INQ309
Recommendations for this Inquiry
INQ-ref | REC-UID | CODE | SubCode | SrcNUM | Recommendation |
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INQ309 | REC309-2467 | A - Responsibility | 9 - Community education | Recommendation 1 | Further work be undertaken to develop effective public flood risk messaging and community education materials that are easy to understand and tested with the community to ensure flood risk is understood. |
INQ309 | REC309-2479 | C - Response | 34 - Local knowledge | Recommendation 13 | Local groups should plan for and establish clear arrangements to effectively manage offers of assistance including the management of goods, services and volunteers. |
INQ309 | REC309-2478 | A - Responsibility | 25 - Inquiry, audit, lessons management and after action review | Recommendation 12 | The progress of recovery for this event be reviewed incrementally over the next 2 to 3 years, with a formal, independent report provided on the effectiveness of the recovery after 3 years. |
INQ309 | REC309-2477 | A - Responsibility | 21 - Role of Commonwealth Government | Recommendation 11 | The Department of Housing and Public Works should be included within Local Disaster Management Group evacuation centre planning and plans and assist with decision making around the relocation of evacuees from evacuation centres. |
INQ309 | REC309-2476 | C - Response | 11 - Evacuation and shelters | Recommendation 10 | Energy Queensland and local groups consider establishing formal arrangements that embed measures that assist evacuation plans to increase levels of safety. |
INQ309 | REC309-2475 | C - Response | 15 - Inter-service cooperation | Recommendation 9 | Greater emphasis be placed on pre-planned and pre-determined arrangements between the Australian Defence Force and State and local agencies. |
INQ309 | REC309-2474 | E - Agency Organisation | 16 - Training and behaviour | Recommendation 8 | The provision of system-wide tools, education, guidance and testing for requests for assistance is strengthened to enhance understanding and outcomes. |
INQ309 | REC309-2473 | A - Responsibility | 22 - Role of local Gvt | Recommendation 7 | Councils, with the support of stakeholders, continue to develop and promote local disaster dashboards as the ‘point of truth’ for community information and messaging during disaster events. Greater use during recovery should be considered. |
INQ309 | REC309-2472 | A - Responsibility | 38 - Agency/Department Reporting | Recommendation 6 | A single point of truth be established for accurately capturing and reporting on disaster management group activation levels for any given timeframe. |
INQ309 | REC309-2471 | F - Research and technology | 17 - Assets and technology | Recommendation 5 | As part of the annual Emergency Action Plan review for the Ross River Dam, consideration should be given to the potential impacts of operating the gate outside automatic mode and whether this event has provided any new information and learnings which can be incorporated into the Emergency Action |
INQ309 | REC309-2470 | C - Response | 11 - Evacuation and shelters | Recommendation 4 | Evacuation centre plans be revised to better manage vulnerable persons, including the safe storage of medications and providing alternate arrangements for evacuees with additional needs. (e.g. evacuation centre for aged persons). |
INQ309 | REC309-2469 | E - Agency Organisation | 12 - EM agency and authority | Recommendation 3 | Entities with disaster management responsibilities need to integrate the eight priorities identified within the Emergency Management Sector Adaptation Plan for Climate Change into their disaster management planning cycle. |
INQ309 | REC309-2468 | D - Recovery | 33 - Relief and recovery | Recommendation 2 | State Government agencies with key roles and responsibilities around disaster recovery provide increased support in the development of recovery at the local level (pre-event). |
INQ309 | REC309-2480 | A - Responsibility | 22 - Role of local Gvt | Recommendation 14 | Councils should formalise arrangements with entities that have the skills, capability and capacity to effectively manage spontaneous volunteers. These should be documented and integrated into planning and exercising. |