ERSA Report on LGAQ Disaster Risk Management…

Disaster risk management is often treated as a low priority,

especially in the absence of any recent event.

ERSA looked at where this left gaps during the 2011

Queensland floods.

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Prevent – Prepare – Respond – Recover (PPRR)

is the approach to disaster risk management

adopted by Queensland local governments.

Prepare and Respond get most attention, and

resourcing.

Recover is often ‘someone else’s problem’, so

needs State Government leadership.

WHAT DOES IT SAY.

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Land-use planning rules and building standards are

the key ‘Prevent’ tools.

ERSA found some buildings did not comply with

standards for construction of

buildings in bushfire prone areas.

ERSA also found that bush-fire mapping needed a

grid resolution of not more than 25m, rather than

the 250m used by QFRS.

WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY.

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Disaster risk management needs more integration

within internal audit. Emergency management staff

could be embedded within audit teams.

Audit risk assessments should consider low

frequency, high consequence disaster events.

Disaster planning, training, regulatory compliance,

and recovery funds management may all be suitable

tasks for internal audit attention.

WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY.

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• I won’t be buying land on the floodplain in Logan.

• NSW may find that greater resolution mapping helps clarify bush-fire risk being managed through the 10/50 rules.

• There are clear opportunities for internal audit programs to help disaster risk management.

The comments on these slides are the views of Tim Kirby, Sydney.

You should always read the report itself before putting your reputation, or any money on the line.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN.

Tim Kirby, Sydney CA, CIA, LA-EMS

au.linkedin.com/in/timkirbysydney

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