Community Disaster Recovery

Overview

Community Disaster Recovery is an extremely sensitive, time critical and complex task. It is important that prior planning is undertaken to prepare your Local Government to guide your community’s recovery after an emergency.

It is essential for Local Governments to confidently understand and undertake the legislative responsibility to best serve their communities. A thorough understanding of recovery principles provides a solid framework to support a resilient community during post-event recovery.

This course will demonstrate recovery group management, pre-event recovery planning processes, the benefit of engaging with your community in preparedness and resilience building activities, and an understanding of the resources available to you.

Target Audience

Suitable for CEO’s, Elected Members, Managers and officers involved in Emergency Management.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand what Community Disaster Recovery is and the role of Local Government in the process;
• Understand the role of key agencies, organisations and the community in recovery;
• Identify the requirements for a Local Recovery Plan;
• Know how to establish & coordinate activities of a Local Recovery Team;
• Understand the key requirements to perform the Local Recovery Coordinator role;
• Navigate where to find available resources for Community Disaster Recovery; and
• Understand the importance of managing the wellbeing of a Local Recovery team, including  Officers, recovery agencies, volunteers and community leaders whilst working in recovery.

Course Transfer and Cancellation Policy

All transfer or cancellation requests must be made via our request form.

Please refer to the WALGA Terms and Conditions of Enrolment for further conditions including COVID-19, On-Site training and course cancellations. 

Upcoming Course Dates