |
INQ308 | REC308-2461 | A - Responsibility | 24 - Govt responsibility | Recommendation 13 | A strategy should be developed between the key tourism and transport operators, and local and state government. It should address the arrival of visitors and tourists after a disaster, and should ensure that their arrival matches communities’ needs for recovery and return to normal business. |
INQ308 | REC308-2460 | C - Response | 11 - Evacuation and shelters | Recommendation 12 | The Queensland Chief Health Officer should work with the Office of the Inspector-General Emergency Management to raise, with the Commonwealth, the need for all aged care providers to plan and exercise for evacuation to a similar safe establishment. |
INQ308 | REC308-2459 | C - Response | 14 - Incident Mgt Teams | Recommendation 11 | Significant effort should be invested to provide disaster decision-makers at every level with a shared understanding of risks, the situation, and capability, so that they can agree on the best decisions for the communities they serve. |
INQ308 | REC308-2458 | B - Preparedness | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Recommendation 10 | A strategy should be developed to improve the availability of information to decision-makers and other audiences. Information should be searchable, more specific, timely, and allow stake-holders to find what they want. |
INQ308 | REC308-2457 | C - Response | 8 - Communications and warnings | Recommendation 9 | Efforts are made to improve the timeliness, accuracy and targeting of Emergency Alert messaging by: |
INQ308 | REC308-2456 | A - Responsibility | 22 - Role of local Gvt | Recommendation 8 | A Local Government Association of Queensland representative should be included on the Crisis Communications Network to enhance the delivery of consistent information across and between levels of government. |
INQ308 | REC308-2455 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 7 | The Queensland Offers of Assistance Policy, particularly for corporate donations, should be updated and exercised prior to the next season. |
INQ308 | REC308-2454 | B - Preparedness | 10 - Infrastructure | Recommendation 6 | Local disaster management groups should focus on the business continuity of local critical infrastructure and its integration with other plans. |
INQ308 | REC308-2453 | E - Agency Organisation | 32 - Doctrine, standards, and reform | Recommendation 5 | Business continuity planning should feature permanently in disaster management doctrine. |
INQ308 | REC308-2452 | B - Preparedness | 39 - Disaster Risk Management | Recommendation 4 | Planning and warnings for storm tide should be based on modelling that shows the chances of an event occurring (probabilistic). |
INQ308 | REC308-2451 | F - Research and technology | 17 - Assets and technology | Recommendation 3 | Queensland should examine the feasibility of the installation of storm tide markers in prominent public places and the exploration of new technology to highlight storm tide risk to the community and its visitors. |
INQ308 | REC308-2450 | F - Research and technology | 17 - Assets and technology | Recommendation 2 | The operation and maintenance of flood gauges should be developed and planned for on a catchment basis. |
INQ308 | REC308-2466 | B - Preparedness | 41 - Emergency Management exercises | Recommendation 18 | Exercising should focus on vertical integration and include all levels of the system. A strategic program of exercises should be developed and implemented. |