Flood and Disaster Recovery surveys

Council undertook a community survey around the October 2022 Flood Event. This survey is targeted at Moira Shire residents who were impacted by this event. The results of the survey will help Council to understand how prepared the community is for flood events, what are we doing well currently, what results are we getting, where are we seeing success and what we can do better. 

These results will be used to guide future disaster recovery planning,  analyse current flood and disaster recovery methods, establish baseline metrics and assess competency of utilised practices.   A further survey will be conducted in 2024. 

Council conducted a survey to help better understand the concerns, needs and communication preferences of our older residents (over 65 years of age) during the emergency and recovery phases of a disaster.  

This survey is being undertaken in partnership with an RMIT student studying a Master of Disaster, Design and Development. The results will be used by the RMIT student to develop a community engagement framework around disaster recovery, which will eventually inform a Council recovery document and assist Council future planning for community disaster recovery, mitigation, preparations works and approaches.