Disaster management response

We support the Queensland Government State Disaster Management Plan (PDF, 7.2MB) by providing information in disaster situations that relate to our 4 referable dams and abandoned mine sites. We also provide land and spatial information on disaster-affected land across Queensland.

We are required to undertake various planning activities to prevent, prepare, respond to and recover from disasters. We may also be called on to:

• provide advice regarding unallocated state land or land managed by the department which has been impacted by disaster
• assist the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and Queensland Police in the capture of spatial imagery and spatial information analysis
• advise about impacts on and from Queensland abandoned mines
• provide updates on the opening and closure status of current mining operations
• help with the efficient deployment of personnel and resources
• advise about economic impacts
• issue warnings, alerts and general information in accordance with emergency action plans for the referable water dams that we manage.

We do this as part of a whole-of-government commitment to ensuring that Queensland communities can be confident in our ability to drive recovery, resilience and future prosperity.

Our first, direct response includes:

• rapid mobilisation of relevant functions
• early contact with abandoned mine sites
• timely and accurate reporting to the State Disaster Coordination Group and where necessary the Minister
• effective implementation of regulatory and non-regulatory responses
• efficient deployment of personnel and resources.