IGEM Report 1: 2017-18 - THE CYCLONE DEBBIE REVIEW

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PREAMBLE	2
Front cover images	2
Document details	4
Contact details & Disclaimers	4
Letter of Transmission	5
Table of Contents	6
0 FOREWORD	8
Inspector-General Emergency Management	8
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	11
Executive Summary	11
2 INTRODUCTION	19
Role of the Inspector-General Emergency Management	19
Approach	20
Qld Emergency Management Assurance Framework	21
Findings	22
Recommendations	23
Infographic: Cyclone Debbie - Statwide impacts	28
Timeline: Queensland disaster events	30
3 UNDERLYING PRECEPTS	33
A culture of learning	33
What the System set out to achieve	35
Public value and mobilising community	39
4 THE THREE CONCURRENT EVENTS	43
Map: extent of the three events	42
Table: matrix of Statwide activations	44
Map: North Queensland	46
NORTH QUEENSLAND - cyclone and flooding	47
NQ - getting ready	48
NQ - Townsville	48
NQ - Burdekin	51
NQ - Whitsunday	52
NQ - Mackay	54
NQ - Isaac	55
NQ - A common experience	55
Map: South East Queensland	56
SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND - rapid-onset flooding	57
Table: matrix of SEQ activations	58
Map: Rockhampton region	64
ROCKHAMPTON - slow-onset flooding	65
5 STATE-LEVEL OPERATIONS	69
Infographic: DCCSDS recovery firsts	68
Preparedness	69
Hazards	70
Warnings	71
Evacuation planning	72
Response	72
Health	73
Recovery	73
6 THEMES	75
Image: aerial view of Loganholme flooding	74
PLANNING	75
Infographic: revealing risks to the community	78
PUBLIC INFORMATION AND ENGAGEMENT	86
The Debbie experience	87
Communications infrastructure	90
Information that influences action	90
Authoritative point of truth	92
Warnings and Emergency Alerts	93
Diagram: Emergency Alerts	94
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT	98
Diagram: systems interoperability	99
Reporting	101
Visibility	103
Interoperability	104
Briefings	105
EVACUATION	106
Evacuation in Queensland	106
Evacuation in Debbie	110
Evacuation and tourism	112
Post-cyclone evacuation	114
CAPABILITY	116
Requests for Assistance	117
Staffing	117
Deployment	118
Sustainability	118
Volunteers	120
Exercises and training	121
7 CONCLUSION	123
Conclusion	123
Endnotes	124
8 APPENDICES	128
A Glossary	128
B Consultation and engagement	130
C Summary of relevant recommendations, findings and	132
D Queensland Reconstruction Authority Natural Disaster	134

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