Adverse Event Plan – Drought Resilience
Alexandrina Council acknowledges support from the Federal Governments Drought Communities Program to progress Councils Adverse Event Plan – Drought Resilience. As well as economic stimulus, the Drought Communities Program seeks to build resilient communities that can plan for and manage adverse events. The Adverse Event Plan has been prepared by Alexandrina Council to meet the requirements of the program and specifically to improve Council preparedness for drought.
The Adverse Event Plan purpose is to:
- Demonstrate the systems, capacity and resilience of Council and it’s communities for managing adverse events
- Provide ongoing value to those communities in relation to prevention, preparedness, response and recovery to adverse events
- Nominate critical projects, gaps and future opportunities that can improve the resilience of communities to adverse events
- Assist in identifying and mitigating strategic and operational risks to Council from adverse events.
The Adverse Events Plan provides a framework-based assessment which draws on relevant context and direction for managing adverse events and reflects key considerations in the areas of:
- Communication and coordination
- Natural resource management
- Economic diversification and community resilience.
The framework approach is set within the statutory considerations provided by local government strategic, risk and emergency management planning. It does not seek to duplicate these established frameworks. Rather the Adverse Events Plan seeks to inform established frameworks by identifying gaps and opportunities to build resilient communities.