Recovery planning templates

This fact sheet provides a summary of the Recovery Planning Methodology. 183 KB

A local Recovery Sub-Plan is a sub-plan to the Local Disaster Management Plan, developed prior to a disaster event. It is informed by local knowledge, as well as an understanding of the community, its priorities and key considerations. The sub-plan outlines the arrangements for recovery at the local level and incorporates elements of the community overview / profile. This document outlines a suggested structure and content for a local Recovery Sub-Plan. 550 KB

This form summarises the event, identifies risks to recovery, and ongoing response activities. It is recommended that the Local Disaster Coordinator complete this form as part of the formal handover to the Local Recovery Coordinator. 339 KB

This is a fill-in-the-blank template for a Council Community Profile, designed to capture a local government area's demographics, economy, vulnerability factors, disaster history, infrastructure, funding history, and data sources for planning or disaster-resilience purposes. 5 MB

This guide supports local governments to identify potential disaster impacts. The guide is intended as a reference only. Additional impacts may be identified through local impact assessment processes. 4 MB

This tool helps identify and assess the impacts of a disaster on communities, infrastructure, businesses and the environment. The impact identification process captures where damage or disruption has occurred and who or what has been affected. This includes both direct impacts, such as damaged buildings, and indirect impacts, such as disruption to services or local businesses. The process also considers values that are often intangible or difficult to quantify, including intangible Cultural Heritage, Connection to Country, and social cohesion. The impact assessment process analyses the information collected to understand the consequences of the disaster and identify recovery needs that require a response.
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A SWOT analysis template assessing the current position's strengths and weaknesses (the immediate, medium- and long-term recovery tasks and the disaster problem as it stands now) alongside the future position's opportunities and threats (the same recovery stages viewed against what a successful, recovered end-state would look like). 4 MB

This template helps recovery groups document recovery objectives, actions and intended outcomes. It supports a coordinated approach to planning and communicating recovery activities. 3 MB

This template helps local governments develop high-level recovery and resilience plans for specific disaster events. These plans are designed to be public facing, enabling local governments to communicate with their communities about the actions being undertaken to support recovery efforts. 43 KB

This template records recovery actions, responsible agencies and timeframes for delivery. It also assists recovery groups to monitor progress, track outcomes and evaluate recovery efforts over time. 54 KB