What is Emergency Management?

Effective disaster management requires a structure that takes into account the strategic, tactical and operational levels at which the arrangement must operate.

Such a structure must allow for functions applicable to all hazards, operate across all phases of Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery (PPRR) and include standing coordination arrangements.

The structure must be scalable to match events and be flexible enough to adjust to situations as they evolve. In Queensland the structure, known as the Queensland Disaster Management Arrangements (QDMA), is based on the Act and supported by disaster management plans.

Queensland Disaster Management Structure

Queensland Disaster Management Structure