Emergency response planning

Communications networks with other Councils and government

Coordination with welfare organisations and rescue teams, etc.

Earthquake- and building codes

Bylaws that improve emergency preparedness

Promoting disaster preparedness

Identifying hazards at a community level

Giving communities support to prepare themselves while staying autonomous

Actually preparing people - Councils are not set up to do this

Communicating effectively at a community level about disaster preparedness - the evidence is clear that traditional marketing just doesn't work

Measuring how prepared a community is - it's unlikely that the level of true preparedness is as great as some of the inflated figures that Councils provide... figures that are gained by dubious research methods

Developing volunteer networks that focus on community needs, rather than Council needs