Emergency Management

Our advocacy efforts focus on raising awareness of the role that councils play — both formally and informally — and pushing for better coordination, with recognition of councils’ role with respect to their communities, and often being first on the ground when events strike.

Roles local government councils in the NT play in emergency management include, but are not limited to: fuel reduction for the prevention and preparedness of bushfires; coordinating pre-cyclone clean-ups; protecting community assets in the response phase, such as roads used for emergency service personnel (e.g. airports, airstrips and barge access roads); and supporting the recovery phase through the repair of infrastructure and restoration of services (e.g. waste recovery) to assist in the emotional, social, economic and physical wellbeing of its constituents.