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Category: Emergency Services

Register.Find.Reunite. launched to reunite families and friends impacted by Cooma/Monaro, Cessnock, and Bega Valley bushfires

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Australian Red Cross has opened Register.Find.Reunite. and is urging people affected by the Cooma/Monaro, Cessnock, and Bega Valley area bushfires to get in touch with their families and friends. Australian Red Cross State Director Kate Miranda said being separated from family and friends is one of the most stressful things a person can experience during an … Continued

NAFI proves invaluable asset in recent bushfire emergency

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Decades worth of fire knowledge, data and experience were put to the test this month with the North Australia & Rangelands Fire Information (NAFI) service receiving an unprecedented number of map requests during the Barkly region bushfires. NAFI, a fire information web portal supported through Charles Darwin University’s Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research (DCBR), received … Continued

Satellite deal delivers real-time data intelligence to help combat bushfires

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Helsinki, Finland  and  – 2023 –   19/09/2023 AUSTRALIAN emergency responders tackling bushfires over coming months will have access to real-time data intelligence for the first time, as part of a ground-breaking deal with a Finnish satellite company.   The data partnership, between Finnish satellite company ICEYE and Geoscape Australia, will provide real-time situational intelligence … Continued

Monash expert: Measuring anxiety of those impacted by the Indonesian forest fires and improving disaster response in the region

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A Monash expert is available to comment on the immense task Indonesian emergency services are currently facing while battling multiple bushfires and how measuring the anxiety levels of those impacted can improve future disaster response.   Professor Juliana Sutanto, Professor in Information Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Contact details: +61 450 501 248 … Continued

Australia is not equipped to keep at-risk families safe during a crisis: report

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Experts say Australia must improve its front-line social services responses to reduce the impacts of large-scale disasters on vulnerable groups, according to a report released by Family Safety Victoria.  Future-proofing Safety: Surfacing inequality and building service capacity for crisis-ready responses highlights the significant challenges for people who experienced or used family violence during COVID-19. Led … Continued

Keep those around you safe this summer with new SeasonalSAFE tool

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As the temperature continues to rise, SafeWork NSW is reminding all businesses of the responsibilities they have to keep their employees and customers safe from the dangers presented by extreme weather this summer.   With the tragic bushfires of 2019-2020 still fresh in the minds of all, the NSW Government is rolling out a new easy-to-use … Continued

MEDIA ALERT: Northern Suburbs communities invited to National Emergency Ready Week event

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On Monday 18 September, Australian Red Cross is inviting the Glenorchy and wider community to join them to launch National Emergency Ready Week. National Emergency Ready Week is held in September each year to raise public awareness of the value of preparing for weather-related and other emergencies.  What: A community event to mark Emergency Ready Week, involving … Continued

Australian government selects ICEYE for near real-time flood and bushfire data to strengthen disaster response

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ICEYE will empower National and Provincial Agencies throughout Australia to enhance country-wide resilience   ICEYE, a world-leading provider of natural catastrophe solutions and insights, has been selected by the Federal Government of Australia to supply flood and bushfire hazard data for all states and territories across the country. Through this agreement with the Federal Government, … Continued